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

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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
[F = ..-.]

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


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