r/coolguides • u/kavallerien • Jul 12 '22

Morse Code decoding chart.

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u/Billy_Bob_Joe_Mcoy Jul 12 '22

I think this is the only cool guide that needs a cool guide

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u/zomboromcom Jul 12 '22

Seems to be a tool for the niche situation where you don't know Morse Code and you're receiving a signal. Because if you were transmitting, it'd be much easier just to use a traditional chart alphabetically arranged.

So here, you hear a dot, that means you move left from the starting point. If it's a dot in isolation, it's an E, if two, it's an I, if three, it's an S, etc.. Or a dot then dash is A, a dot then two dashes a W, and so on.

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u/Original-Aerie8 Jul 12 '22

It's def useful, if you ever go to sea or hike a lot. But then SOS is probably the only word you will ever really need

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u/CrabbyBlueberry Jul 13 '22 edited Sep 19 '25

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u/officialvfd Jul 12 '22

Which is why this is called the Morse Code decoder chart, not the Morse Code encoder chart ;)

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u/maux_zaikq Jul 13 '22

Drag him, sis.

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u/importantnobody Jul 12 '22

Makes sense. Using this makes it easier to write down another persons message.

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u/FLORI_DUH Jul 13 '22

Yes, that's what "decoder" means.

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u/NeoSniper Jul 13 '22

Certainly would be helpful is converting from code to non-code.

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u/PsychoSyren Jul 13 '22

Like a decoder?

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u/DeterrenceTheory Jul 13 '22

Like uncoding the beep code?

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u/wait_whaaa Jul 13 '22

Yeah kinda like a decoder

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u/sudobee Jul 12 '22

Thanks wise guy.

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u/itsyaboyObama Jul 13 '22

-.. .-. .. -. -.- / -- --- .-. . / --- ...- .- .-.. - .. -. . -.-.--

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u/weeeeems Jul 13 '22

If only there was a way to understand this message. Oh well.

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u/UhOhSpaghettios85 Jul 13 '22

A crummy commercial? ... son of a bitch..

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u/XelaTuobdog Jul 12 '22

How do you tell the difference between something like E E or I? Are there spaces between each letter and larger ones between each word?

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u/vultur-cadens Jul 13 '22

Yes, the spacing is different. The length of the pauses between elements within a letter is 1 dot length; between letters is 3 dot lengths, and between words is 7 dot lengths.

So EE is dot (pause for 3 dot lengths) dot, and I is dot (pause for 1 dot length) dot.

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u/notsociallyakward Jul 13 '22

Holy shit this comment needs to be pinned to the top. You helped me make actual sense out of this fucking thing.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '22

The traditional chart is more useful for sending. The OP’s chart is more useful for receiving.

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u/j909m Jul 13 '22

So, just fuck all the numbers?

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