Morse Code

Letter	Morse
A	di-dah
B	dah-di-di-dit
C	dah-di-dah-dit
D	dah-di-dit
E	dit
F	di-di-dah-dit
G	dah-dah-dit
H	di-di-di-dit
I	di-dit
J	di-dah-dah-dah
K	dah-di-dah
L	di-dah-di-dit
M	dah-dah

Letter	Morse
N	dah-dit
O	dah-dah-dah
P	di-dah-dah-dit
Q	dah-dah-di-dah
R	di-dah-dit
S	di-di-dit
T	dah
U	di-di-dah
V	di-di-di-dah
W	di-dah-dah
X	dah-di-di-dah
Y	dah-di-dah-dah
Z	dah-dah-di-dit

Letter	Morse
Ä	di-dah-di-dah
Á	di-dah-dah-di-dah
Å	di-dah-dah-di-dah
Ch	dah-dah-dah-dah
É	di-di-dah-di-dit
Ñ	dah-dah-di-dah-dah
Ö	dah-dah-dah-dit
Ü	di-di-dah-dah

Digit	Morse
0	dah-dah-dah-dah-dah
1	di-dah-dah-dah-dah
2	di-di-dah-dah-dah
3	di-di-di-dah-dah
4	di-di-di-di-dah
5	di-di-di-di-dit
6	dah-di-di-di-dit
7	dah-dah-di-di-dit
8	dah-dah-dah-di-dit
9	dah-dah-dah-dah-dit

Punctuation Mark	Morse
Full-stop (period)	di-dah-di-dah-di-dah
Comma	dah-dah-di-di-dah-dah
Colon	dah-dah-dah-di-di-dit
Question mark (query)	di-di-dah-dah-di-dit
Apostrophe	di-dah-dah-dah-dah-dit
Hyphen	dah-di-di-di-di-dah
Slash ("/")	dah-di-di-dah-dit
Brackets (parentheses)	dah-di-dah-dah-di-dah
Quotation marks	di-dah-di-di-dah-dit
At sign	di-dah-dah-di-dah-dit
Equals sign	dah-di-di-di-dah

Prosign	Morse
AR, End of message	di-dah-di-dah-dit
AS, Wait	di-dah-di-di-dit
BT (or TV), Break in the text	dah-di-di-di-dah
CL, Going off the air ("clear")	dah-di-dah-di-di-dah-di-dit
SK, End of transmission	di-di-di-dah-di-dah

Other Phrases	Abbreviation
Over	K
Roger	R
See you later	CUL
Be seeing you	BCNU
You're	UR
Signal report	RST
Best regards	73
Love and kisses	88

Q Code	Meaning
QSL	I acknowledge receipt
QSL?	Do you acknowledge?
QRX	Wait
QRX?	Should I wait?
QRV	I am ready to copy
QRV?	Are you ready to copy?
QRL	The frequency is in use
QRL?	Is the frequency in use?
QTH	My location is...
QTH?	What is your location?

Notes

If the duration of a dot is taken to be one unit then that of a dash is three units. The space between the components of one character is one unit, between characters is three units and between words seven units. To indicate that a mistake has been made and for the receiver to delete the last word, send di-di-di-di-di-di-di-dit (eight dots).

The prosigns are combinations of two letters sent together with no space in between. The other abbreviations and Q codes are sent with the normal spacing.

For learning Morse code it is recommended that you do not try to remember dots and dashes, but remember the Morse code sounds instead.

Notes

If the duration of a dot is taken to be one unit then that of a dash is three units. The space between the components of one character is one unit, between characters is three units and between words seven units. To indicate that a mistake has been made and for the receiver to delete the last word, send ........ (eight dots).

The prosigns are combinations of two letters sent together with no space in between. The other abbreviations and Q codes are sent with the normal spacing.

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