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#morsecode

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@slembcke

Six bytes plus the running dictionary, right?

I need to study how Huffman encoding works. I read a little about it in the 90s, but don't quite grasp it, other than the general idea that it's a kind of binary tree structure to represent more frequent symbols with shorter codes. A little like the early versions of #MorseCode, before O got seriously messed up. ;)

Just published a roll-up of 2.5 years of ham radio adventures! 📡 From CW milestones and POTA outings to kit builds and family radio history, here’s a categorized guide to every story and lesson I’ve shared so far.

journal.seefar.dev/sections/Jo

It was fun to write this entry and see what I've been doing in radio. Maybe you'll find an entry that's interesting to you. Let me know!

See Far Journal · Journal Entry RollupJournal entry rollup

I figure if I'm going to learn morse code, I'd learn it like how I did Braille, letter by letter first, then word by word and see how the letters connect to each other, but apparently, I'd be doing it wrong that way, though I'm very good at pattern recognition. Would i be doing it wrong this way? #MorseCode

I've had a policy for a few years now of collecting inexpensive morse code keys for locals. I once helped give a morse code course with the OARC along with Mike Kelly VE3FFK and at the time students were having problems finding inexpensive keys to start with! I'm happy to be able to help locals.

So I have a taker for this key and some hamradio magazines. I found the older mags useful when I was starting out to get a flavour of the hobby.

The monthly CWops Solid Copy newsletter was just published. Always a good read for anyone interested in Morse code (CWops members or not). In this issue, there's the story of how a couple of friends helped twenty year old blind ham Jenna, N4JEH to set up a station in her dorm room, so she can finally get on the air while studying away from her home (shack): cwops.org/current-month/ #morsecode #hamradio (Edit: Fixed link to current month's issue)