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Old 9th Mar 2007, 21:28
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matt_hooks
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Not had a chance to read through the multitude of pages, but when I learnt morse I found it useful to break the alphabet down into groups of logical sequence.

For example

T -
M --
O ---

E .
I ..
S ...
H ....

A ._
U.._
V..._

A good aviation one!

N -.
D -..
B -...

then some of the others make pairs, for example

W .--
G --.

Q --.-
Y -.--

L .-..
F..-.

J .---

K -.-
R .-.

P .--.
X -..-

then there are tho odd ones

C -.-.

and

Z --..

Just found breaking it down like that helped to make it manageable! The only way to get good at recieveing it is to listen to it time and time again. I learnt it 10 years ago and have hardly used it since, and yet I can still read quite happily at 12 WPM if necessary, truly a skill for life!
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