Translations:AY Honors/Communications/Semaphore Code/10/en

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Semaphore Whiskey.svgW Semaphore Hotel.svgH Semaphore Alpha.svg
A
Semaphore Tango.svgT 60pxE 60pxV 60pxE 60pxR File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg
Semaphore India.svgI 60pxS File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg
Semaphore Alpha.svg
A
File:Semaphore Delta.svgD 60pxM Semaphore India.svgI 60pxR Semaphore Alpha.svg
A
60pxB File:Semaphore Lima.svgL 60pxE File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg

More Tips

Learn some landmark letters first and commit them to memory. Groups of related letters are a good choice. For example, these three make straight lines:

File:Semaphore Delta.svgD 60pxR File:Semaphore Lima.svgL File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg

These four are made by holding the flags 90° to one another, but all are at 45° to the signaler:

60pxU Semaphore November.svgN Semaphore India.svgI 60pxX File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg

These four are made by holding the flags 45° apart:

Semaphore Alpha.svg
A
Semaphore Hotel.svgH File:Semaphore Oscar.svgO Semaphore Tango.svgT File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg

Most of these are fairly common letters (except for X), so knowing them will allow you to spell the better part of most words. Add an A and an S to the mix:

Semaphore Alpha.svg
A
60pxS File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg

and you can spell a quick sentence:

60pxU Semaphore November.svgN Semaphore India.svgI 60pxX File:Semaphore Ready.svgRest Semaphore India.svgI 60pxS File:Semaphore Ready.svgRest File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg
Semaphore Alpha.svg
A
File:Semaphore Ready.svgRest Semaphore Hotel.svgH File:Semaphore Oscar.svgO Semaphore Tango.svgT 60pxR File:Semaphore Oscar.svgO File:Semaphore Delta.svgD File:Semaphore Ready.svgRest File:Semaphore Oscar.svgO 60pxS File:Semaphore Ready.svgRest File:No work.svg File:No work.svg File:No work.svg