RED ARMY RADIOTELEGRAPH SIMULATOR

Telegraphic Alphabets and Characters

ver. 4.29

This file lists alphabets and symbols used in RARS or defined to be used.

LATIN LETTERS AND ARABIC FIGURES

SIGNAL	SYMBOL	EXPLANATION
A-Z	A-Z
0-9	0-9

These are basic signals useds by international radiotelegraphy International Telegraphic Alphabet Nr 1 (ITA-1) or Gerke code. This is not Morse code, althought for historical reasons it is still called so, what is huge oversimplification.
In Morse code (called also american code) some signals are sent with insertion of space and 3 types of dashes exists, thus it is completely other codes. There is also question if really Morse invented this code, because some historical
sources claimes he was stole whole idea from Vail. Moreover Morse never was real telegraphist, because he never thought it can be received by ears, it was purely mechanical system... Morse (Vail) code was used in the USA very shortly,
practically in early 1920s international code was introduced as international standard for radiocommunication. Thus Morse (Vail) code is not covered in RARS at all.

SERVICE AND SPECIAL SIGNALS

SIGNAL	SYMBOL	EXPLANATION
AA	!	Anglo-American military: unknown station
AL		Japanese stop signal
AR	+	End of telegram
AR	+	End of transmission
AR	+	Russian Military: do not answer
AS	*	Waiting signal
BB		Kriegsmarine: Short Signal (KurzSignalHeft) tuning/calling signal
BC		Aviation: broken clouds (not used - looking for more info)
BN		Separation
BK	[	Break signal (transmission on other station)
BT	=	Break signal
CK	>	Checked
DO		Japanese katokana start signal
HH		Error
HHA		Special (used on beacon)
HM		US military: radio silence signal
HN		Russian Military: training/commencing signal
INT	&	Anglo-American military: question mark
KA	<	Start of telegram
KA	<	Start of transmission (especially in old radiotelegraphy)
MIM	,	Anglo-American, old: warning high power
MW		Anglo-American military: weak signal
OX		Aviation: overcast (not used - looking for more info)
RD		Japanese stop signal
RRR		Maritime confirmation of reception distress signal (other services, old: acknowlegment)
SN	^	Understood
SN	^	Japanese katokana stop signal (shift to International Code)
SN	^	Anglo-American military: commencing signal, training signal
SOS		Maritime distress signal
SK	]	End of transmission, signing off
SS		Russian Military: commencing signal
SX		Dolar sign (defined but not used)
INT	&	Anglo-American military question mark
UU		US military executive signal (defined but not used)
WR		AT (@) sign (new signal, defined but not used)

WRITING CHARACTERS

SIGNAL	SYMBOL	EXPLANATION
AAA	.	Dot [*]
AF	"	Quotation mark
IMI	?	Question mark
KN	(	Open bracket
MIM	,	Comma [**]
NNN	;	Semicolon
OS	:	Colon
TF	/	Slash
TV	-	Dash
UK	_	Underscore
YA	)	Close bracket [***]

[*] - in old radiotelegraphy this signal was used as comma mark. Dot was sent as iii.
[**] - in old radiotelegraphy this signal was used as exclamation mark. Later redifined by ITU.
[***] - in old radiotelegraphy this signal was used for both open and close brackets. Later redifined by ITU.

NATIONAL ALPHABETS

Arabic national

SIGNAL	SYMBOL	EXPLANATION
AA	!	`
ITI	% \|	sukun
MM	#	sh
OE	$	Z
A	A
B	B
C	C
D	D
E	E
F	F
G	G
H	H
I	I
J	J
K	K
L	L
M	M
N	N
O	O
Q	Q
R	R
S	S
T	T
U	U
V	V
W	W
X	X
Y	Y
Z	Z

French national

SIGNAL	SYMBOL	EXPLANATION
ITI	% \|	e accented
A-Z	A-Z	A-Z

German national

SIGNAL	SYMBOL	EXPLANATION
AA	!	a umlaut
IM	@	u umlaut
MM	#	ch
OE	$	o umlaut
A-Z	A-Z	A-Z

Katokana - Japanese national

SIGNAL	SYMBOL	EXPLANATION
AA	!	RO
AR	+	N
AS	*	O
AW	y	TE
BT	=	ME
DM	e	YU
IM	@	NO
ITI	%	TO
KI	m	KI
KN	(	RU
MM	#	KO
MR	r	SHI
MW	a	A
MU	f	HI
NO	j	E
OA	s	SU
OE	$	SO
RA	l	WI
TF	/	MO
UA	&	MI
WN	t	SE
A	A	I
B	B	HA
C	C	NI
D	D	HO
E	E	HE
F	F	CHI
G	G	RI
H	H	NU
I	I	"
J	J	WO
K	K	WA
L	L	KA
M	M	YO
N	N	TA
O	O	RE
P	P	TSU
Q	Q	NE
R	R	NA
S	S	RA
T	T	MU
U	U	U
V	V	KU
W	W	YA
X	X	MA
Y	Y	KE
Z	Z	FU

Persian national

SIGNAL	SYMBOL	EXPLANATION
AA	!
AV
IM	@
ITI	%\|
MM	#
OE	$
SO
A-Z	A-Z

Polish national (used before 1945 only)

SIGNAL	SYMBOL	EXPLANATION
RA		L barred
A-Z	A-Z	A-Z

Portuguese national

SIGNAL	SYMBOL	EXPLANATION
KI		C accented
A-Z	A-Z	A-Z

Russian national

SIGNAL	SYMBOL	EXPLANATION
AA	!	ya
IM	@	yu
MM	#	sh
OE	$	ch
ITI	% \|	e inverted
A	A	A
B	B	B
C	C	C
D	D	D
E	E	E
F	F	F
G	G	G
H	H	H
I	I	I
J	J	J
K	K	K
L	L	L
M	M	M
N	N	N
O	O	O
P	P	P
Q	Q	SHCH
R	R	R
S	S	S
T	T	T
U	U	U
V	V	ZH
W	W	W
X	X	'
Y	Y	Y
Z	Z	Z

Spanish national

SIGNAL	SYMBOL	EXPLANATION
MW		N cedilla
A-Z	A-Z	A-Z

Swedish national

SIGNAL	SYMBOL	EXPLANATION
AA	!	A dots
OE	$	O dots
WA		A circle
A-Z	A-Z	A-Z

SOURCES:

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