·· / ·−− ·− −· − / − −−− / ·· −· ···− ·− −·· · / −·−· ··− −··· ·−
"I Want to Invade Cuba" 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. "I Want to Invade Cuba" takes 165 units, about 9.9 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "I Want to Invade Cuba" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: I is ··, W is ·−−, A is ·−, N is −·, T is −, O is −−−, V is ···−, D is −··, E is ·, C is −·−·, U is ··− and B is −···.
How do you pronounce it?
di-dit / di-dah-dah di-dah dah-dit dah / dah dah-dah-dah / di-dit dah-dit di-di-di-dah di-dah dah-di-dit dit / dah-di-dah-dit di-di-dah dah-di-di-dit di-dah
What mistakes should you avoid?
Keep the gaps between letters. Without them, I ·· can be read as E and E · ·, which changes the message.
Did you know?
- The first long-distance telegraph message in the United States, sent from Washington to Baltimore on 24 May 1844, read "What hath God wrought".
- Morse code can be sent with anything that turns on and off: a flashlight, a ship's signal lamp, a tapping finger or a blinking eye.
