Signal decoder
Every meter bar on this site spells something in Morse.
How the bars encode letters
Each column sits in one of three height bands. Judge by eye, or count the lit segments:
| What you see | Lit segments | Means |
|---|---|---|
| A tall column, well into the top third | 11 to 15 | dash — |
| A middling column, around a third up | 4 to 7 | dot • |
| A stub at the base | 1 | end of a letter |
The bars bounce but never leave their band, so the reading holds while they move. A dot at its peak is four segments below a dash at its floor. Stubs hold still.
Read left to right. Two stubs in a row are a word space. The header spells my name. No other field spells the heading above it, so position gives nothing away.
Worked example
A word that appears nowhere on the site:
• • • | • • | — — • | — • | • — | • — • •
Split at the stubs: ... .. --. -. .- .-.., which is S, I, G, N, A, L.
Decode as you read
Tap a button for each column. Or type: full stop for a dot, hyphen for a dash, space for a break, backspace to undo.
What you have entered
Nothing read yet.
Reads as
—
A group in brackets is not a letter. Check for a tall bar read as short, or a missed stub.
Morse alphabet
- A
.- - B
-... - C
-.-. - D
-.. - E
. - F
..-. - G
--. - H
.... - I
.. - J
.--- - K
-.- - L
.-.. - M
-- - N
-. - O
--- - P
.--. - Q
--.- - R
.-. - S
... - T
- - U
..- - V
...- - W
.-- - X
-..- - Y
-.-- - Z
--..
Real Morse marks a letter break with silence. A gap would leave holes in the field, so a stub stands in.
Your first message
The front page hides a section until the right Morse is entered here. The word is RADIO. Send it with the buttons above and the way in appears below.
Open the front page with the radio. Nothing loads from Google until you press play. The link is how the answer travels, since nothing is stored between pages. Arrive without it and the radio is gone.
If every column reaches the top and nothing decodes, the radio has its bar control unlocked. Lock it again.
What the meters say
Now the ones with no answer given. Seven fields on the main page, in this order. Only the header says what you expect. The boxes give the letter count and nothing else. Found 0 of 7.
The list lives in memory only. Reload and it empties. See the ethics note.
All seven, read by eye.
The message that names nothing
One more field sits in the footer of every page, with no section beneath it to name. Three words:
Nothing above is required first. Read this one and the last page opens.
Yes. That page is about you rather than me, and it still stores nothing.