···· · ·−·· ·−·· −−− −−··−− / ···· −−− ·−− / ·− ·−· · / −·−− −−− ··− ··−−··
"Hello, How Are You?" 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. "Hello, How Are You?" takes 199 units, about 11.9 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "Hello, How Are You?" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: H is ····, E is ·, L is ·−··, O is −−−, the comma is −−··−−, W is ·−−, A is ·−, R is ·−·, Y is −·−−, U is ··− and the question mark is ··−−··.
How do you pronounce it?
di-di-di-dit dit di-dah-di-dit di-dah-di-dit dah-dah-dah dah-dah-di-di-dah-dah / di-di-di-dit dah-dah-dah di-dah-dah / di-dah di-dah-dit dit / dah-di-dah-dah dah-dah-dah di-di-dah di-di-dah-dah-di-dit
What mistakes should you avoid?
Keep the gaps between letters. Without them, H ···· can be read as E and S · ···, which changes the message.
When do people say it?
On the radio, operators call for anyone to answer with CQ, sent as −·−· −−·−, before the first hello.
Did you know?
- Ships stopped relying on Morse code for distress calls in 1999, when the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System took over.
- 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.
