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[gfish]

After my recent Morse code post, I decided to refresh my skills. I passed the 5 wpm test for my Tech Plus license with flying colors, but that was many years ago. I'm sad to report that the available practice software hasn't improved much in the intervening time. (Maybe the DOS-based one that sells for $24 is super awesome, but I'm not about to find out.) After several day's practice I'm back to where I used to be, which is nice.

It's too bad Morse is a dying art. It's so iconic, such a classic adventure skill. In a generation, no one will know it anymore.

Comments

[tommusic.livejournal.com]

Re: the older post...

How about if you were doing different kinds of hits on the pipe (http://tommusic.net/i/grabbed/httpcns2.uni.eduwallingfblog-imagesartmagritte-not-a-pipe.jpg)? Er, I mean if you were striking the pipe in different ways?

For instance, if you strike a big pipe with a wrench and then immediately pull the wrench away vs. striking and letting the wrench sit against the pipe.

Would that essentially give you longer and shorter sounds?

[gfish.livejournal.com]

Possibly. Or tapping vs. scraping. But that isn't what is shown in movies. :)

[tommusic.livejournal.com]

Sadly, so true! It would take the protagonists MUCH more time to tap out letters if they only have one character to use... :-)

Good luck with the move!