[CW] Word Spacing

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

I just used FLDIGI  on the message from GBTT to WSC.

TO MANAGER AND ST\F WSC
TUCKERTON RADIO <BT> AS WE TAKE OUR LEAVE NEWYORK AND REGRETFULLY
STEAM DOWN THE HUDSON FOR THE LAST TIME WE SEND YOU ALL OUR
THANKS AND APPRECIATION GOR 6E COOPERADON EXTENDED TO US OVER THE
YEARS BESTWISHES AND OUR KINDEST REGARDS <BT>RADIO NTAFF
GBTT<AR>

No spacing errors were decoded except for errors within words - that
is letter spacing but not word spacing.

TO MANAGER AND ST\F WSC TUCKERTON RADIO
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AS WE TAKE OUR LEAVE OF NEWYORK AND REGRETFULLY STEAM
DOWN THE HUDSON FOR THE LAST TIME WE SEND YOU ALL OUR
THANKS AND APPRECIATION FOR 6E COOPERATION EXTENDED TO US OVER THE
YEARS BESTWISHES AND OUR KINDEST REGARDS
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RADIO STAFF GBTT +

Now, I copied it all without the errors, and it was a computer program
copying and there is no way that I would say that all the errors in
decoding were correct.  I copied it all OK.  ST\F isn't even a valid
Morse decoding!

If you think the spacing is poor, so be it, but it isn't poor, it is
spaced very well - not perfect but it's humanly sent Morse.

73
DR

On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 4:31 PM Bruce Prior <n7rr at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Spacing between words apparently originated about 1400 to 1600 years ago. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_(punctuation)> In modern languages, including those with a Latin or Greek or Cyrillic written base, world spacing became standard. When rendering those languages in Morse code, it makes sense to differentiate between letter spacing and word spacing.
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> I generally use an Elecraft transceiver for sending and receiving Morse code. Even at their very best, Morse decoders for receiving are pretty rudimentary. That's because Morse code can operate at a wide variety of speeds, and it takes some time for a decoder to synchronize itself to the actual speed being sent. Transmit decoders are a different matter. The decoder should know for what speed the keyer is set. An excellent truth teller is a quality transmit Morse decoder. If an operator sends H for a 5 or B for a 6, the transmit decoder will make that plain. Similarly, if the operator does not leave enough space between words, the decoder will run the words together. An excellent way to discipline our sending is to leave a Morse decoder active when we're transmitting, giving us immediate feedback if we get our spacing wrong.
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> 73,
> Bruce Prior N7RR
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