Subj : Re: morse code
To   : August Abolins
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Mon Feb 08 2021 16:28:00

August,

 AA> Yes.. I remember reading that story some time ago. When I was a
 AA> kid I discovered that my first language could be used as a
 AA> secret code when in public.  It was a lot of fun to be verbally
 AA> rude in public without other people even know it.

  One couple was signing dirty jokes, then was shocked when they
realized that a deaf couple at a nearby table was reading everything
they signed.

 AA> What's so "obvious" about that?  I don't get it.

  3 dits, 4 dits, 2 dits, and a dah. Everyone has different ways
of learning Morse Code...as it's basically another language.

 AA> I tried Morse Code on my own, but failed to decipher the codes
 AA> over SW radio.  Everything just seemed to go too fast.  I just
 AA> couldn't figure out where the pauses between the letters would
 AA> be.

 AA> For intance, something like ... _ _ _ ...
 AA> could still be ..._  _ _ ...

  SOS versus VTTH ??

 AA> It's easy to depict the "pause" visually here, but when sounding
 AA> it out, the pauses are not so obvious.

  Unless your ear is trained for it.

Daryl

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