Tom Gewecke wrote:
Isn't Morse simply the first (variable bit) binary character encoding
standard, which was followed by the 5-bit Baudot, various 6, 7, and 8 bit
encodings, and finally (we hope) by the 21 bit Unicode?
Morse code isn't a binary code, but rather a quaternary one: It has four distinct code elements, viz. dot, dash, character gap, and word gap. Alternatively, you can think of it as a ternary code, when you represent the word gap by three consecutive character gaps (which will physically make no difference in audible, or flashlight, rendering). But binary? No, Sir! You cannot do without the gaps. Best wishes, Otto Stolz
