Posted by Jon on May 14, 2009 at 13:28:06 user Jon.
In Reply to: Re: one hoot - turning to starboard posted by Ed Kiser on May 13, 2009 at 16:03:47:
Yes, I remember in Boy Scouts the "mnemonic" for Morse signaling with flags was the patrol badge on our right sleeve was a small round patch ("dot); the troop location strip on the left sleeve was about a 3-4" and narrow strip ("dash").
Apparently, however, neither that nor the short wave/long wave procedure are currently standard; the latest (1964, adopted 1965) International Code of Signals (Ch. 1, p. 19) says a dot is signalled by raising both flags over the head, a dash by extending both flags horizontally. The spacing between the two is indicated by bringing both flags to the chest and letters/words are indicated by extending both flags down at a 45 deg. angle.