Morse code mnemonics

A Wish Morse word is used to remember the code of a character in Morse Code. Depending on the language different words were being used. The Morse Wish words had a historical tradition in education, but are considered unsuitable to learn with them the Morse code, as in the usual keying speed the implementation of memory aids is no longer possible. The memory aids have been replaced by the so-called auditory reading.

History

In the book " Cheaper by the Dozen" in 1948 described two children of the U.S. Tayloristen Frank Gilbreth, Ernestine Gilbreth Carey and Frank Gilbreth Jr. bunker as they had learned from their father with mnemonics Morse code.

The memory aids each begin with the letter to be encoded. Every syllable in the associated mark-word stands for a signal. This mean syllables in which the vowel O is included, a dash ( long signal), and all other syllables a dot ( short beep ). In addition, we also took the additional syllable rhythm (rhythm words or sound words) for help. There were mixed forms in the ranks of O- syllable words and the rhythm of words. More memory aid variants were aligned with the 1947 by ICAO Buchstabiertafel.

The Morse - syllable aid became famous for the letter L by the musical declaration of love on December 23, 1932, first performed at the Theater an der Wien "I love you " (rhythm corresponding to the Morse code · - · · L ) of the operetta " Sissi" by Fritz Kreisler which can also be heard in later appeared Sissi film, and premiered in 1939 by the German radio operator song.

Example of mnemonics list

Source: The Great Brockhaus, 15th Edition, Volume 12 (MAI - MUD ), Leipzig 1932, p 762

Other methods

To achieve the usual Telegrafiegeschwindigkeiten, other ways have to be found. One of the most effective training techniques published in 1936 the German psychologist Ludwig Koch. It allows you to be heard reading the Morse code because of the sound of the characters, without counting the dots and dashes.

Known telegraphy - learning methods are:

• Farnsworth method, named after the U.S. amateur radio Donald R. Farnsworth, in which the speed from the start is high, but the distances between the individual Morse characters are enlarged. When learning the distances to be reduced gradually to the standard length.