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    Morse code is a method of transmitting textual information through a series of tones, lights or clicks that represent letters, numbers and punctuation through various combinations and timings of dots and dashes. Each character has a unique sequence and the most common letter, E, uses just a single dot. Morse code was widely used for radio communication before voice transmission was possible and remains popular among amateur radio operators today, though licensing no longer requires proficiency.

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    Morse code is a method of transmitting textual information through a series of tones, lights or clicks that represent letters, numbers and punctuation through various combinations and timings of dots and dashes. Each character has a unique sequence and the most common letter, E, uses just a single dot. Morse code was widely used for radio communication before voice transmission was possible and remains popular among amateur radio operators today, though licensing no longer requires proficiency.

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    Morse code is a method of transmitting textual information through a series of tones, lights or clicks that represent letters, numbers and punctuation through various combinations and timings of dots and dashes. Each character has a unique sequence and the most common letter, E, uses just a single dot. Morse code was widely used for radio communication before voice transmission was possible and remains popular among amateur radio operators today, though licensing no longer requires proficiency.

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    Morse code

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    Morse code is a method of transmitting textual information as a series of on-off tones, lights, or clicks that can be directly
    understood by a skilled listener or observer without special equipment. The International Morse Code
    [2]
    encodes theISO
    basic Latin alphabet, some extra Latin letters, the Arabic numerals and a small set of punctuation and procedural signals
    as standardized sequences of short and long signals called "dots" and "dashes" respectively,
    [1]
    or "dis" and "dahs". Because
    many non-English natural languages use more than the 26 Roman letters, extensions to the Morse alphabet exist for those
    languages.
    Each character (letter or numeral) is represented by a unique sequence of dots and dashes. The duration of a dash is three
    times the duration of a dot. Each dot or dash is followed by a short silence, equal to the dot duration. The letters of a word
    are separated by a space equal to three dots (one dash), and two words are separated by a space equal to seven dots. The
    dot duration is the basic unit of time measurement in code transmission.
    [1]

    Morse code speed is measured in words per minute (wpm) or characters per minute (cpm). Characters have differing
    lengths because they contain differing numbers of dots and dashes. Consequently words also have different lengths in
    terms of dot duration, even when they contain the same number of characters. For this reason, a standard word is helpful
    to measure operator transmission speed. "PARIS" and "CODEX" are two such standard words.
    [3]

    One important feature of Morse code is coding efficiency. The length of each character in Morse is approximately
    inversely proportional to its frequency of occurrence in English. Thus, the most common letter in English, the letter "E,"
    has the shortest code, a single dot.
    A related but different code was originally created for Samuel F. B. Morse's electric telegraph by Alfred Vail in the early
    1840s. This code was the forerunner on which modern International Morse code is based. In the 1890s it began to be
    extensively used for early radiocommunication before it was possible to transmit voice. In the late nineteenth and early
    twentieth century, most high-speed international communication used Morse code on telegraph lines, undersea cables and
    radio circuits.
    Morse code is most popular among amateur radio operators although it is no longer required for licensing in most
    countries, including the US.Pilots and air traffic controllers are usually familiar with Morse code and require a basic
    understanding. Aeronautical navigational aids, such as VORs and NDBs, constantly identify in Morse code. An
    advantage of Morse code for transmitting over radio waves is that it is able to be received over poor signal conditions
    that would make voice communications impossible.
    Because it can be read by humans without a decoding device, Morse is sometimes a useful alternative to synthesized
    speech for sending automated digital data to skilled listeners on voice channels. Many amateur radio repeaters, for
    example, identify with Morse even though they are used for voice communications.


    Representation of SOS-Morse code.
    For emergency signals, Morse code can be sent by way of improvised sources that can be easily "keyed" on and off, making
    it one of the simplest and most versatile methods of telecommunication. The most common distress signal is SOS or three
    dots, three dashes and three dots, internationally recognised by treaty.

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