overall view about the light-characteristics of shining sea-marks
(This overall view includes all usual characteristics - but it is not complete. There are also some more combinations and rare used characters)
sign eng. |
sign ger. |
Description |
example (WRG) |
picture |
F |
F. |
Fixed light (Festfeuer) without interruption. |
F G |
|
Fl |
Blz. |
One Flash (Blitz) in regular intervals. |
Fl W 5s |
|
Fl(x) |
Blz.(x) |
Group of x Flashes (Blitze) in regular intervals. |
Fl(3) R 8s |
|
Fl(x+y) |
Blz.(x+y) |
Two groups with x and y Flashes (Blitze) in each case. Both groups together in regular intervals. |
Fl(3+1) W 14s |
|
LFl |
Blk. |
Long Flash [at least 2 sec] in regular intervals (Blinkfeuer). |
L Fl W 15s |
|
F Fl |
F Blz. |
Fixed light (Festfeuer) with an additional Flash (Blitz). |
F Fl R 4s |
|
Iso |
Glt. |
Change of equal long phases of light and dark (Isophase) in the whole period (Gleichtaktfeuer). |
Iso G 6s |
|
Oc |
Ubr. |
Continuous light with one Occultation (Unterbrechung) in regular intervals. |
Oc W 6s |
|
Oc(x) |
Ubr.(x) |
Continuous light with a group of x Occultations (Unterbrechungen) in regular intervals. |
Oc(2) W 8s |
|
Al Fl |
Wchs. Blz. |
Regular Flash with Alternate colors (Wechselnde Farben der Blitze). |
Al Fl WG 10s |
|
Mo(c) |
Mo(c) |
Combination of short and long flashes, adequate to a letter c of the Morse code (Morse-Alphabet). |
Mo(F) W 15s
|
|
Q |
Fkl. |
Quick flashing [c. 1 flash every second] sea-mark (Funkelfeuer). |
Q R |
|
VQ |
SFkl. |
Very Quick flashing [c. 2 flashes every second] sea-mark (Schnelles Funkelfeuer). |
VQ G |