EncodingDifficulty: Easy

Morse code

Letters as short and long signals - dots and dashes. Send it with sound, light or taps.

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Result · Morse code

... . -.-. .-. . - / -- . ... ... .- --. . / ..-. --- .-. / - .... . / -.-. .-.. ..- -...

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How it works

1Every letter has a code made of dots (short signal) and dashes (long signal, three dots long).
2There is a short pause between letters and a long one between words. In writing, letters are separated by a space and words by a slash.
3Learn by ear, not by looking: listen to the rhythm of each letter - A sounds like di-dah.
4Czech has an extra letter CH with its own code: four dashes (----).

Example

SOS

... --- ...

Did you know

The code was created in the 1830s and 1840s for the electric telegraph of Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) standardised today's international version. The distress signal SOS (... --- ...) is sent as one character with no gaps and is still known by every radio amateur and scout.

Try to decode

This message is encrypted with Morse code using the default settings:

-- . . - / .- - / -.. .- .-- -.

Hint

M is two dashes, E is a single dot.

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MEET AT DAWN

Morse code chart

Czech scouts learn Morse with words: the word starts with the letter, long syllables are dashes, short ones dots.

A.-akát
B-...blýskavice
C-.-.cílovníci
D-..dálava, dálnice
E.erb
F..-.Filipíny, filiálka
G--.Grónská zem, grónský les
H....hrachovina, holubice
CH----chvátá k nám sám, chléb nám dává
I..ibis, Ivan
J.---jasmín bílý, junácká hůl
K-.-krákorá, království
L.-..lupíneček, lední hokej
M--mává, mlází
N-.národ, nástup
O---ó náš pán, ó náš háj
P.--.papírníci, požárníci
Q--.-kvílí orkán
R.-.rarášek
S...sekera, sobota
T-tón, trám
U..-učený, uličník
V...-vyučený, vyvolený
W.--wagón klád, Waltrův vůz
X-..-Xénokratés, Xénie má
Y-.--ý se ztrácí, Ýkar mává
Z--..známá žena, zrádná žena

Digits

Punctuation

..-.-.-
,--..--
?..--..
'.----.
/-..-.
(-.--.
)-.--.-
:---...
=-...-
+.-.-.
--....-
".-..-.
@.--.-.
!-.-.--non-ITU
&.-...non-ITU
;-.-.-.non-ITU
_..--.-non-ITU

Accents are removed (Morse code only knows plain letters); Czech CH has its own code ----.