[CW] Watch "Kubla Khan - Take 2" on YouTube
Bruce Prior
n7rr at hotmail.com
Mon May 25 17:24:44 EDT 2020
Hi DR --
I spent some time trying to find that article, without success. According to Wikipedia:
"There is no standard representation for the exclamation mark (!), although the KW digraph<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digraph_(orthography)> (▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄) was proposed in the 1980s by the Heathkit<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathkit> Company (a vendor of assembly kits for amateur radio equipment). While Morse code translation software prefers the Heathkit version, on-air use is not yet universal as some amateur radio operators in North America and the Caribbean continue to prefer the older MN digraph (▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄) carried over from American landline telegraphy code."
So, you agree with the latter choice. I think that one may be used for other letters in some alphabets, however. Incidentally, I always prefer to use dits and dahs rather than dots and dashes, like you. I made the bad mistake of learning Morse for my Boy Scouts first class badge by memorizing a dot-dash chart, which continues to slow me down many years later. See the attached article. The upper limit of my accurate sending dexterity is about 17 WPM with an electronic keyer when I'm operating from SOTA summits. Receiving above about 25 WPM gets dicey for me.
73,
Bruce Prior N7RR
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What did you suggest. Bruce?
I nominate dah-dah-dah-dit.
But having a dash at the end can be lengthened!
So dah-dah-dah-dit-daaaaaaaaahh ?
73
DR
On Sun, May 24, 2020, 13:01 Bruce Prior <n7rr at hotmail.com<mailto:n7rr at hotmail.com>> wrote:
The lack of the exclamation mark in International Morse Code is a big hole that needs to be filled. I wrote about it in Morsum Magnificat years ago.
73,
Bruce Prior N7RR
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Subject: [CW] Watch "Kubla Khan - Take 2" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/r8JXr3I2ycQ
When Morse decoders came out, I used one to detect the deficiencies in my Vibroplex semiautomatic key sending. I could now be sure I was actually sending NN MA instead of CQ. So I watched the screen while I sent, it really helped me. I'm probably going to embarrass myself but have to automation read this: https://youtu.be/r8JXr3I2ycQ Turn on English captions as I added them a few days ago.
To turn on the CAPTIONS use the menu in the upper right (click and three vertical dots will appear which you also need to click to get to the menu.) When you see the drop down box, you must select English-United States. Usually the captions will NOT start, so do this: Click the video time bar at the middle, all of a sudden the captions start. Now click back to the beginning and start the video from the beginning. You will now see: KUBLA KHAN BY SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE OR A VISION IN A DREAM. A FRAGMENT. = IN XANADU DID KUBLA KHAN A STATELY PLEASURE-DOME DECREE (&c) complete with punctuation sent in Morse. Since there is no exclamation point in International Morse currently, where a ! is used in poem, I substituted "EXCLAIM" for that symbol as ITU Handbook for Sending and Reception on Morse by aural (ear) means (sounder or tone) (Appendix B,) Enjoy!
73
DR
N1EA
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