− ···· · / · −· −··
"The End" 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. "The End" takes 43 units, about 2.6 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "The End" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: T is −, H is ····, E is ·, N is −· and D is −··.
How do you pronounce it?
dah di-di-di-dit dit / dit dah-dit 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?
Operators often end a contact with 73, shorthand for "best regards", followed by the prosign SK, which marks the end of the conversation.
Did you know?
- 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.
- The first long-distance telegraph message in the United States, sent from Washington to Baltimore on 24 May 1844, read "What hath God wrought".
