wheey
sorted, apparently a small difference between the code under the conditions for the first line and second makes a big difference when the beeps are added,
so although it wasnt a problem without beeps it had to be changed,
now i have a good beeping board that prints the text out to serial and lcd,
it does get a bit confused with long strings though, especially when they are all very similar morse codes, and it seems to get out of sync with the serial every now and then as a result,
now to take the buzzer output and put it on a mic input and see if it comes out of speakers,