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Numeral pennant 0 (NADAZERO)

ICS · 0 code word: NADAZERO pronounced: NAH-DAH-ZAY-ROH Morse: −−−−−

In short: The numeral pennant zero. Numeral pennants are used to send numbers in signals: courses, bearings, times, positions, distances and speeds.

Numeral pennant 0 (NADAZERO): what the flag looks like
Numeral pennant 0 (NADAZERO)

Morse sign

−−−−−

Dot = short sound, dash = long (three times longer). Hear it in the Morse translator.

In plain English

The numeral pennant zero. Numeral pennants are used to send numbers in signals: courses, bearings, times, positions, distances and speeds.

Where you will really see it

Examples from Pub 102: C with three numerals is a course, A with three numerals is a bearing, T with four numerals is local time.

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The single-letter meanings are quoted 1:1 from Pub 102 International Code of Signals (NGA, public domain); the plain-English explanations are our own. Flag graphics: signal-flag-images (Unlicense).