···· −−− ·−− / ·− ·−· · / −·−− −−− ··− ··−−··
"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. "How Are You?" takes 121 units, about 7.3 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "How Are You?" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: H is ····, O is −−−, W is ·−−, A is ·−, R is ·−·, E is ·, Y is −·−−, U is ··− and the question mark is ··−−··.
How do you pronounce it?
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?
- The @ sign was the first character added to International Morse Code in decades. It became official in 2004 as ·−−·−·, the letters A and C run together.
- 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.
