The short bursts are called “dit”, and the long bursts are called “dah”. Visually, as dots and dashes. Communication is Key! Use your paper and pencil, with the key below, to create your own...

For learning Morse code it is recommended to use this reference, but if you like, the dots and dashes are available too. If you click on any of the highlighted letters or symbols the Morse sound will be played. If the duration of a dot is taken to be one unit then that of a dash is three units.

Morse code is often spoken or written with dah for dashes, dit for dots located at the end of a character, and di for dots located at the beginning or internally within the character. Thus, the following Morse code sequence:

Copy and translate Morse Code using the chart below. di and dit represent the morse code short duration dot (.) sound. dah represents the morse code long duration dash (-) sound.

Back when I learned Morse code, by memorizing it out of a dcitionary in 1970, we used "dots" and "dashes" to describe the short and long sounds. Later, I found it was more efficient, when speaking Morse code characters, to use "dih" and "dah" sounds to mimic the characters.

The timing in Morse code is based around the length of one "dit" (or "dot" if you like). From the dit length we can derive the length of a "dah" (or "dash") and the various pauses: Dit: 1 unit; Dah: 3 units; Intra-character space (the gap between dits and dahs within a character): 1 unit

As you drive, you might consider practicing to send Morse code with the words found on signs as you pass them along the roadside. A dash is pronounced as dah. A dot is pronounced as "di," or "dit" when it is the last part of a character. For example, the letter F …

The distress call S O S is dih-dih-dit dah-dah-dah dih-dih-dit; V for victory is roman numeral 5 and begins Beethoven's fifth symphony, dih-dih-dih-dah; and the U.S. government radio time signal begins with the WWV station's call letters, dih-dah-dah dih-dah-dah dih-dih-dih-dah.

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