MDWLRK t1_iudmp5b wrote on October 30, 2022 at 3:14 PM

Reply to comment by SnakeBeardTheGreat in ELI5: Morse code is made up of dots and dashes. How did telegraph operators keep from losing track of where one letter ended and another began? by copperdomebodhi

This is fascinating. To think you could hear some beeps and automatically come to the conclusion, “that sounds like so-and-so”. Technology is completely fascinating. Even old technology.

SnakeBeardTheGreat t1_iudyrbn wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:38 PM

MY ex FIL was a ham radio guy. In all the years he was on he never used voice always key.. Had his own little spot for his radios was always on at the same times to talk with his group of friends.

MDWLRK t1_iue2vya wrote on October 30, 2022 at 5:06 PM

Crazy. It’d drive me insane not hearing voices

SnakeBeardTheGreat t1_iufjzc1 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 11:02 PM

This is just another language that you learn. The dots and dashes are part of it. They are the voices that you hear. Do you text? You don't hear a voice then Just the one in you head as you read it.

MDWLRK t1_iugktaz wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:56 AM

Yeah, if I could learn another language. 🤣