“Dot” and “dash” are the names of characters used to print Morse code, but the names used by Morse operators for the pulses they represent are “dit” and “dah”. That is because, when spoken, “dah” has three times the length of “dit”. The Morse family would have used those names, not Dot and Dash.
“Dot” and “dash” are the names of characters used to print Morse code, but the names used by Morse operators for the pulses they represent are “dit” and “dah”. That is because, when spoken, “dah” has three times the length of “dit”. The Morse family would have used those names, not Dot and Dash.