r/morsecode

I’m 18(M) and “pata hai aaj kya hua” today I received an anonymous letter. At first, I was really surprised—who would even write to me? I’ve never had a girlfriend, and my friends would just text me instead. I flipped the envelope over to check the name, but I didn’t recognize it, and the address didn’t seem familiar either..... 

The address mentioned in the letter actually seemed imaginary—“Invisi Bling Road” doesn’t even exist!!

I took the letter home and opened it. It turned out to be a confession letter, but parts of it were written in Morse code so no one could read it quickly ,it had the date 24/4/26 written on it.

My mom and dad saw me with it and immediately started asking, “Show it to me” and “Who wrote that?” I don’t get much privacy at home.., so I got a bit annoyed and said, “Let me read it first,” and went to my room.

My heart was racing. I called a few friends who I thought might have written it, but every single one denied they that wrote it....

That’s when I started feeling a bit scared—how does some random person have my exact address and phone number when I don’t even know them? Even my closest friends don’t have my full address!!!

MANUALLY DECODED LETTER:

24/4/26 Tuesday

I will write RANDOM in this letter in MORSE CODE so THAT its not READ by the WRONG eyes.  I  THINK code FIGURE OUT toh KER hi LOGE nahi? IT will be DISAPPOINTING if  you don't.

FIRV off yeh ek PROPOSAL nhi lekin CONFESSION hain .It is fun to play WITH WODRS but in this case i’ll go DIRECTLY  to the POINT. 

You know ID had a MASSIVE CRUSH throughout tenth and ELEVENTH (and a bit of TWELFTH) but what am i SAYING ? Of course you DIDNT know. I am damn GOOD at HIDING my FELLING so why am i TELLING you this now? WHY  this letter which you might never even READ? It's a selfish REASON yaar!. I wanted CLOSURE!

Hain kaun ye BANDA jo do saal tak WAS FIXED on MY MIND. Nikalo ISSE demag se. Enough! enough enough… .

Also i thought whats the worst that could happen WRITING this? Zyada se zyada THODA ego hi toh FEED hoga (aur vaise hona chiye ive never felt attracted to SOMEBODY FOR that long before) plus not like im ever GOING to see YOU again! So FUCK IT bas likh dalo, likh dalo....

Agar BATANA hi tha th PEHLE kyu nhi bataya? Well for the SAME REASON that i never LIKED talking TO YOU. I hate FEELING out of control. I suppose MAIN alag ki TYPE KI insaan hu , who AVOIDS her CRUSH instead of doing the opposite. Very weird, I AGREE.

If you're still reading this WOW! You have reached SO FAR!  Or maybe just USING CHAT GPT  in any CASE, congratulations on FIGURING it OUT all the way till here captain! Lekin picture abhi baaki hai mere dost, one LAST piece of puzzle SEE IF you can figure OUT who i am ( personally i think its OBVIOUS)
All the very best for the future

" G "

So....It took me about an hour to decode the whole letter. After that, I talked to my friends again and we tried to guess who it could be.

In the letter, it was written that she had a crush on me since 10th grade but never confessed it. Who knows if a girl actually wrote it or if it was a guy? I mean, guys usually don’t put in that much effort, I think.

The Morse thing code itself felt like a bit too much... ( whoever did that 10/10 efforts)

We came up with all kinds of wild ideas, but in the end, we couldn’t figure it out. We just assumed it might be a prank—especially since I have exams next week, so maybe someone wanted to distract me. But there’s also a small chance it was genuine.

At the end of the letter, there was no name or phone number—just the letter “G.” I don’t know any girl whose name starts with G… or maybe it’s first letter of her surname. Honestly, I don’t think I’ll ever find out.

Still, this is something I’m definitely going to remember for a long time.

Hey r/morsecode,

2 weeks ago I shared MorseKit here and got a lot of feedback, some warm, some critical, some pretty pointed. I took notes on all of it and wanted to come back and share the changes we shipped since then, because most of these were directly raised in that thread.

What we changed:

• Fixed audio issues. There were a few cases where the sound wasn't clean or didn't play properly, those are resolved now.
• Fixed timing. The CW timing was off in some places. We went through the generation logic and corrected the ratios across the board. Should be aligned with standard timing now.
• Visual dit/dah representation is now OFF by default. You can still turn it on as an option if you want it as a beginner aid, but the default experience is sound-only, which is what most people in this thread argued for and I think they were right.
• On ads: heads up that you'll see a small number of ads for a short while as we work through some monetization changes.
• Fixed language related errors

What's coming next:

• Receive-only lessons. Some users told us they'd rather not learn the send side by tapping on a touchscreen, which is fair. We're adding a receive only path so you can focus purely on copying.
• Updated tools section. We're refreshing the tooling part of the app, including a flashlight (light signaling) mode and a few more utilities we'll roll out gradually.

I know one update post isn't going to win over anyone who was skeptical, and that's fair. But if you gave feedback in the original thread, your input is in this version of the app. That mattered to me.

Going forward we'll be posting regular dev blogs and product updates over at r/MorseKit so we don't clutter this sub. We might still drop in here for the bigger milestones, but the day to day stuff lives over there. If you want to come hang out, drop feature requests, report bugs, or just share your streaks and progress, you're more than welcome. We'd genuinely love to have you.

You can grab the download links here:

Website
Android
IOS

73 ✋

Hi! I’d like to introduce my project.

A few months ago, despite having no amateur radio background, I randomly came across Forrest’s YouTube Shorts. It immediately caught my attention, and I quickly became curious about Morse code, not only the skill itself, but also the technical side, the tools, and the different types of keys.

I wanted to buy a paddle, but the models that interested me were either out of stock or difficult to find. So I decided to build my own.

I went through several prototypes, and I’m finally reaching a point where I’m genuinely happy with the result. I had a very specific set of design goals:

- It had to be compact enough to be easily portable without worrying about losing its adjustments.

- It had to be solid and durable, mainly made of aluminum.

- It had to perform well in cold weather. I live in Canada, so I wanted to minimize the impact of aluminum’s high thermal conductivity on usability.

- Adjustable magnetic return force and adjustable lever travel.

There may still be some small changes to the final design as I’m continuing to run tests.

Given that I’m still new to this field, I plan to have the key beta-tested by more experienced operators. (Probably some youtuber so the good of the key, and the bad, can be "public")

In the near future, the project will be open source.

Since most people don’t own a CNC machine, I also plan to create a 3D-printed version that could be built using a minimal parts kit — mainly the levers and a few components that need to be electrically conductive by design.

I’d also eventually like to explore more design-focused and aesthetically refined versions of the key.

I’m also considering producing a few small batches to sell at some point, but that’s not where I’m at right now.

Thanks for reading, any feedback, criticism, or suggestions are more than welcome. I'm on Youtube and IG if you want to follow the project. I'm kinda bad at it, but I'm learning ahah. Thanks

Hi, I recently started learning Morse code. In order to learn I’ve been making a list of words that sound similar to the code in terms of what syllables are enunciated. I’m wondering if anyone has any ideas for the letters I haven’t come up with a word for yet? It doesn’t have to be in English, it just needs to be in a language that uses the Latin alphabet ideally. Thanks!

Edit: Damn some of y’all are really opinionated regarding the supposed « correct » way to learn something. While I appreciate the input despite not asking for it, I would like to challenge you to acknowledge the possibility that everyone learns differently, and that proficiency can come in a multitude of ways. This is only one part of how I’m learning - I am also practicing with sound and light using online learning platforms, which is also helpful. Having an initial way to help me remember the sounds doesn’t automatically mean I will always need them, but it is a helpful springboard.

I very recently bought a Joy-It Mega 2560-P starter kit (I think it’s an Arduino equivalent or compatible). Was just wondering if it’s too fast. Once I’m able I’ll try and add a speaker. Also my Morse code skills suck so I’ve just got it so I can type into the computer and it’ll spit it back out in Morse. Should be running at 10 wpm

My great grandfather served in a communications unit during WWI, working with Morse and telegraph. Hearing those stories growing up is probably the reason I got into ham radio in the first place. I made decent progress with the radio side of things, but Morse was different, it really just comes down to repetition and memory and I could never stick with it long enough to get good.

Last year I picked up Spanish on Duolingo and it actually worked on me. The streaks, the tiny lessons, that small sense of accomplishment after each one. At some point I thought, why isn't there something like this for Morse?

So I built the first version just for myself. My co-founder and I already build apps together, and when I showed it to him he liked it too, so we decided to turn it into a real product. We even have a mascot now, his name is Mors 🙂

We're still very early and there are bugs, but we're actively working on it and shipping improvements pretty much every day. Any kind of feedback helps, even the harsh kind, it keeps us going.

The plan is to slowly add more Morse related tools over time, few of them are already inside. Available on both iOS and Android:

Android
IOS
Website

If there's a feature or tool you'd like to see in the app, I'd love to hear it. Thanks alot 🙏

Is this code? Does it say anything.

I haven't practiced morse code this week due to my internship period starting, i've made 2 previous posts of me documenting my progress when it comes to learning morse code. and honestly... 26 WPM 100% Accuracy in 3 weeks is... impressive. But... i may or may not have touched the limit of my setup when it comes to morse code.

I've been using a laptop keyboard for doing morse code this whole time (Yes literally), i embedded an input overlay just to show how crazy the speed is getting, and i might be entering the limitation of the hardware itself; one of the most prominent struggles i had is... ergonomics, my gosh my hands are dying when it get to this speed, and second is also hardware and software limitation. since i am using a laptop keyboard there's alot of disadvantage when it comes to controlling the timing and speed, like for example how i have to alternate between 2 keys when doing a letter like "C" for example compared to the conventional paddle where you can hold both paddles depending on which key you pressed first without really sacrificing your fingers. and alot of limitations that i could name

I could kind of guess that the theoretical limit for doing morse on a computer keyboard (mine might be a worst case scenario) is around 28-30 WPM (i have absolutely no prior radio experience before hand, i am learning this out of curiosity), and i might try to reach those points on the next week of my progress update

I would appreciate it if anyone had any "cheap" paddle recommendations, or any resources that i could built in by myself, i might gave it a try! and thanks again in advance for any inputs and suggestions

I think the mouse is speaking morse( a video game easter egg, Into the Radius 2). But I can't figure out the translation. The volume is kind of low and mixed in background thunder. If someone can help me translate it to prove I'm not crazy. Thank you, kind internet person!

Slow down as needed or whatever I’m a noob at Morse code so I need help with this if you can help thank you.