Yup - doesn't compute for me either, but then again, I barely do the tone CW. I heard stories of comm sargents in WWII, from the hams at Ft. Sill, who would lie back and listen to a stream of CW, then get up and write down a paragraph of text, with no errors. Amazing stuff.
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Fmiser <fmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > ernest breakfield wrote: > > > yeah, i hear what you mean about the 'click' not sounding > > like the CW we're familiar with, but i guess i heard 2 > > different tones, which i interpreted immediately as dots and > > dashes, and from there it's just about the rhythm... > > Then you're better than me. The dash has a click like the dot > and then a clack. If click = dot and clack = dash I might do > okay, but the my brain gave up when the clicks and clicks from > the click-clacks started running together. > > The data about that first sound clip from the hosting page. > > We don't have the documentation to go with the discs, but > the record logically enough, starts with ten single dots, > then ten single dashes. There next follows the letter A > (di-dah) 5 times, then letter B (dah-dididit) 5 times. At > this point, if you are not into the original American > Morse, consternation reigns! Probably we are expecting > letter ___C___to be 'dah-di-dah-dit', as in the > International Morse Code? No! In American Morse, ___C___ > was ___didit , dit___, the comma indicating a space within > the character. > > http://www.normanfield.com/morse.htm > > -- Philip > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- OK Don 2001 ML320 2012 Passat TDI DSG 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
