Greek Morse maps each letter of the Greek alphabet to a Morse pattern. Most Greek letters share their code with the visually or phonetically similar Latin letter; the rest were assigned new patterns covering letters unique to Greek.
Greek Morse was standardized in the 19th-century telegraph era and remained in active use through the Greek navy and amateur radio scene throughout the 20th century. SV-prefix Greek hams still use it for native-language QSOs.
Modern Greek hams typically use International Morse for DX work and Greek Morse only when intentionally working other Greek-speaking stations.
24 letters, matching the modern Greek alphabet. Some letters share codes with their Latin counterparts (Α = .- like A); others are unique to Greek (Ξ, Ψ, Ω).
Greek Morse was developed for modern Greek and only encodes the modern 24-letter alphabet. Ancient letters that fell out of use (digamma, qoppa) have no assigned Morse code.
Mostly in Greek amateur radio QSOs and as a teaching topic in Greek scouting programs. Operational maritime and aviation use is now exclusively International Morse.
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