| Morse Code and Phonetic Alphabets | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letter | Morse | English | American (ex military) | International | International (ex aero?) | NATO & international aviation | American (police) | Italian | German |
| A | .- | Andrew | Abel | Amsterdam | Alfa | Alfa | Adam | Ancona | Anton |
| Ä | .-.- | Ärger | |||||||
| Á | .--.- | ||||||||
| Å | .--.- | ||||||||
| B | -... | Benjamin | Baker | Baltimore | Bravo | Bravo | Boy | Bologna | Berta |
| C | -.-. | Charlie | Charlie | Casablanca | Coca | Charlie | Charlie | Como | Cäsar |
| Ch | ---- | Charlotte | |||||||
| D | -.. | David | Dog | Denmark | Delta | Delta | David | Domodossola | Dora |
| E | . | Edward | Easy | Edison | Echo | Echo | Edward | Empoli | Emil |
| É | ..-.. | ||||||||
| F | ..-. | Frederick | Fox | Florida | Foxtrot | Foxtrot | Frank | Firenze | Friedrich |
| G | --. | George | George | Gallipoli | Golf | Golf | George | Genova | Gustav |
| H | .... | Harry | How | Havana | Hotel | Hotel | Henry | Hotel | Heinrich |
| I | .. | Isaac | Item | Italy | India | India | Ida | Imola | Ida |
| J | .--- | Jack | Jig | Jerusalem | Juliet | Juliet | John | I lunga | Julius |
| K | -.- | King | King | Kilogram | Kilo | Kilo | King | Kursaal | Kaufmann |
| L | .-.. | Lucy | Love | Liverpool | Lima | Lima | Lincoln | Livorno | Ludwig |
| M | -- | Mary | Mike | Madagascar | Metro | Mike | Mary | Milano | Martha |
| N | -. | Nelli | Nan | New York | Nectar | November | Nora | Napoli | Nordpol |
| Ñ | --.-- | ||||||||
| O | --- | Oliver | Oboe | Oslo | Oscar | Oscar | Ocean | Otranto | Otto |
| Ö | ---. | Ökkonom | |||||||
| P | .--. | Peter | Peter | Paris | Papa | Papa | Paul | Padova | Paula |
| Q | --.- | Queenie | Queen | Quebec | Quebec | Quebec | Queen | Quarto | Quelle |
| R | .-. | Robert | Roger | Roma | Romeo | Romeo | Robert | Roma | Richard |
| S | ... | Sugar | Sugar | Santiago | Siera | Sierra | Sam | Savona | Samuel |
| Sch | Schule | ||||||||
| T | - | Tommy | Tare | Tripoli | Tango | Tango | Tom | Torino | Theodor |
| U | ..- | Uncle | Uncle | Uppsala | Union | Uniform | Union | Udine | Ulrich |
| Ü | ..-- | Übermut | |||||||
| V | ...- | Victor | Victor | Valencia | Victor | Victor | Victor | Venezia | Viktor |
| W | .-- | William | William | Washington | Whisky | Whisky | William | Washington | Wilhelm |
| X | -..- | Xmas | X (eks) | Xanthippe | Extra | X-ray | X-ray | Ics | Xanthippe |
| Y | -.-- | Yellow | Yoke | Yokohama | Yankee | Yankee | Young | York | Ypsilon |
| Z | --.. | Zebra | Zebra | Zürich | Zulu | Zulu | Zebra | Zara | Zeppelin |
| Numbers and Punctuation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Code | Punctuation | Code |
| 1 | .---- | Full-stop
(period) |
.-.-.- |
| 2 | ..--- | Comma | --..-- |
| 3 | ...-- | Colon | ---... |
| 4 | ....- | Question mark
(query) |
..--.. |
| 5 | ..... | Apostrophe | .----. |
| 6 | -.... | Hyphen | -....- |
| 7 | --... | Fraction bar | -..-. |
| 8 | ---.. | Brackets
(parentheses) |
-.--.- |
| 9 | ----. | Quotation
marks |
.-..-. |
| 0 | ----- | ||
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).
Last updated 14/2/1997