INTERNATIONAL MORSE CODE AND CONVENTIONAL SIGNALS

TO BE USED FOR ALL GENERAL PUBLIC SERVICE RADIO COMMUNICATION

  1. A dash is equal to three dots.
  2. The space between parts of the same letter is equal to one dot.
  3. The space between two letters is equal to three dots.
  4. The space between two words is equal to five dots.

[Note: period denotes Morse dot, hyphen denotes Morse dash]

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 --..
Ä (German) .-.-
Á or Å (Spanish-Scandinavian) .--.-
CH (German-Spanish) ----
É (French) ..-..
Ñ (Spanish) --.--
Ö (German) ---.
Ü (German) ..--
1 .----
2 ..---
3 ...--
4 ....-
5 .....
6 -....
7 --...
8 ---..
9 ----.
0 -----
Period .. .. ..
Semicolon -.-.-.
Comma -.-.-.
Colon ---...
Interrogation ..--..
Exclamation point --..--
Apostrophe .----.
Hyphen -....-
Bar indicating fraction -..-.
Parenthesis -.--.-
Inverted commas .-..-.
Underline ..--.-
Double dash -...-
Distress Call ...---...
Attention call to precede every transmission -.-.-
General inquiry call -.-. --.-
From (de) -.. .
Invitation to transmit (go ahead) -.-
Warning--high power --..--
Question (please repeat after ...)--interrupting long messages ..--..
Wait .-...
Break (Bk.) (double dash) -...-
Understand ...-.
Error ........
Received (O.K.) .-.
Position report (to precede all position messages) - .-.
End of each message (cross) .-.-.
Transmission finished (end of work) (conclusion of correspondence) ...-.-