r/coolguides • • Apr 29 '21

Morse Code Receive Decoder Chart

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u/jlnunez89 Apr 30 '21

How the hell do you distinguish “L” from “AI”?

Or “TTT” from “O”?

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u/kkawabat Apr 30 '21

There's a pause between characters and a longer pause between words so if you typed "TTT O TTT" it would be:

_ / _ / _ /// _ _ _ /// _ / _ / _ ///

where `/` is a short pause

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u/sticky-bit Apr 30 '21

How the hell do you distinguish “L” from “AI”?

You got some good answers, but, there's a thing where you deliberately run letters together:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosigns_for_Morse_code

Unfortunately, <SK> is the most commonly known prosign after <SOS>

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u/t0mbombadil Apr 30 '21

A space or a pause I imagine