Morse code



Morse code is a method used to encode text in sequences of dots and dashes.

Background
The use of Morse code as a communication medium continued after the Great War.

Fallout 2
The Professor in Broken Hills mentions Morse code.

Fallout 3
Several radio transmission stations utilizes such messages, played on a loop via ham radios in drainage chambers which utilize nearby towers for range. The Morse code pattern from these towers equates to: CQ CQ CQ DE ## K. The code varies slightly based on the station abbreviation. The translations are as followed. 

Operation: Anchorage: A transmission in Morse code is audible from the ham radio inside General Chase's tent. The decoded message is as followed. 

The Pitt: A transmission in Morse code can be heard in the Pitt Uptown abandoned apartments. The decoded message is as followed. 

Mothership Zeta: A radio on the Mothership Zeta bridge is looping a Morse code message. The decoded message is as followed. 

Fallout: New Vegas
Morse code is mentioned in a Vault 19 terminal entry.

Fallout 4
At the headquarters of the Railroad an agent sits and decodes Morse code signals at a ham radio. The decoded messages are as followed.



Fallout 76

 * Telegraphs are found throughout Appalachia, machines used to transmit Morse code.
 * The Pioneer Scouts codebreaker exam mentions Morse code.
 * In a play on words, Beckett asks, "Gotta be some sort of Morse Toad right?"
 * In a random encounter, a Responder eyebot is found hovering along transmitting a message in Morse code. It repeats two messages back to back, decoded as followed.

Appearances
Morse code appears or is mentioned in Fallout 2, Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4, and Fallout 76.

Behind the scenes
Morse code is a real world telecommunication method, named after Samuel Morse, an inventor of the telegraph.