# Over in Morse code

**Over in Morse code is "--- ...- . .-.". It is 4 characters made of 6 dots and 5 dashes, and takes about 2.2 seconds to send at 20 words per minute.**

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

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

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## What it means

OVER is voice procedure, not Morse. The Morse equivalent is K, meaning "go ahead", or KN when inviting one specific station. "Over and out" is a film invention: the two mean opposite things and no operator says both.

## Letter by letter

| Character | Code | Spoken |
| --- | --- | --- |
| O | `---` | dah-dah-dah |
| V | `...-` | di-di-di-dah |
| E | `.` | dit |
| R | `.-.` | di-dah-dit |

A space separates letters and a slash separates words.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is Over in Morse code?

Over in Morse code is "--- ...- . .-.". OVER is voice procedure, not Morse. The Morse equivalent is K, meaning "go ahead", or KN when inviting one specific station. "Over and out" is a film invention: the two mean opposite things and no operator says both.

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

At 20 words per minute, Over takes about 2.2 seconds to send. That counts its 6 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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