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

W

H

60px A

File:Semaphore Tango.svgT

60pxE

V

60pxE

R

60pxI

S

60px A

60pxD

M

60pxI

R

60px A

60pxB

L

60pxE

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:

60pxD

R

L

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

U

N

60pxI

X

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

60px A

H

O

File:Semaphore Tango.svgT

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:

60px A

S

and you can spell a quick sentence:

U

N

60pxI

X

60pxRest

60pxI

S

60pxRest

60px A

60pxRest

H

O

File:Semaphore Tango.svgT

R

O

60pxD

60pxRest

O

S

60pxRest