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I never realized morse code was organized as a binary tree, this makes it much faster to figure out which letter the code meant
I think if you take any set of symbols and map each one to a unique binary sequence, you can then structure it as a binary tree.
In other words Morse didn’t have to be designed as a tree. The tree is just a data structure that fits any similar abstraction. You could probably do something similar with a multidimensional array (5D to include punctuation) but that’s much harder to illustrate.
Yes, but it is designed that way so that the most common letters take less dits and dad’s to encode. That reduces the overall work.
Well, you only got 2 symbols, so binary, and you want to minimize the symbols used for the whole alphabet+numbers. That naturally will give you a binary tree.
Learn in one minute, but only if you practice 10 minutes per day!
I do love the nod to Short Circuit at the end though.
I would like to add:
DAH DAH DIT DAH DAH, DIT DAH DAH DAH DAH
the most important one to learn is SOS …—…
This is also an extremely difficult way to learn Morse code. No one that actually knows Morse code will ever use a chart like this in their thinking and listening pattern.
You’re right, and your post needs to be seen more. Learn Morse audibly, not visually. Whenever I see someone post about these charts it instantly tells me that they don’t actually use Morse.
Learning Morse visually means you have to decode it with more steps:
hear code --> visualise the sound --> decode to letter
Decoding by ear is the fastest way, and is the way that Morse operators decode it (eventually you just hear words).
hear code --> decode to letter.
Here is a useful website for learning Morse code: https://lcwo.net/
There’s also Morse Trainer on f-droid for those that are app inclined.
I understand why the period is a 6-sound sequence (the complexity is organized by how common the character is in use), but it bothers me that it isn’t just a single “dit”.
This is one of the best cool guides I have ever come across. Simple and efficient! Good job!
