Show HN: Silly Morse code chat app using WebSockets
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Show HN: Silly Morse code chat app using WebSockets
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My dad just bought a new printer. I joked and asked if it also had fax and a scanner. He said yes, not realizing I was making fun of him, so I asked if it also supported Morse code. That made it clear :) Anyway, I decided to take the joke too far and build a silly Morse code chat app for fun.
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#2Genius !!
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#3That’s awesome that you can see everyone’s at once. Cool design.
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#4Pretty neat. It would be cool if it had an automatic decoder
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#6Somewhat related, my iOS app[1] has a morse code reference and lets you train, it could be useful here.
Its backstory is also a bit silly, it started as the simplest app idea I could think of; I posted more about it recently[2].
[1]: https://apps.apple.com/app/simple-morse-tool/id873021583
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#7Very cool. It does get a bit chaotic when there are a number of people keying. If there was the ability to add a narrow filter then it could be usable for a QSO (radio contact)!
There are some other apps designed for having QSOs - VBand[1] and Vail Repeater[2].
Finally if you want to learn to use morse code on the air check out Long Island CW Club[3]
[1]: https://hamradio.solutions/vband/ [2]: https://vailmorse.com/ [3]: https://longislandcwclub.org/
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#8Really nice graphic design. If you build it out more, maybe you can teach users Morse code. Maybe a toggle button for decoding the dots and dashes.
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#9That is quite fun! Not a lot of people know morse code so there is a lot of QRM (man made interference).
It is amazing how good the human brain is picking out signal from the noise.
I did spot one other Ham a fellow Brit (G4) but didn't complete a QSO (a contact). 73 (kind regards) de M5NCW
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#10Very cool! I built something similar a long time ago: https://morse.halb.it
and it blows my mind that it's actually being used by people