Homework Help Forum: Morse Code Please Answer!

Posted by Jenna on Thursday, February 22, 2007 at 4:11pm.

My book doesn't explain how, for example, if D was --. and O was .-. than how would they tell the end of the D from the beginning of the O? Did they pause between letters? But then how would they know the difference between a "new letter" pause, and a "new word" pause. Could more than one message come in at the same time? If it could, wouldn't that be confusing? Please answer! THANK YOU.... YOU ANSWERED!!!! =) I was just giving examples for the code, I wasn't actually saying that D was --. or that O was.-. Thanks again for the help! Thank you for using the Jiskha Homework Help Forum. Do you have a different Morse Code from the usual? You say D as --. and O as .-. but the usual code is D as -.. and O as ---. The short and long elements can be formed by sounds, marks or pulses, and are commonly known as "dots" and "dashes" or "dits" and "dahs". There are short spaces between the dits and dahs within a character, longer ones between characters, and still longer ones between words. Oh, please answer! No one seems to pay much attention to any titles except "Science", "History", "English", "Computer", or "Math"! One more question... could more than one message come in at once? Thank you for using the Jiskha Homework Help Forum. You would not hear two transmitters at the same time. (The radio frequencies would sound garbled.) You could tape one or another person could be listening to the second one. P.S. Here are some websites you might like concerning Morse Code:

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