Help me in morse code
Six letters in two words, 16 marks in all. Press Play to hear it and see it blink, or save the pattern below as a picture.
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How to blink Help me with a flashlight
Count a steady beat. A dit (the short signal) is one count of light, and a dah (the long one) is three. Stay dark for one count between flashes and three counts between letters.
- H: four short flashes.
- E: one short flash.
- L: one short, one long, two short.
- P: one short, two long, one short.
- Stay dark for seven counts before the next word.
- M: two long flashes.
- E: one short flash.
- Stay dark for seven counts, then start again from the first letter.
Download Help me in morse code
The pattern as a picture, each letter named under its marks, for a card, a craft project or a tattoo sketch. The PNG is ready to print or share; the SVG scales to any size.
Help me as a morse code bracelet
Each dit is a round bead and each dah a tube three times as long, with a small spacer between letters. For a 7 in bracelet in 3 mm beads: 11 dit beads, 5 dah tubes, 4 spacers, 1 word bead and 30 plain beads.
How help me is put together
HELP is four dits for H, one dit for E, a dit, a dah and two dits for L, and a dit, two dahs and a dit for P. ME is two dahs for M and a single dit for E. That adds up to 16 marks.
At 10 words per minute (WPM), the speed the player starts at, help me takes 55 units, about 6.6 seconds.
The gap between the words
The one thing help me adds to help is a word gap: seven units of silence, more than twice the three units between letters. Cut it short and the listener reads HELPME as one word. With a flashlight, count the seven slowly.
Help me or SOS
SOS is sent as a single signal of nine marks, 23 units long, so help me takes more than twice as long. The International Radiotelegraph Conference in Berlin gave SOS priority as the distress signal in 1906. If you need to be understood, send SOS.
Questions
What is help me in morse code?
HELP is H, E, L and P, 13 marks; then comes a word gap of seven units and ME, which is two dahs for M and a dit for E. The Copy morse button above copies it as text.
How do you blink help me in morse code?
Follow the steps above, one letter at a time, and stay dark for seven counts between the two words. Press Play first to watch the lamp keep the rhythm.
How do you say help me please in morse code?
Add PLEASE as a third word, or send PSE, the short form ITU-R M.1172 lists for please. Type either into the morse code translator to hear it.
Should I send help me or SOS?
SOS. It is one signal of nine marks, less than half the length of help me, and it has been the distress call since 1906. SOS in morse code shows how to send it.
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More phrases in morse code
- Hi in morse code
Six dits and nothing else, four for H and two for I.
- I love you in morse code
Eight letters in three words, 24 marks in all.
- I miss you in morse code
Eight letters in three words, 22 marks in all.
- Love in morse code
Four letters and 12 marks, with three dahs in the middle.
- No in morse code
Two letters and 5 marks, four of them long.
Sources
- Codes and timing follow Recommendation ITU-R M.1677-1 (10/2009), International Morse code (International Telecommunication Union, 2009).
- Recommendation ITU-R M.1172: Miscellaneous abbreviations and signals to be used for radiocommunications in the maritime mobile service (International Telecommunication Union, 1995).
- International Radiotelegraph Conference (Berlin, 1906) (International Telecommunication Union).