page_title: Telegraphy
hierarchical_section_title: Telegraphy
caption_attribution_description: The current standard for word gap is 7 units, not the outdated 5 units as shown in the above chart.
context_page_description: Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of written messages without physical transport of letters.
  A telegraph sends electric pulses in a special code, composed from short and large marks. Usually, amateur radio operators use Morse code.
context_section_description: Telegraphy (from the Greek words tele (τηλε) = far and graphein (γραφειν) = write) is the long-distance transmission of written messages without physical transport of letters.
  
  A telegraph sends electric pulses in a special code, composed from short and large marks. Usually, amateur radio operators use Morse code.
caption: Morse code
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