Ship Compass Knots/Bends Morse Code Marine VHF

Morse Code is a method of transmitting messages using audible pulses of sound or flashes of light. It was developed by Samual Morse and Alfred Vail. Each letter of numeric digit is represented by a unique sequence of long and short pulses. In the days before reliable radio and telephone communication, voice messages could only be tranmitte dover short distances before they became inaudible or illegible distoted. An operator could use the length of pulses to identify the letters, it did not matter whether the pitch of the pulses was distorted. The use of Morse code has declined because modern radio and telephones can clearly transmut sound, voice or video messages of great distances.

Morse Code

	Signal	Flag	Phoen	Meaning
A	· -		alpha	I have a diver down
B	- · ·		bravo	I am carrying dangerous goods
C	- · - ·		charlie	Affirmative
D	- · ·		delta	I cannot manouver properly
E	·		echo	I am turning to starboard
F	· · - ·		foxtrot	I am disabled. Contact me
G	- - ·		golf	I require a pilot
H	· · · ·		hotel	Pilot on board
I	· ·		india	I am turning to port
J	· - - -		juliette	Get away - my dangerous cargo is on fire
K	- · -		kilo	Please commun-
L	· - · ·		lima	Stop your vessel
M	- -		mike	I have stopped
N	- ·		nove- mber	Negative
O	- - -		oscar	Man overboard
P	· - - ·		papa	I am about to set sail My nets are stuck
Q	- - · -		quebec	Request clearance
R	· - ·		romeo	Can be used as a fog warning
S	· · ·		sierra	My engines are going astern
T	-		tango	I am pair trawling, keep clear
U	· · -		uniform	You are in danger
V	· · · -		victor	Help
W	· - -		whisky	I need a doctor
X	- · · -		xray	Stop what you are doing and wait for my message
Y	- · - -		yankee	My anchor is dragging
Z	· · - -		zulu	I need a tugboat
0	- - - -		zero
1	· - - - -		wun
2	· · - - -		too
3	· · · - -		tree
4	· · · · -		fower
5	· · · · ·		fife
6	- · · · ·		six
7	- - · · ·		seven
8	- - - · ·		ait
9	- - - - ·		niner
·	· - · -
À	· - - · -
ch	- - - -
Ä	· - · -
È	· · - · ·
Ö	- - - ·
Ü	· · - -
1				1st Sub
2				2nd Sub
3				3rd Sub
	· - · · ·			I am waiting
	· - · - ·			End of Message

Other Signals (that could be confused with Morse Code)