robert casey wrote:


No, it's easy.

"S" is one time unit on, one time unit off, one time unit on, one time
unit
off, one time unit on. Then at least three time units off.

"O" is three time units on, one time unit off, three time units on,
one time
unit off, three time units on. Then at least three time units off.



That assumes the sender sends correctly. If he spaces his dahs
too far apart, or runs his dits too close, decoders might get
confused.

Not only might, but DO.

I think some of the confusion is in the attempts to decode Morse with
computers.

I wonder if the computer programs use the method that Jim states? It
soulw seem that in order to be accurate, there would need to be many
more subdivisions, with the number of on or off states being multiplied
for each component. This might help with the jitter of sending


But only lids would do that.....


umm, that would probably be me...........

- Mike KB3EIA -