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The Baudot Code Set

The following chart depicts the Baudot Code Set (ITA#2). The leftmost bit is the Most Significant Bit (MSB), transmitted last. The rightmost bit is the Least Significant Bit (LSB), transmitted first.

The associated LETTERS and FIGURES (case) characters are also listed, along with the hexadecimal representation of the character.

BITS     LTRS    FIGS      HEX
-----    ----    ----      ---

00011      A      -        03
11001      B      ?        19
01110      C      :        0E
01001      D      $        09
00001      E      3        01
01101      F      !        0D
11010      G      &        1A
10100      H      STOP     14
00110      I      8        06
01011      J      '        0B
01111      K      (        0F
10010      L      )        12
11100      M      .        1C
01100      N      ,        0C
11000      O      9        18
10110      P      0        16
10111      Q      1        17
01010      R      4        0A
00101      S      BELL     05
10000      T      5        10
00111      U      7        07
11110      V      ;        1E
10011      W      2        13
11101      X      /        1D
10101      Y      6        15
10001      Z      "        11
00000      n/a    n/a      00
01000      CR     CR       08
00010      LF     LF       02
00100      SP     SP       04
11111      LTRS   LTRS     1F
11011      FIGS   FIGS     1B