Learning Morse code in the 21st century
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Learning Morse code in the 21st century
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Re: Learning Morse code in the 21st century
#2My uncle used to work as a radio guy. I remember visiting The National Maritime Museum with him and he just walked up to a morse machine and started writing stories.
Last weekend when we talked he mentioned being sad that a lot of this knowledge is getting lost. Must be a strange feeling walking through a museum and it being the tools of your trade.
Re: Learning Morse code in the 21st century
#3I wrote a text to morse code converter some time back if anyone is interested:
Re: Learning Morse code in the 21st century
#4I wrote a text to morse code converter some time back if anyone is interested: https://text2morse.jimmyislive.dev
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Re: Learning Morse code in the 21st century
#5I recently enjoyed the chapter in "code" about Morse code [1]. After some googling around I also found this morse chat rook which is a good laugh for anyone looking to kill some time struggling to spell profanities in morse :) [2]
[1] https://www.amazon.co.uk/Code-Language-Computer-Hardware-Sof...
Re: Learning Morse code in the 21st century
#6I like to hunt Non Directional Beacons on the long wave band. Unfortunately I have read they are being decommissioned.
Re: Learning Morse code in the 21st century
#7I learned Morse code back in 1992 in order to pass the General class amateur radio license. Back then, the test was 13 words per minute. I practiced for a few months with cassette tapes and over the air copy. After I got up to about 18 WPM, I went and took the test. I almost choked, but was able to recover and pass the test. I haven't used Morse code since then.
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#9You would think it would make sense for Morse to be the foundation for computer representation of text, being binary and all. But the real challenge is that Morse code does not use standard lengths for each character.
It's, imo, one of the earliest technologies that shows the divergence between what is easy for humans vs what is easy for machines.
Re: Learning Morse code in the 21st century
#10I recently enjoyed the chapter in "code" about Morse code [1]. After some googling around I also found this morse chat rook which is a good laugh for anyone looking to kill some time struggling to spell profanities in morse :) [2] [1] https://www.amazon.co.uk/Code-Language-Computer-Hardware-Sof... [2] http://morsecode.me/?room=1
[2] was strange, keyboard straight key is the worst.