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The Morse Code It is far better to learn to associate a letter with a sound from the beginning, rather than trying to translate the sound into a letter via dots and dashes. The table below shows the sounds for the letters, numbers, punctuation and some of the common procedural signals often used in amateur radio contacts. |
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| The Letters of the alphabet | |||
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M |
di-dah dah-di-di-dit dah-di-dah-dit dah-di-dit dit di-di-dah-dit dah-dah-dit di-di-di-dit di-dit di-dah-dah-dah dah-di-dah di-dah-di-dit dah-dah |
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
dah-dit dah-dah-dah di-dah-dah-dit dah-dah-di-dah di-dah-dit di-di-dit dah di-dit-dah di-di-di-dah di-dah-dah dah-di-di-dah dah-di-dah-dah dah-dah-di-dit |
| The Numbers | |||
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1 2 3 4 5 |
di-dah-dah-dah-dah di-di-dah-dah-dah di-di-di-dah-dah di-di-di-di-dah di-di-di-di-dit |
6 7 8 9 0 |
dah-di-di-di-dit dah-dah-di-di-dit dah-dah-dah-di-dit dah-dah-dah-dah-dit dah-dah-dah-dah-dah |
| Punctuation | |||
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Question Mark Full Stop (Period) Comma |
di-di-dah-dah-di-dit di-dah-di-dah-di-dah dah-dah-di-di-dah-dah |
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| Procedural Signals | |||
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Stroke (/) Break Sign (= or BT) End of Message (+ or AR) End of Work (SK) Error Wait (AS) Open invitation to transmit (K) Invitation to named station (KN) Closing Station (CL) |
dah-di-di-dah-dit dah-di-di-di-dah di-dah-di-dah-dit di-di-di-dah-di-dah di-di-di-di-di-di-di-dit di-dah-di-di-dit dah-di-dah dah-di-dah-dah-dit dah-di-dah-di-di-dah-di-dit |
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