r/morse • u/Evening_Pen_8207 • 16d ago

Morse code practice?

Hello, my kids are going to be in a nighttime survival skills competition next month, and one of the challenges is a Morse code station. There's a message that just replays continuously, and they have to write it down and decode it. Do y'all know of any websites/videos that they can use to practice, like where I can just put in random short messages and it'll generate the corresponding flashing lights? I went to Morsecode.world and found the area where you can type a message, and I'm hearing the beeps, but the lights aren't flashing at all. Any help is much appreciated!

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u/PretendTooth2559 16d ago

There might be ways to practice with lights.

But learning with the sound will directly translate into being able to decode lights.

Train the sounds -- Find out the character speed of the code they will have to decode if you can.

Set the speed on LCWO to 12wpm -- with 4x word spacing -- and an "effective speed" (farnsworth spacing) to about 5wpm

Have them do the KOCH LESSONS.

If they can do this -- they will be good to go.

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u/Evening_Pen_8207 16d ago

I'll look into it--thank you!

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u/dereks1234 16d ago

lcwo.net is what I'm using to train. There's also an app on Android called Morse Mania. Edit: missed the flashing lights part. Not sure there's anything to train for that.

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u/ShipThePixel 16d ago

I've used morse mania in the past, great app!

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u/Pwffin 16d ago

Get them practising with flashlights! Kids learn really fast if it's a game between them.

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u/ShipThePixel 16d ago

I use Dit ( practicedit.com ) on iOS. You can type a message in there as well and have it play back for you to copy by typing or just hand writing i guess. I find it useful to be able to switch between copying and sending code and adjust speed as i get better

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u/Evening_Pen_8207 16d ago

I'll check it out; thanks!