A in Morse code

How to say it

Operators don’t say “dot dash” — they say dit dah. Saying the rhythm out loud is the quickest way to make it stick.

Mnemonic

Think: a-PART (short, long). Stressed syllables are dahs, unstressed are dits. Use it to get started, then drop it — at real speed you won’t have time to think.

Timing

1 dit and 1 dah. A dah is three times the length of a dit, with a one-dit gap between each symbol. The whole letter is 5 units long.

Where you learn it

In the Koch order DotDash uses, A is character number 6 of 40. You learn it by sound at full speed, with a new character unlocked each time you reach 90% accuracy.

Easily confused with

Similar rhythms worth comparing side by side: N -., R .-., W .--, E ..

Words with A

• RADIO — .-.   .-   -..   ..   ---
• SIGNAL — ...   ..   --.   -.   .-   .-..
• DASH — -..   .-   ...   ....