Free Morse Code Translator

... --- ... (three dots, three dashes, three dots). It was chosen because it is distinctive and easy to send, not as an acronym. It does not actually stand for "Save Our Souls."

Morse code was designed with common letters having shorter codes for efficiency. E is the most common English letter, so it gets the shortest code (a single dot). T, another common letter, is a single dash.

Yes, by amateur radio operators, in aviation/maritime signals, in some accessibility devices, and for emergency situations. It is no longer required for ham radio licensing but remains popular.

A dash is three times the length of a dot. The gap between dots/dashes in a letter equals one dot length. Gaps between letters equal three dots. Gaps between words equal seven dots.

You can see the patterns and practice encoding/decoding. For serious learning, use the Koch method with audio training at full speed, adding characters gradually.

Letters A-Z, numbers 0-9, and some punctuation. Extensions exist for additional characters and non-Latin alphabets, but the core international code covers English basics.