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by Robin Goodfellow, KD6OAQ

This was the methed my father taught me when I was six years old. It's important to learn to hear the sound and write what you hear in script, not printed. Let's start with an alphabetical table for reference.

a	.-	alpha		j	.---	juliet		s	...	sierra
b	-...	bravo		k	-.-	kilo		t	-	tango
c	-.-.	charlie		l	.-..	lima		u	..-	uniform
d	-..	delta		m	--	mike		v	...-	victor
e	.	echo		n	-.	november		w	.--	whisky
f	..-.	foxtrot		o	---	oscar		x	-..-	xray
g	--.	golf		p	.--.	papa		y	-.--	yankee
h	....	hotel		q	--.-	quebec		z	--..	zulu
i	..	india		r	.-.	romeo

Here is the teaching order:

e

.

i

..

s

...

h

....

this allows words such as hi, see, he, she, sis, his,hiss I, etc

t

-

m

--

o

---

now we have a lot of words:

sit, this, hit, thee, sheet, tie, sits, Tim, too, etc

mitt, met, mist, mesh, miss, him,stem, etc

so, some, most, hoes, hose, host, most, Tom,Mom, home, soot, tooth, too, toot, moot, ho,tote, mote, soon, moo etc

Now the opposites:

a

.-

n

-.

words: mat, Matt, oats, sat, hat, ham, stash, shame, mate, tame, etc

stamen, man, tan, not, tone, one,stone, hone,stein, stain, momento,Nat, Nathan, Stan, etc

u

..-

d

-..

words: tune, hush, shush, shut, hut,nut, suet, sue,sun, etc

due, do, dot, dote, does, shade, shod, Dan, din, dine, done, doe, dust,must, mud suds dune hind etc

v

...-

b

-...

words: have, Dave, save, have, shave, van, vane,invade,vine, devine etc.

bad, bade, bud, bust, dab, stab, ban, bane, bovine, boon, bond, boss, bash,

r

.-.

k

-.-

take, rat, rash, rut, runt, rune,skunk, rest, red, brood, tore, trot, true, trod, betrove, tire, tired, mire, mirror,rode,rose, ride, stream,storm, sour, sunnier or, etc

hack, hick, rock, rack, bark, bike, hike, mike, kit, kin, kiss, skit, kid, sink, sunk, stink, brink , bank,

l

.-..

f

..-.

words : love, leave, doll, dole, duel, duet, let, lute, loon, vale, kale, bull, lull, trill,snail, ail, all, rail, etc

fish, far, fit, fist, frill, for, fret, faint, fill, buff, bluff, sniff, lift, left, fast, ford, etc

w

.--

g

--.

words: with, without, wind, wish, swine, sweat, swat, whoosh, when, whistle, wine, won, wont, will, swell, wore, wet, wheat, etc

hog, got, get, gist, gill, grill, grail, gone, go, whig, gnat, egad, forgot, grim, grit, tiger, etc

p

.--.

x

-..-

pat, pit, pet, past, pad, pattern, pest, pesto. presto, press, gap, pablum, post, posh, pink, puddle, pow,power,pride pie,pi,shape etc

pax,fax, fox, toxin, flux, etc

y

-.--

q

--.-

pay, happy, snappy, stinky, slinky, fishy, you, your, gay, guy, stay, sty, yes, yesterday, xray etc

quad, quay, maquay, quarter, plaque,etc

c

-.-.

j

.---

z

--..

chat, chide, clysdale, clap, black, climb, cloud, cliff, chortle, chip, clan, clipboard, fact, focus, taco, etc

jump, jest, joke, jail, jasper, jasmine, jog, Juliet, jacket, jam, jampacked, etc

zebra, zero, zoo, quiz, quizzical,

To send sentences, some punctuation is helpful.

period

.-.-.-

question mark

..--..

pause

-...-

error

...........

A pause is while thinking, or interrupting the message for any reason

Any number of dots over 6 means a mistake has happened, will repeat

Finally, there are the numbers

1	.----		2	..---		3	...--		4	....-		5	.....
6	-....		7	--...		8	---..		9	----.		0	-----

ham language (code transmissions)

OM	--- --	old man
YL	-.-- .-..	young lady
XYL	-..- -.-- .-..	married lady
73	--... ...--	goodbye, good wishes
88	---.. ---..	love and kisses
QRM	--.- .-. --	man made interference (usually another signal )
QRN	-..- .-. -.	natural interference (usually static or noise in the air)
AR	.-.-.	end of message
AR K	-.-	end of message, signing off, end of transmission

I hope this is all accurate and especially, useful!