# Roger in Morse code

**Roger in Morse code is ".-. --- --. . .-.". It is 5 characters made of 6 dots and 7 dashes, and takes about 2.8 seconds to send at 20 words per minute.**

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

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

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## What it means

ROGER means "received" and comes from R, the Morse abbreviation for "received", read out in the pre-NATO phonetic alphabet where R was Roger. In Morse itself operators just send R — a single dot-dash-dot.

## Letter by letter

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

A space separates letters and a slash separates words.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is Roger in Morse code?

Roger in Morse code is ".-. --- --. . .-.". ROGER means "received" and comes from R, the Morse abbreviation for "received", read out in the pre-NATO phonetic alphabet where R was Roger. In Morse itself operators just send R — a single dot-dash-dot.

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

At 20 words per minute, Roger takes about 2.8 seconds to send. That counts its 6 dots and 7 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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