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ITU · International Code of Signals

International Morse code and the phonetic alphabet.

Every letter has a word you say on the radio and a signal in dots and dashes, by light or by sound. A dot is short, a dash three times as long.

SOS

Three dots, three dashes, three dots, sent as one signal.

LetterSayMorse
AAlfa
BBravo
CCharlie
DDelta
EEcho
FFoxtrot
GGolf
HHotel
IIndia
JJuliett
KKilo
LLima
MMike
NNovember
OOscar
PPapa
QQuebec
RRomeo
SSierra
TTango
UUniform
VVictor
WWhiskey
XX-ray
YYankee
ZZulu
FigureSayMorse
0Nadazero
1Unaone
2Bissotwo
3Terrathree
4Kartefour
5Pantafive
6Soxisix
7Setteseven
8Oktoeight
9Novenine

Code words for figures keep a 5 and a 9 apart on a crackling radio. In everyday VHF use most boaters simply say the number.

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