−·−· −−− −− · / ···· · ·−· ·
"Come Here" in Morse code is −·−· −−− −− · / ···· · ·−· ·.
Leave a short gap between letters and a longer gap between words. In writing, letters are separated by a space and words by a slash. 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. "Come Here" takes 71 units, about 4.3 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "Come Here" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: C is −·−·, O is −−−, M is −−, E is ·, H is ···· and R is ·−·.
How do you pronounce it?
dah-di-dah-dit dah-dah-dah dah-dah dit / di-di-di-dit dit di-dah-dit dit
What mistakes should you avoid?
Keep the gaps between letters. Without them, C −·−· can be read as T and R − ·−·, which changes the message.
Did you know?
- Alfred Vail, who worked with Samuel Morse, gave the shortest signals to the most common letters. That is why E, the most frequent letter in English, is a single dot.
- In the United States, amateur radio licences stopped requiring a Morse code test in 2007, yet many operators still use it on the air.
