Morse

General Information

Morse code was the first method for data transfer over radio. By now it has been mostly replaced by digital modes.

Usage:

§ Transfer of textual information over HF.

Mode Details

 

Item

Value

Standard

Modulation

Carrier keyed on/off

 

Bandwidth (Hz)

400

 

Symbol rate (Bd)

Depending on data-rate

 

Data rate (cpm)

30 … 300

Demodulator Settings

Demodulator

Morse

 

Range (cpm)

60…125

 

Keying rate (cpm)

250

 

Tolerance (cpm)

250

Features

Demodulation

yes

 

Recognition

yes

 

Decoding

yes

 

Automatic Polarity Adjustment

yes

 

Combination with other modems (modem list)

yes

Tuning

The tuning frequency is the center of the signal

Table 144: Morse

Figure 50: Morse Spectrogram