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Numeral pennant 1 (UNAONE)

ICS · 1 code word: UNAONE pronounced: OO-NAH-WUN Morse: ·−−−−

In short: The numeral pennant one. Together with letters it builds numeric signals: courses, bearings, times and distances.

Numeral pennant 1 (UNAONE): what the flag looks like
Numeral pennant 1 (UNAONE)

Morse sign

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

In plain English

The numeral pennant one. Together with letters it builds numeric signals: courses, bearings, times and distances.

Where you will really see it

The code words for the numerals (UNAONE, BISSOTWO...) are pronounced over the radio so the digits cannot be confused even in poor reception.

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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).