How long does it take to send Yes in Morse code?

At 20 words per minute, Yes takes about 1.5 seconds to send. That counts its 5 dots and 3 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

Yes in Morse code

Yes in Morse code is −·−− · ···. It is 3 characters made of 5 dots and 3 dashes, and takes about 1.5 seconds to send at 20 words per minute.

Everyday

Message: YES
In Morse code: -.-- . ...
Characters: 3
Dots: 5
Dashes: 3
At 20 WPM: 1.5s

Yes · Everyday

dash dot dash dash break dot break dot dot dot

~1.5s

Speed20 WPM

Why Yes is worth knowing

Morse has no dedicated yes. Operators send R for "received" or C for "correct", both single characters, rather than spelling out a three-letter word to say the same thing. This is the pattern across the whole language of the air: anything said often enough eventually collapses into one character or a number.

Yes 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 Yes yourself by day 6 of the seven-day plan: that is when the last of its letters is taught.

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Common questions

What is Yes in Morse code?: Yes in Morse code is "-.-- . ...". Morse has no dedicated yes. Operators send R for "received" or C for "correct", both single characters, rather than spelling out a three-letter word to say the same thing. This is the pattern across the whole language of the air: anything said often enough eventually collapses into one character or a number.
How long does it take to send Yes in Morse code?: At 20 words per minute, Yes takes about 1.5 seconds to send. That counts its 5 dots and 3 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.