PrepPro signal station

Learn Morse code

When the power is out and the towers are down, a torch, a whistle or a radio key still gets a message through. Take a seat at the station and learn it by ear, the way operators do.

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Tap the lamp. It has something to say.

  1. 1Learn two lettersS and O take about a minute, and then you can send SOS.
  2. 2Crack the codeRead three signals off the lamp to win a discount.
  3. 3Send your ownTap out a message on the brass key.

Learn by ear

You start with two letters. Get 90% right and the next one unlocks. Listen for the rhythm of each letter instead of counting dots.

Start the drill, then tap the letter you hear.

Four habits that make it stick
Listen, don't countEvery letter has its own rhythm. Learn the sound of the whole letter, the way you know a ringtone, and you never need to count dots.
Say it out loudDit for short, dah for long. K is dah-di-dah. Saying it locks the rhythm in faster than reading it.
Fast letters, long gapsLetters here are sent at full speed with extra space between them. Slow letters teach you to count, and counting is the habit that stalls people later.
Ten minutes a dayShort daily sessions beat one long one. Your progress saves on this device, so you pick up where you left off.

This page flashes a small light and plays beeps. If flashing bothers you, switch Light off and learn by sound alone. That is how operators learn anyway.

Why it still earns a place in your kit

SOS needs no translation

Three dits, three dahs, three dits sent as one run, then a pause, then again. It works in any language with almost no equipment.

Anything can carry it

A torch at night, a whistle in the bush, a mirror in the sun, a car horn, a tap on a pipe. If you can make a short and a long, you can send Morse.

It gets through on low power

A Morse tone cuts through static that swallows a voice. That is why radio operators still fall back on it when conditions turn bad.

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Morse is a backup, not a replacement for calling for help. In a life-threatening emergency call Triple Zero (000).