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.

Words in Morse · Everyday

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.

Everyday

Message: OK
In Morse code: --- -.-
Characters: 2
Dots: 1
Dashes: 5
At 20 WPM: 1.4s

OK · Everyday

dash dash dash break dash dot dash

~1.4s

Speed20 WPM

Why OK is worth knowing

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.

OK 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 OK yourself by day 4 of the seven-day plan: that is when the last of its letters is taught.

Send it on the key Translate your own text See the Morse code tree

Common 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.