Dave wrote:
thats funny, the program i am writing represents it very nicely with just
1's and 0's.

Looking at it that way, all things that can be put into a digital
program are digital, such as photographs, word processing, database, etc.

Let us put it to the test, Dave.
Write out a short sentence, or even a CQ de (your callsign) in binary
format, and let me read it right off the screen. If Morse code is
binary, it will be no problem.

This is a screen readable approximation of me calling CQ

..-.- --.- -.. . -.- -... ...-- . .. .- .--. ... . -.-

it is not binary.

- Mike KB3EIA -



"Michael Coslo" wrote in message
...

I felt kinda bad about being mean to Len, so I'll try to meet him
halfway with a Morse code topic. So maybe we can ressurect this old one...

I hear lots of Hams declare that Morse code is a binary mode.

It is most certainly not.

Let us look at the situation.

Is the Dit a "0"?
Is the Dah a "1"?

Is the space between characters a "0"? and the Dih a "1"? Oh wait, what
is the Dah then? Oh, and what about the space between words?

It isn't binary, and the way our noodles process it isn't binary.

It's not binary.

- Mike KB3EIA -