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MAYDAY in Morse Code
Copy the Morse code for MAYDAY, hear it played back, or open it in the translator to edit it.
MAYDAY
-- .- -.-- -.. .- -.--
Letter by letter
How "MAYDAY" is built in Morse
MAYDAY is 6 characters — 6 dots and 11 dashes in all. Here is each letter with its Morse code so you can send or write it one symbol at a time:
M --
A .-
Y -.--
D -..
A .-
Y -.--
How to read it
The format in one line
- Dot
- . one short signal (1 unit)
- Dash
- - one long signal (3 units)
- Letter gap
- a single space between letters (3 units)
- Word gap
- / with surrounding spaces (7 units)
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