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Does anything have a recommendation of how to learn Morse today? maybe an app? the app the author recommends is only for iOS and I have Android

by ponsin 7y ago

hellhound 7y ago
Android has a Morse code keyboard option.
sverige 7y ago
The best is G4FON's Morse Trainer, requires Windows, works on Wine. http://www.g4fon.net/ http://www.g4fon.net/ Edit: You'll have to navigate to the Morse Trainer link from the main page. Also, it's the best because it has knobs for all the variables -- speed, number of characters sent, even options to add QRM (interference) and variable sending speed (imitating very well someone with an unsteady fist). As an aside, it's pointless to learn code visually. It's only really useable as an auditory messaging system.
- SiVal 7y ago
  only really useable as an auditory messaging system What? When I was a kid, it was common for camping flashlights to have pressure buttons on the side, which was intended for (and we used for) morse code. Ships used bright, shuttered lights for Morse code, soldiers used it, scouts used it, kids communicated with friends in the neighborhood at night.
  - sverige 7y ago
    OK, yes, but it's still the rhythm of the flashes that are being interpreted, not _ .... .. ... Plus, I am willing to bet that far more messages using Morse are sent over radio than with lights.
marsred 7y ago
I have found google's Morse code tutorial very helpful.Also I added Morse code as a language in Google keyboard for becoming familiar by daily usage. https://morse.withgoogle.com/learn/ https://morse.withgoogle.com/learn/
nestorD 7y ago
Adding few letters a day, using this kind of picture as a mnemonic help [0] and learning in duo with someone else worked for me (but I lost most of it in a year due to lack of practice) https://edu.glogster.com/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.learnmorsecode.info%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F05%2Fditdah.png https://edu.glogster.com/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.learnmor...
aasasd 7y ago
A lot of apps out there using the Koch method which is mentioned in the article. IIRC G4FON also follows Koch. Note that visual learning is not recommended for the simple reason that you want to have Morse ingrained and recognized automatically when listening, not translate it consciously. It's like learning any other system of symbols for active use: you want to know at once what you're hearing or seeing, not leaf through cheatsheets, even if they're in your brain.
tzs 7y ago
http://www.arrl.org/learning-morse-code http://www.arrl.org/learning-morse-code

Does anything have a recommendation of how to learn Morse today? maybe an app? the app the author recommends is only for iOS and I have Android

by ponsin 7y ago

Does anything have a recommendation of how to learn Morse today? maybe an app? the app the author recommends is only for iOS and I have Android

hellhound 7y ago

Android has a Morse code keyboard option.

sverige 7y ago

The best is G4FON's Morse Trainer, requires Windows, works on Wine. http://www.g4fon.net/ http://www.g4fon.net/ Edit: You'll have to navigate to the Morse Trainer link from the main page. Also, it's the best because it has knobs for all the variables -- speed, number of characters sent, even options to add QRM (interference) and variable sending speed (imitating very well someone with an unsteady fist). As an aside, it's pointless to learn code visually. It's only really useable as an auditory messaging system.

SiVal 7y ago
only really useable as an auditory messaging system What? When I was a kid, it was common for camping flashlights to have pressure buttons on the side, which was intended for (and we used for) morse code. Ships used bright, shuttered lights for Morse code, soldiers used it, scouts used it, kids communicated with friends in the neighborhood at night.
- sverige 7y ago
  OK, yes, but it's still the rhythm of the flashes that are being interpreted, not _ .... .. ... Plus, I am willing to bet that far more messages using Morse are sent over radio than with lights.

marsred 7y ago

I have found google's Morse code tutorial very helpful.Also I added Morse code as a language in Google keyboard for becoming familiar by daily usage. https://morse.withgoogle.com/learn/ https://morse.withgoogle.com/learn/

nestorD 7y ago

Adding few letters a day, using this kind of picture as a mnemonic help [0] and learning in duo with someone else worked for me (but I lost most of it in a year due to lack of practice) https://edu.glogster.com/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.learnmorsecode.info%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F05%2Fditdah.png https://edu.glogster.com/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.learnmor...

aasasd 7y ago

A lot of apps out there using the Koch method which is mentioned in the article. IIRC G4FON also follows Koch. Note that visual learning is not recommended for the simple reason that you want to have Morse ingrained and recognized automatically when listening, not translate it consciously. It's like learning any other system of symbols for active use: you want to know at once what you're hearing or seeing, not leaf through cheatsheets, even if they're in your brain.

tzs 7y ago

http://www.arrl.org/learning-morse-code http://www.arrl.org/learning-morse-code