−··· −·−− ·
"Bye" in Morse code is −··· −·−− ·.
Leave a short gap between letters. In writing, the letters are separated by a space. At standard timing a dot lasts one unit, a dash three units, the gap inside a letter one unit, the gap between letters three units and the gap between words seven. "Bye" takes 29 units, about 1.7 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "Bye" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: B is −···, Y is −·−− and E is ·.
How do you pronounce it?
dah-di-di-dit dah-di-dah-dah dit
What mistakes should you avoid?
Keep the gaps between letters. Without them, B −··· can be read as T and S − ···, which changes the message.
When do people say it?
Operators often end a contact with 73, shorthand for "best regards", followed by the prosign SK, which marks the end of the conversation.
Did you know?
- In 1966 the American prisoner of war Jeremiah Denton blinked T-O-R-T-U-R-E in Morse code with his eyes during a filmed interview.
- The first long-distance telegraph message in the United States, sent from Washington to Baltimore on 24 May 1844, read "What hath God wrought".
