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That's not entirely correct. As the article describes, landline Morse with a sounder has two distinct sounds for every code element, a different sounding click
by tdeck 3y ago
That's not entirely correct. As the article describes, landline Morse with a sounder has two distinct sounds for every code element, a different sounding click at the beginning and the end. A quick dit ("dot") is likely to resolve as a single sound to the listener, but it's actually two sounds.
What I'm suggesting is to replace a dah ("dash") with two short dits when tapping out a message. But in order to do that, you need to increase the inter-element spacing so you can tell the difference between a dah and a pair of dits. That's what I meant by "slow down". For the same dit timing, the time required to send a message is longer, as you can see here:
original --- . --- . --- --- . ---
2 dots . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Note: The top line is based on the standard timing:
- Each dit is one unit
- Each dah is 3 units
- Inter-element space is one unit
- Inter-letter space is 3 units