Morse-Code
By user_786
@user_786 (1338)
February 10, 2009 1:07pm CST
Have you ever used Morse-code in your life?
Morse-code was a method of communication used ages ago and was probably still in use until 50s , 60s.
Morse code use dots and dashes with different sequence for each english letter e.g .- is letter a, --. is letter b - these are not correct , only examples.
Not sure if morse code is still used by anyone in the world , probably by the astronauts.
Have you ever used it or know anyone using it?
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6 responses
@cambiste (1244)
• India
18 Feb 09
Yes, i've heard about it. It used to be used to send telegrams back in the 1940s or so when telephone was just invented. Then they were dot-and -dash codes.
The peculiarity of morse code is that the most frequently used letters like a,e,i,o,u,and t had the shortest length and no of dots and dashes were few, and those that were less frequently used, like q,z, etc were the longest code.
e is a dot, and t is a dash.
The most frequently used morse code was SOS for sending distress signals ...---...
Most people who learn encoding and stuff have to know this in general.
Anyway, the morse code is still used by amateur radio operators (and is very popular among them) and by pilots, navy and the military these days.
Happy mylotting.
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@TheGreatWhiteBuffalo (4822)
• United States
19 Feb 09
I should add ...---... to some of my posts...
@TheGreatWhiteBuffalo (4822)
• United States
20 Feb 09
Talking in code or talking straight communication is the answer to all of our problems.
The issue is when people are not communicating honestly...
How about the secret tax shelters exposed?
@klaudine (3650)
• Indonesia
10 Feb 09
Well.. when I was in the girls scout I used to be able to use it. It is like an exclusive code we use as girls scout to gossip about people, LOL. I think scouts still use this to communicate sometimes, and people still use it to send signals and SOS code in danger. I know that light houses still use this to send messages to ships.
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@Arkie69 (2156)
• United States
10 Feb 09
I have used Morris Code a lot in times past. It is still in use today. Ham Radio operators use it. In fact to get a ticket from General class up you must be able to copy code at a certain speed. When I was a ham operator I talked to people all over the world with code. I never did learn to like it tho. I finally came up with software where I could run it on my PC. I could send and receive it at 99 words per minute on the PC. I was thinking about code the other day and I don't even remember what the letters are. SOS is the only one I remember.
Art
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@Arkie69 (2156)
• United States
11 Feb 09
You're right that is the SOS. Ham radio using Morris code is used on some boats. Code will travel a lot farther than voice. No matter where they go if they have a problem they can get in touch with someone somewhere in the world to get help. I have talked to a few boats with code. It is real easy to pick up here in central US down around the Southern tip of South America.
Art
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@keinah2 (301)
• Philippines
20 Jun 11
.. -.- -. --- .-- ....---.-- - --- ..-... -- --- .-. ... . -.-.--- --. .
(Not to make things complicated, this translates to: "I know how to use Morse Code". haha)
Morse Code isn't used that much nowadays..not that I know about. I think it's still used by the Global Maritime Distress Safety System, though. My skills in Morse Coding got rusty because of lack of practice. Morse Code is really difficult because you won't be able see the spaces between the words. The zigzag version of Morse Code is a lot easier because there are spaces.
