THE CODES
The electronic communications standard predating the internet by about 150 years.
Morse Code (American) U.S.A. & Canada landline 1 .--. 2 ..-.. 3 ...-. A .- B -... C .. . D -.. E . 4 ....- F .-. G --. H .... I .. J -.-. 5 --- K -.- L __ M -- N -. O . . 6 ...... P ..... Q ..-. R . .. S ... T - 7 --.. U ..- V ...- W .-- X .-.. 8 -.... Y .. .. Z ... . 9 -..- 0 . . or - (optional)A dash time is equal to three times the length of the dot, exception is "L" which is a long dash that is equal to one dot-one dash. Numeral "0" is optional, one dot space dot as in "o", or short dash as in "t".
Question -.. -. "DN" Comma .-.- "AA" Period ..--.. "UD" Colon -.- . . "KO" SemiC ... .. "SI" Apostrophe ..-. .-.. "QX" Begin Bracket ..... -. "PN" (Parenthesis End Bracket ..... .. .. "PY" Parenthesis) Exclamation ---. "MN" Begin Quotation ..-. -. "QN" End Quotation ..-. -.-. "QJ" Capital .. . .-.. Dollar ... .-.. "SX" AND-& . ... "ES" phe, HO, AC4GL 11/4/96
Continental (International) Wireless and Undersea Cable, USA and Canada All services rest of world 1 .---- 2 ..--- 3 ...-- A .- B -... C -.-. D -.. E . 4 ....- F ..-. G --. H .... I .. J .--- 5 ..... K -.- L .-.. M -- N -. O --- 6 -.... P .--. Q --.- R .-. S ... T - 7 --... U ..- V ...- W .-- X -..- 8 ---.. Y -.-- Z --.. 9 ----. 0 -----
A dash time is equal to three times the length of the dot
Question ..--.. Comma --..-- Period .-.-.- Colon ---... Semicolon -.-.-. Apostrophe .----. Begin Bracket -.--. (Parenthesis End Bracket -.--.- Parenthesis) Exclamation (none at present) Begin Quotation .-..-. End Quotation .-..-. AND-& . ... @ .. .. (same as y in Morse)