The Morse Code
Signals by the Morse Code may be made either by long or short flashes of light, or by long and short sound signals (e.g., siren, whistle, foghorn, etc.), and wireless telegraphy.
The Morse Code consists of the 26 letters of the alphabet and numerals made up by combinations of dots and dashes. The dot is taken as a unit of time, the dash being equivalent to three units,while the interval between each flash or sound should be one unit, that between each letter three units, and between each word six units.
| FIGURES | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | · - - - - | 2 | · · - - - |
| 3 | · · · - | 4 | · · · · - |
| 5 | · · · · · | 6 | - · · · · |
| 7 | - - · · · | 8 | - - - · · |
| 9 | - - - - · | 0 | - - - - - |
| SIGNAL CHARACTERS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | - - · · |