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Morse Code/CW

The first step to earning your General or Extra class Amateur Radio license is to learn the code! "What code?" The international morse code! To operate CW, you need to know how to send and copy the various letters, numbers, and symbols that are used in conversation. In CW, the dit, or •, is a short tone, while the dah, or –, is a slightly longer tone.

Below are tables of the alphabet, common symbols, and numerals, along with their CW equivalent. Not all characters are used in the FCC code tests, but it's good to know them all anyway, in the occasion that you might come across someone sending them.

The Alphabet

A	• –
B	– • • •
C	– • – •
D	– • •
E	•
F	• • – •
G	– – •
H	• • • •
I	• •
J	• – – –
K	– • –
L	• – • •
M	– –

N	– •
O	– – –
P	• – – •
Q	– – • –
R	• – •
S	• • •
T	–
U	• • –
V	• • • –
W	• – –
X	– • • –
Y	– • – –
Z	– – • •

The Numbers

1	• – – – –
2	• • – – –
3	• • • – –
4	• • • • –
5	• • • • •

6	– • • • •
7	– – • • •
8	– – – • •
9	– – – – •
0	– – – – –

Common Symbols

.	• – • – • –
,	– – • • – –
?	• • – – • •
-	– • • • • –
=	– • • • –
:	– – – • • •
;	– • – • – •

(	– • – – •
)	– • – – • –
/	– • • – •
"	• – • • – •
$	• • • – • – •
'	• – – – – •
+	• – • – •