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Target880 t1_iub98rj wrote

The pauses are of different lengths. How long a pause in between the dots and dashes depends if you are in a character (letter, digit, or other symbols), between characters, and between words. So if you learn it you will be able to tell the pauses apart

The timing is includes how long the dots and dashes are themself

  • dot 1 unit
  • dash 3 units
  • Pause between dots and dashes within a character 1 unit.
  • Pause between characters in a word 3 units.
  • Pause between words 7 units

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https://morsecode.world/international/timing.html

You can use a website like https://www.meridianoutpost.com/resources/etools/calculators/calculator-morse-code.php? and generate the sound, it is quite clear at low speed that it is different even for a novice. It is noticeable even at high speed that pauses are not identical even if you might not there the it exactly right.

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Outcasted_introvert t1_iucru0t wrote

I guess with practice they learnt to do it naturally, like listening to speech. When we listen to someone talk, we can distinguish between syllables within a word or in separate words.

Edit: usually. I have poor hearing and I just realised that part of the problem is words blending into each other.

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Cane-Dewey t1_iudf3z1 wrote

My dad sent and received Morse Code for the Air Force back in the 60s. He'll still hear random beeps and hear letters/words/phrases out of them. It's definitely like hearing a second language he says.

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okt127 t1_iudpp1f wrote

This would be a good r/writingprompt idea. A person who hears and learns world secret through electronic beeps everywhere. Highly sought after by the MI6 and the CIA for his rare ability. LoL

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Supraspinator t1_iuehpxm wrote

Same for my grandpa. He was a radio operator in WW2 as a very young man. One year in the 90s we got Walkie-Talkies for Christmas and he fired off a full paragraph of text.

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powelly t1_iudtj25 wrote

Apparently radio operators could identify different people by their “accents”.

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ntilley905 t1_iuduay8 wrote

Yep, it’s called a fist. In the r/AmateurRadio world we still use Morse code sometimes and I can usually identify someone based on their fist before they’ve fully identified themselves if it’s someone I talk to a lot.

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bullevard t1_iudyf99 wrote

It is so interesting what we have idiosyncrasies in. I remember playing soccer growing up and when i arrived at practice i could tell from the parking lot who was here from a distance awqy because i could recognize people's walks and runs before being close enough to make out their faces.

It's fascinating that that would even come across in the tiny, highly constrained motion of just tapping out code.

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koombot t1_iuds8bl wrote

My mother worked in a radio station listening to Morse transmissions during the cold war. She is fluent in hearing and transcribing Morse code, but only going from Morse to letters/numbers, she can't go the other way.

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bullevard t1_iudypqj wrote

Yup. If you look at a sound pattern of a native speaker speaking you can't usually tell the breaks between words. It is something of a continuous wave pattern. Our brain is doing the hard work of parsing into words.

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Lonely_whatever t1_iucrvvg wrote

Inalmostallcasesitispossibletoreadwithoutbreaks. Not very convenient but I think operators would get used to. So why did they not skip it? Or is it not time critical?

I guess I am thinking from the modern Era perspective where we are trying to compress data/time to send as much as possible

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asking--questions t1_iuct12z wrote

The issue isn't deciphering where the words end, but which letters are being used. Etsborlaekdascas,wyshishedr. Yes, an experienced operator can guess from the context, but it will slow things down.

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frenchtoaster t1_iud74bt wrote

The thing with morse is that there's gaps between each letter and if you can't tell where those are you are screwed because:

.- is A . is E

  • is T
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anotherSeggsOffender t1_iudjhj3 wrote

Your formatting is off

- is T

>!use a \ to “cancel” the formatting Reddit uses. \ - makes a dash!<

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fd4e56bc1f2d5c01653c t1_iue4d4k wrote

Well here's an example: analbumcover. What is it?

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ohnoitsthefuzz t1_iuebo1f wrote

I'll take The rapists for $600

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CyberSibey t1_iuffh1x wrote

Alex Trebek: Yeah, it was a trick question, Mr. Connery. Why don’t you pick a category?

Sean Connery: I’ve got to ask you about the Penis Mightier.

Alex Trebek: What? No. No, no, that is The Pen is Mightier.

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STAMP_ON_MY_BALLS t1_iueak5u wrote

🤣 I am sure I remember alan davis and stephen fry doing a bit on QI due to analbumcover

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ohromantics t1_iucosc2 wrote

Would you please translate the image of the invisible by thrice? The first 15 seconds or so are Morse. I want to use this as a template to break down exactly what you're explaining for a litany of other Morse amongst. Thanks in advance.

Edit: image*

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Revolutionary-Boss64 t1_iud3ym1 wrote

According to Wikipedia, it’s the name of the album (Vheissu) done by singer Dustin Kensrue.

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ohromantics t1_iud68mf wrote

Thank you. So the dot/dash is just a translation of 'VHEISSU' ??? That opens up so many new avenues to that album and it's followup, Alchemy Index

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copperdomebodhi OP t1_iues937 wrote

Gets more interesting if you know Vheissu is the name of a lost continent in Thomas Pynchon's book V.

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