−−· −−− −−− −·· / ·−−− −−− −···
"Good Job" 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. "Good Job" takes 93 units, about 5.6 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "Good Job" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: G is −−·, O is −−−, D is −··, J is ·−−− and B is −···.
How do you pronounce it?
dah-dah-dit dah-dah-dah dah-dah-dah dah-di-dit / di-dah-dah-dah dah-dah-dah dah-di-di-dit
What mistakes should you avoid?
Keep the gaps between letters. Without them, G −−· can be read as T and N − −·, which changes the message.
Did you know?
- The code used today is International Morse Code, based on a version Friedrich Gerke made for German telegraph lines in 1848. It differs from the original American code in many letters.
- 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.
