Cub Scouts : Morse Code

Morse Code as a code invented to send messages to people over long distances before the telpehone was invented. It can be used over wires (telegraph) or by radio signal (wireless). The operator was only able to send a beep or tapping noise to the next opperator.

Morse Code as listed here shows the letters as a series of taps of beeps. A dot means a short beep and a dash means a long beep.

If you are receiving a morse code message and you are not familiar with the letters you would write down the lenghts of the beeps as dots and dashes and when the message was finished you could decode it into letters and words.

Morse Code can also be sent using lights, torches. It works the same way. A dot is a shoirt flash and a dash is a long flash. Sometimes you see big navy ships sending morse code using very powerful lights with shutters on them.

Morse code is not used much any more as we can now send voice and data such as email and faxes) down the phone lines or use mobile phones.

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