# OK in Morse code

**OK in Morse code is "--- -.-". It is 2 characters made of 1 dots and 5 dashes, and takes about 1.4 seconds to send at 20 words per minute.**

*By Can Türk (https://iamcanturk.dev), MorseForge.*

*Source: https://morse.iamcanturk.dev/words/ok/*

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## What it means

OK is made of nothing but dashes and a single dot, which makes it unusually easy to pick out of noise. On the air operators send OK or R interchangeably, though R is a single character and therefore far faster.

## Letter by letter

| Character | Code | Spoken |
| --- | --- | --- |
| O | `---` | dah-dah-dah |
| K | `-.-` | dah-di-dah |

A space separates letters and a slash separates words.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is OK in Morse code?

OK in Morse code is "--- -.-". OK is made of nothing but dashes and a single dot, which makes it unusually easy to pick out of noise. On the air operators send OK or R interchangeably, though R is a single character and therefore far faster.

### How long does it take to send OK in Morse code?

At 20 words per minute, OK takes about 1.4 seconds to send. That counts its 1 dots and 5 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.

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