Telegram
History
- Message
- MORSE
- In Morse code
- -- --- .-. ... .
- Characters
- 5
- Dots
- 6
- Dashes
- 6
- At 20 WPM
- 2.6s
Words in Morse · History
Morse in Morse code
Morse in Morse code is −− −−− ·−· ··· ·. It is 5 characters made of 6 dots and 6 dashes, and takes about 2.6 seconds to send at 20 words per minute.
Morse · History
dash dash break dash dash dash break dot dash dot break dot dot dot break dot
Length ~2.6s
Why Morse is worth knowing
Samuel Morse devised the original code in the 1830s, but the version used worldwide today is not his. American Morse used variable-length internal gaps that made it unsuitable for radio; the International Morse code, standardised in 1865 and now ITU-R M.1677-1, replaced it everywhere outside American landline telegraphy.
Morse letter by letter
Each key is one character, sent with a short silence between them. Open any key to hear it on its own.
You can send Morse yourself by day 4 of the seven-day plan: that is when the last of its letters is taught.
Common questions
- What is Morse in Morse code?
- Morse in Morse code is "-- --- .-. ... .". Samuel Morse devised the original code in the 1830s, but the version used worldwide today is not his. American Morse used variable-length internal gaps that made it unsuitable for radio; the International Morse code, standardised in 1865 and now ITU-R M.1677-1, replaced it everywhere outside American landline telegraphy.
- How long does it take to send Morse in Morse code?
- At 20 words per minute, Morse takes about 2.6 seconds to send. That counts its 6 dots and 6 dashes plus the silences between them, timed by the PARIS standard, in which one unit, the length of a dot, is 60 milliseconds at that speed.