LEARNING MORSE CODE BY SOUND...THE CORRECT WAY!

NOT BY SIGHT...THE WRONG WAY

NEVER, NEVER USE THOSE OLD DOT n DASH CHARTS
Morse Code Charts below courtesy of W4DON

Letter----------Morse Sound

A di-dah B dah-di-di-dit C dah-di-dah-dit D dah-di-dit E dit F di-di-dah-dit G dah-dah-dit H di-di-di-dit I di-dit J di-dah-dah-dah K dah-di-dah L di-dah-di-dit M dah-dah

N dah-dit O dah-dah-dah P di-dah-dah-dit Q dah-dah-di-dah R di-dah-dit S di-di-dit T dah U di-di-dah V di-di-di-dah W di-dah-dah X dah-di-di-dah Y dah-di-dah-dah Z dah-dah-di-dit

Number --------- Morse Sound

1 di-dah-dah-dah-dah ( di = is a dit sound with a silent T ) 2 di-di-dah-dah-dah 3 di-di-di-dah-dah 4 di-di-di-di-dah 5 di-di-di-di-dit

6 dah-di-di-di-dit 7 dah-dah-di-di-dit 8 dah-dah-dah-di-dit 9 dah-dah-dah-dah-dit 0 dah-dah-dah-dah-dah

       Punctuation         Morse Sound      Sounds Like

Period	di-dah-di-dah-di-dah         AAA
Comma	dah-dah-di-di-dah-dah      MIM
Question Mark	di-di-dah-dah-di-dit           IMI

Prosigns                         Sounds like                     Use or meaning    /                          dah-di-di-dah-dit                 DN W4AW/8 W4AW/QRP

@               di-dah-dah-di-dah-dit             {1}AC morse@charter.net

AR                    di-dah-di-dah-dit                  AR End of Message

AS                       di-dah-di-di-dit                   AS Wait or Standby

BT              dah-di-di-di-dah      BT Double Dash or Break for Text

CL    dah-di-dah-di-di-dah-di-dit       CL Closing my Station down

SK                 di-di-di-dah-di-dah            SK End of Transmission

From the editor: Learning Morse Code by "sound" is the only method that works for building code copy speed! When you hear Morse Code on your reciever, and you want to be able to convert what your ears hear to understandable letters, numbers, etc,  then by eliminating all of the wrong methods you may have learned, you increase the "processing" time of your brain tremendously! When you hear "di-dah" you will know instantly that this was the letter A. Not one dit or dot and one dah or dash = A.
You must instantly know "A" is di-dah and di-dah is "A".

If you try to do the "brain conversion" any other way than by sound, then while your brain is "processing" the wrong way, several other Morse code characters have passed you by and you are lost. You missed several characters and they are gone!

To increase your copy speed, you must be able to instantly convert the rhythm of the sounds you hear to understandable copy. Trying to count the dots and dashes, then visually "picture" them from a dot dash "chart" in your brain and then converting them to understandable copy will surely slow you down. Learning Morse code by sound (the rhythm or pattern of the sound), like it was a musical note, is the only way to learn Morse code. After you are very proficient, which comes from much practice, you will hear entire words rather than just a bunch of di's and dah's strung together!

So if you are serious about either learning Morse code or increasing your code speed...what are you waiting for? 73 - N4UJW

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