PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release — August 17, 2026
DitStorm™ Cypher v3.2 Debuts at Huntsville Hamfest 2026 — The Morse Code Workstation That Hears the Unhearable and Works the Band for You
HUNTSVILLE, AL — It can hear signals your ears can’t. It can work a contest exchange without lifting a finger. It can tell you whether you’re chatting with a machine, a bug, or a fist — and it never talks over anyone. This is Cypher v3.2, the complete Morse code workstation from DitStorm, demonstrated for the first time in public at the Huntsville Hamfest 2026, which also hosts the ARRL National Convention, this August 22–23.
Where earlier decoders stopped at “copy the text,” Cypher v3.2 redefines what a Morse tool can do: it decodes signals down to −10 dB signal-to-noise, automates calling and answering with an operator’s manners, recognizes callsigns worldwide, and even delivers station-to-station messages over the air. It is not just a decoder — it is the operator’s co-pilot, built for the modern amateur radio shack.
Hear What You Can Barely Hear
The headline improvement is raw sensitivity. Cypher’s decoder now copies signals down to −10 dB signal-to-noise — Morse buried so deep in the noise floor that most operators cannot copy it by ear. Weak, fluttery, and fading signals that previously printed as garble now come through clean. Operators running contest pileups or digging DX out of the mud will find signals that used to be unmatchable.
Letter-by-Letter, Teleprinter Style
Text appears as it arrives, character by character, teleprinter fashion — no more waiting for whole words. Operators can switch between CHARACTER and WORD display modes with a single tap above the receive pane.
Instant Decode Response
Cypher v3.2 decodes nearly instantaneously. Wi-Fi delays no longer affect decoding — only the speaker audio. Combined with letter-by-letter printing, the entire pipeline from audio-in to screen is virtually real-time.
Worldwide Callsign Recognition
Cypher now recognizes European and DX callsign formats and digs calls out of run-together contest exchanges. Your own callsign is highlighted the moment it appears, so you see at a glance that someone is calling you. Tap the callsign pill to look that station up.
Macros That Fill Themselves In
Drop <ME>, <YOU>, <RST>, or a contest <COUNT> into a macro and Cypher fills them in at the moment you transmit. Critically, <RST> is a real signal report measured from the S-meter — never a made-up number.
Calling and Answering on Its Own
Tag a macro <AUTOCQ> or <AUTORESPOND> and tap its ▶ to run. Cypher calls on a schedule and answers stations that call you, with the report and serial filled in automatically.
With an Operator’s Manners
Cypher v3.2 has been taught to behave on the air:
- Listens before every transmission. If someone starts up while you’re calling, it holds rather than key over him.
- Stands down for thirty seconds if a station keeps sending, rather than talking over a QSO.
- Asks for a repeat — twice at most — if a call to you is too rough to read.
- Never answers traffic that isn’t for you.
Who’s on the Other End
Cypher tells you whether you’re working a MACHINE, BUG, or FIST — that is, a keyer, a semi-automatic key, or a straight key — alongside a live reading of how tightly the station is sending.
Built-in Training and Demo System
Turn on the Noise Generator in Self-Test mode, learn how to operate the controls to achieve -10 dB SNR decoding at 15 WPM. Great training, fun, and a great demonstration of the decoder!
One-Tap Prosigns
AR, BT, KN, AS, SK, and CT sit above the keyboard and in the macro editor. Tap one and it goes out as a true prosign — not as separate letters. Prosigns are also decoded and displayed in angle brackets.
“We built Cypher to be the operator’s co-pilot, not just a decoder,” said Eric Anderson, President at Morse Nexus. “With v3.2, it hears signals you can’t, works the band with manners, and hands you the DX instead of just showing you dots and dashes.”
Availability
Cypher v3.2 is demonstrated live at the Huntsville Hamfest 2026, August 22–23 at the Von Braun Center. Full documentation is included in the User Manual, accessible under Settings when connected to the internet. The upgrade will be available for all Cypher owners to download the week of August 24, 2026. The Users Manual will be available for download starting August 20, 2026
About DitStorm
DitStorm is the decoding engine at the heart of Cypher — a complete Morse code workstation for the modern amateur radio operator. Beyond the industry-leading sensitive decoder, Cypher includes a full suite of tools: macro automation with autonomous calling and answering, signal analysis and key identification, true prosign encoding, teleprinter-style text display, real-time waterfall visualization, and station-to-station messaging. Whether you’re chasing DX, contesting, or just working the local net, Cypher puts everything you need — decode, send, automate, and communicate — in one integrated package.