International Morse Code
For learning Morse code it is recommended that you do not try to remember dots and dashes, but remember the Morse code sounds instead.
| Letter | Morse |
|---|
| A | .- |
| B | -... |
| C | -.-. |
| D | -.. |
| E | . |
| F | ..-. |
| G | --. |
| H | .... |
| I | .. |
| J | .--- |
| K | -.- |
| L | .-.. |
| M | -- |
| Letter | Morse |
|---|
| N | -. |
| O | --- |
| P | .--. |
| Q | --.- |
| R | .-. |
| S | ... |
| T | - |
| U | ..- |
| V | ...- |
| W | .-- |
| X | -..- |
| Y | -.-- |
| Z | --.. |
| Letter | Morse |
|---|
| Ä | .-.- |
| Á | .--.- |
| Å | .--.- |
| Ch | ---- |
| É | ..-.. |
| Ñ | --.-- |
| Ö | ---. |
| Ü | ..-- |
| Digit | Morse |
|---|
| 0 | ----- |
| 1 | .---- |
| 2 | ..--- |
| 3 | ...-- |
| 4 | ....- |
| 5 | ..... |
| 6 | -.... |
| 7 | --... |
| 8 | ---.. |
| 9 | ----. |
| Punctuation Mark | Morse |
|---|
| Full-stop (period) | .-.-.- |
| Comma | --..-- |
| Colon | ---... |
| Question mark (query) | ..--.. |
| Apostrophe | .----. |
| Hyphen | -....- |
| Slash ("/") | -..-. |
| Brackets (parentheses) | -.--.- |
| Quotation marks | .-..-. |
| At sign | .--.-. |
| Equals sign | -...- |
| Prosign | Morse |
|---|
| AA, New line | .-.- |
| AR, End of message | .-.-. |
| AS, Wait | .-... |
| BK, Break | -...-.- |
| BT, New paragraph | -...- |
| CL, Going off the air ("clear") | -.-..-.. |
| CT, Start copying | -.-.- |
| DO, Change to wabun code | -..--- |
| KN, Invite a specific station to transmit | -.--. |
| SK, End of transmission (also VA) | ...-.- |
| SN, Understood (also VE) | ...-. |
| SOS, Distress message | ...---... |
| Other Phrases | Abbreviation |
|---|
| Over | K |
| Roger | R |
| See you later | CUL |
| Be seeing you | BCNU |
| You're | UR |
| Signal report | RST |
| Best regards | 73 |
| Love and kisses | 88 |
| Q Code | Meaning |
|---|
| QSL | I acknowledge receipt |
| QSL? | Do you acknowledge? |
| QRX | Wait |
| QRX? | Should I wait? |
| QRV | I am ready to copy |
| QRV? | Are you ready to copy? |
| QRL | The frequency is in use |
| QRL? | Is the frequency in use? |
| QTH | My location is... |
| QTH? | What is your location? |
Notes
If the duration of a dot is taken to be one unit then that of a dash is
three units. The space between the components of one character is one
unit, between characters is three units and between words seven
units. To indicate that a mistake has been made and for the receiver to
delete the last word, send ........ (eight dots).
The prosigns are combinations of two letters sent together with no space in between. The other abbreviations and Q codes are sent with the normal spacing.
