# QTH in Morse code

**QTH in Morse code is "--.- - ....". It is 3 characters made of 5 dots and 4 dashes, and takes about 1.7 seconds to send at 20 words per minute.**

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

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

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## What it means

QTH means "my location is" — one of the Q codes, a set of three-letter abbreviations that let operators exchange standard questions and answers across a language barrier. Send it with a question mark and it becomes "what is your location?".

## Letter by letter

| Character | Code | Spoken |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Q | `--.-` | dah-dah-di-dah |
| T | `-` | dah |
| H | `....` | di-di-di-dit |

A space separates letters and a slash separates words.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is QTH in Morse code?

QTH in Morse code is "--.- - ....". QTH means "my location is" — one of the Q codes, a set of three-letter abbreviations that let operators exchange standard questions and answers across a language barrier. Send it with a question mark and it becomes "what is your location?".

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

At 20 words per minute, QTH takes about 1.7 seconds to send. That counts its 5 dots and 4 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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