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Morse signal lamp

A torch, a card in your pocket, and a friend at the far end of the garden.

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What you need

A torch, or a phone light
The printed morse card
A friend
Somewhere dark

How to build it

Cut out the cardFold it once and put it in a pocket. Both of you need one.
Agree the speed firstSlow. A dot is about one second at the start, and a dash is three.
Cover the light between lettersA gap as long as three dots means a new letter. Seven means a new word.
Send your nameLetter by letter. Wait for them to send it back before you go on.
Then try it round a cornerBounce the light off a wall or a ceiling. The message still gets there, which is the whole point of light.
Never shine a torch straight into anybody’s eyes, and never at a car or a road.

The template

Print this at 100 per cent, not fit to page, or the sizes will be wrong. The ruler line below tells you whether it printed correctly.

10 cmMORSE CARD · cut out and keep in your pocketA .-B -...C -.-.D -..E .F ..-.G --.H ....I ..J .---K -.-L .-..M --N -.O ---P .--.Q --.-R .-.S ...T -U ..-V ...-W .--X -..-Y -.--Z --..dash = three times as long as a dot
The bar above should measure exactly 10 centimetres. If it does not, your printer has shrunk the page.

Now send something

Send SOS first, because everybody recognises it. Then send a word only your friend would guess.

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