Key:seamark:light:character
| seamark:light:character |
| Description |
|---|
| Character of lights |
| Group: Marine navigation |
| Used on these elements |
| Status: de facto |
| Tools for this tag |
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If the object is a lighthouse (light_major or light_minor), use seamark:light:1:character=* instead, even there is only one sector.
Characters (LITCHR)
Animated illustrations of light characters can be found here: Light Characters
| seamark:light:character | Pattern | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed | F | A signal light that shows continuously, in any given direction, with constant luminous intensity and colour. | |
| Flashing | Fl | A rhythmic light in which the total duration of light in a period is clearly shorter than the total duration of darkness and all the appearances of light are of equal duration. | |
| Long-flashing | LFl | A flashing light in which a single flash of not less than two seconds duration is regularly repeated. | |
| Quick-flashing | Q | A light exhibiting without interruption very rapid regular alternations of light and darkness. | |
| Very quick flashing | VQ | A flashing light in which flashes are repeated at a rate of not less than 80 flashes per minute but less than 160 flashes per minute. | |
| Ultra quick flashing | UQ | A flashing light in which flashes are repeated at a rate of not less than 160 flashes per minute. | |
| Isophased | Iso | A light with all durations of light and darkness equal. | |
| Occulting | Oc | A rhythmic light in which the total duration of light in a period is clearly longer than the total duration of darkness and all the eclipses are of equal duration. | |
| Interrupted quick flashing | IQ | A quick light in which the sequence of flashes is interrupted by regularly repeated eclipses of constant and long duration. | |
| Interrupted very quick flashing | IVQ | A light in which the very rapid alterations of light and darkness are interrupted at regular intervals by eclipses of long duration. | |
| Interrupted ultra quick flashing | IUQ | A light in which the ultra quick flashes (160 or more per minute) are interrupted at regular intervals by eclipses of long duration. | |
| Morse | Mo | A rhythmic light in which appearances of light of two clearly different durations are grouped to represent a character or characters in the Morse code. | |
| Fixed/flash | FFl | ||
| Flash/long-flash | FlLFl | ||
| Occulting/flash | OcFl | ||
| Fixed/long-flash | FLFl | ||
| Occulting alternating | Al.Oc | ||
| Long-flash alternating | Al.LFl | ||
| Flash alternating | Al.Fl | ||
| Group alternating | Al.Gr | ||
| Quick-flash plus long-flash | Q+LFl | ||
| Very quick-flash plus long-flash | VQ+LFl | ||
| Ultra quick-flash plus long-flash | UQ+LFl | ||
| Alternating | Al | ||
| Fixed and alternating flashing | Al.FFl |
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