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Y in Morse Code

MORSE CODE REFERENCE

-.--

BRIEFING

In International Morse code the letter Y is -.--: 1 dit and 3 dahs, 13 units long (about 780 ms at 20 WPM).

It sounds like "dah-di-dah-dah".

In MORSE HQ's Koch training, Y is character 18 of 41.

Often confused with

How to remember it

Learn it by sound instead of counting dots and dashes. Say "dah-di-dah-dah" out loud, then listen to it at full speed.

Like the Koch method, hearing characters at your target speed (15-20 WPM) from day one makes it easier to speed up later.

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