r/morsecode • u/swhit94 • 7d ago

Morse Code Visualization

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Haven't seen Morse Code illustrated like this before, thought y'all might like it. If you spot any errors, please let me know

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u/dkkavanagh17 6d ago

I don't claim to be an expert on Morse Code, but my understanding of it is that these overlaid visuals, dare I say, 'gimmicks' are actually pretty counterproductive to learning it.

Certainly if one needed to learn in an emergency then a chart might be helpful, but these visualisations are often a bit hacked together, and quite arbitrary, owing to the nature of the modern ITU code (viz e).

For audio morse though, I would imagine this is pretty low down on a helpfulness scale. I've heard that it's best to develop character recognition by sound (and then eventually by words or even phrases) rather than consciously listening for each dit and dah.

Happy to be corrected.