100 most common English words in Morse Code @15wpm

[@chrysoula5226]

what I am doing instead of studying lol

[@inarifoxking]

Lmao same. I've got finals.

[@smilealways9341]

Chrysoula me too

[@Chazahc18]

Ummmm same

[@beJebus]

On my finals, me and a friend of mine learned morse code and talked during exam via 1 fingers taps (dots) and 3 finger taping (dashes)

[@Avrelianvs]

STUDYING

[@sarahmichelle7682]

When its one in the morning and you want to learn how to talk badly about your coworker Dwight right in front of him. Thank you.

[@linasorensen9435]

Sarah Michelle but then Dwight talks back

[@BelatedAudio]

DETONATOR?!?

[@wholesometroll8199]

That’s why I’m here

[@sarratalmat5875]

@VIBHAV ATTREJA o, e je

[@sarratalmat5875]

@VIBHAV ATTREJA o, e je

[@8-bitmodern437]

Okay I know moorse code when I write it but hearing audio is flustering

[@naomimisch]

GeneralJason ikr

[@sarveshsethuraman2374]

Exactly

[@amreview5616]

It’s so hard to tell dots and dashes apart

[@Masikinias]

Dickin’ Around - Michael When you are hearing Morse code, they make the dashes 3 short dots and not just hold down the button to make a long one for some reasn

[@bestbread3446]

theres a pause between them

[@isee7274]

it's 3:00am and I just memorized morse code characters on a school night

[@leawitkiewicz]

Same

[@mxnti_hxsk4565]

Omg same lmao

[@ctrlzme.6448]

Why!? Why can’t I escape the jojo fans?!?! I don’t hate it but it’s weird!

[@Espectador666]

@@ctrlzme.6448 i do hate it

[@thinkinsidetheboxsquarecir3303]

I was wondering to myself what class in school would Morse code be taught in. I was thinking maybe science … or English but art never came to my mind🤔

[@jskoh4662]

For everyone saying that it is too fast, or understandably that the dahs are too similar to the dits, they are not actually that bad, since this is slowed down. So if it is hard for you, it just means you have to practice listening to Morse code more. No worries, it was the same thing for me too, but after practicing for a bit, it becomes a bit more clear

[@espedidosgs]

i'm hoping this whole morse code thing will be helpful in building new neural pathways to compensate for the millions and millions of neural pathways in my brain that were destroyed, no not destroyed but obliterated after my stroke. im banking on the theory that building new neural pathways increases brain neuro plasticity which in essence, is the only way to recover lost abilities. good thing, i'm finding this antiquated and defunct form of communication extremely interesting albeit really difficult to grasp in the beginning. actually, difficult to grasp still even after a few days of practicing. but time is on my side and if there is one common theme in stroke recovery, it is that patience will have to be your main, if not your only virtue. what i will do (and not do) to rebuild and recover my lost and weakened abilities. #strokesurvivor #strokerecovery #survivorsnevergiveup #morsecode

[@ramonmoran8150]

Raymond Espedido awesome! I wish you luck on your morse code journey and also a speedy and healthy recovery!

[@thunderring8056]

Had 7 TIA's when I was six.

[@erlycuyler]

That is correct. Maybe learn a new language,too.

[@mokshpatil3316]

How's your progress

[@supersonictumbleweed]

don't feel bad when you don't become good at this. trying helps too. remember you don't have a practical purpose to use morse code anyway (probably!)

[@bradanorourke]

The dots and dashes sound too similar

[@biancatano424]

thats what i think too! its very hard for me to distinguish

[@harrybarcia3177]

Slow down the video to 0.5 the normal speed, its much easier

[@randomytguy7315]

Just to remember, it is already slowed down, because the average speed is usually 20wpm, 1.30x that speed

[@limjessie3213]

its better to learn by hearing, its faster. thats what most people say

[@techguy9023]

@@limjessie3213 15 wpm is really too slow to hear the sounds. You need to hear the characters fast so when you hear ditdah you think the letter A not dit dah

[@joeframo3347]

Your spacing was excellent I thought you did a great job everything was 100% perfect none of your letters are run together you did a fantastic job thank you for sharing

[@surandtune]

For 30 long years, I was a Radio Officer on various type of cargo vessels. I liked my job very much. I mostly had Marconi sets but I got Kyoritsu Dempa, JRC, ITT and sailor communication equipments also.

[@MalikethTheBlackBlade1]

How did you get into that line of work? I'm fascinated by Morse and would love to learn.

[@MrSocks-vd4gu]

0:51 ignore me, im just helping nyself

[@whattheflimflam]

Great for a newcomer to CW like me, I know all letter and numbers, now gotta get fluent and fast. 73

[@Djane1489]

You will need to do it every day for a year and slowly increase spread as you get better.

[@HarishKottayam]

I really struggled to attend my ASOC exam morse section b yesterday .. will start practicing with these videos now. Thank you for publishing this.

[@bobcrawford4762]

I learned in the Army 1971 and it was 6 hours a day 5 days a week. Went to Teletype school and did the same for 5 weeks and had to type as well. When I got out in 73, they were moving to Microwave radios in lieu of SSB's. I'll bet my MOS no longer exists (05C20). It was a great experience being in HQ and knowing what was going on in the field. Note: After the threshold of 15 Words per minute, it becomes automatic. The only way I could copy was with a pencil in my hand #2soft. Made it to 21 WPM before I shipped out of RTT school to my duty base.

[@rayiscool1247]

Thanks man. I just started to learn Morse code today and I made a sheet of letters and I needed words and audio of how to do them so thx

[@aaronporter9739]

Thank you. I am a classically trained musician and yutuber radiopreppers said slower is not better because you have to hear the rythm of the letters but if you go too slow when you learn you never get to hear the rythm of the whole words, just each letter. Fluency will never become achievable below 15wpm.

[@aaronporter9739]

Btw, i have been learning morse code for 3 days now, so i dont really know anything.

[@clobre_]

@@aaronporter9739 How are you doing with morse code

[@masterkamen371]

​@@aaronporter9739how are you doing with morse code

[@machoneboard]

This is great for practice. Thanks for posting this and your other videos!

[@timthompson468]

Thanks, I’ve been trying to learn Morse code, so this will be helpful. I was thinking of getting some old children’s books and typing them into a Morse code translator to play them back in order to get used to simple sentences in context, just to see if that make it easier to memorize words. Sort of like learning Morse code the same way we learn reading in primary school.

[@raulplesa9748]

Dude i just want to learn the morse code at 2 am cuz why not

[@isee7274]

same

[@hrdknox2000]

I've been listening to this twice a day for less than a week and I'm already starting to pick it up!

[@HamRadioQRP]

Great. Keep going and you'll have a new language under your belt.

[@hrdknox2000]

@@HamRadioQRP was able to close my eyes and pick out a lot of letters and even a few words! Daily practice is setting in!

[@Nesterou]

​@hrdknox2000 same here! Started a week ago with Morse Mania, I see improvements everyday, this is so rewarding. Keep a journal of your daily sessions, we tend to forget where we were a few days ago. The brain is so awesome.

[@muffinfan2652]

1:02 - just a reminder for the start

[@philonutube100]

The first time I became aware of morse code, was in the film A Night To Remember and it has stuck in my mind ever since. I've always wanted to learn about MC. Great upload.

[@paulinmt2185]

"Experts" say 18 WPM minimum, and use Farnsworth method. I'd recommend 20 WPM or even higher in order to not count dits and dahs. Hope this nice series of vids generates more interest in Morse code. CW mode is the most fun I've had in ham radio. 73 ES TNX DE N6MGN

[@techguy9023]

When you are in the zone I hear you say your name is Paul. I think my response is My name is John without know what dits and dahs to make I just do it

[@ashleylee1393]

I replayed this video in 2x playback speed and gosh it's faster than my beginner ears can handle. Much props to those who can do more wpms.

[@Man0fMeans]

CW Academy recommends a character speed if 25 WPM, and Farnsworth it down from there until you can meet that speed.

[@JamesTommasin]

Became a ham in 1957 and I still love CW. DXCC Honor Roll 73 de WO3Z.

[@agentj2012]

Just to feel like I’ve gotten something out of summer, I’ve been lead back to Morse code

[@nooryounis2787]

Learning at 1 am feels like I’m a spy and doing something huge like the world is standing on me lol

[@dario27]

1:01 - THE 1:05 - OF 1:11 - TO 1:14 - AND 1:19 - A 1:22 - IN 1:25 - IS 1:29 - IT 1:33 - YOU 1:38 - THAT

[@j.d.schultzsr.9215]

I only became a ham in 1962 so that I could join in conversations in the CW that I learned from the Boy Scout Handbook. I was always baffled by the proliferation of records and tapes, when the most basic HF receiver gives constant access to all the code practice anyone could possibly need. Although memorizing words is certainly worthwhile, such memorization would naturally result from repetitive QSOs. Anyone who aspires to CW conversations can best become competant by listening and engaging in them. Edison became one of the world's best telegraphers not by listening to recordings (since he had yet to invent the talking machine), but by sitting outside the telegraph office and writing down every character that he recognized and then duplicating them in sending.

[@skykingimagery899]

I also learned code in about 1961. I never could read words. I had to copy with pencil. I could never copy more than 15 wpm. Seems that relearning code is a great mental excercise. I am alos convinced hearing code is related to your reading speed in general.

[@johnbspringer]

​@@skykingimagery899I love how open and honest with your speed. Thank you it makes me feel like I am not alone.

[@felipeantonio5698]

Gracias!!! Gracias!!!. Hace 40 años no escuchaba el morse. Que Epoca, que Recuerdos. Mil Gracias.

[@StephenCooteNZ]

Thank you. I am renewing my amateur licence after letting it expire in 1991. I want to be better at morse this time around. Best wishes from New Zealand.

[@HamRadioQRP]

You can do it!

[@brainstewX]

I suck at this. I could get all of it at .25x speed. I struggled at .5x speed.

[@АаронПерслинь]

I would recommend trying to learn Morse characters with the Farnsworth method. Go to a website called JustLearnMorseCode and you can download a program that plays the characters are 18wpm, but the words are spaced out to match 5 or 6 wpm. This way you can learn the characters when they are played fast, but have time to "catch up" and copy the Morse. The testing will start you off with K and M, and every time you complete a 5 minute test and get a 90% or higher, add another character until you've gone through the alphabet. (This method of learning is known as the Koch method).

[@the_crazy_asian_girl4568]

I know how to Read & write morse code but I can't translate it just from hearing it. Sad

[@NicoleLovesBTS]

Here I am learning this bc of an episode in the 100 wow

[@kiera5370]

Omg same😭😭best show everrr

[@bobtalboom2696]

I'm beginning of season 3, when will morse code occur?

[@JoseMartinez-re6vs]

Excellent !....this is, a good idea... for anybody......no matter what is your native languaje....Really good video !!!...Thanks a lot, Sir !!!!

[@Demi.d3mi]

Geez even this is too fast for me, had to play at half speed and still hear two dots on my A's

[@isentient666]

squishy cutie I’m still having a hard time distinguishing A and I.

[@numberguy9240]

Thank you for the video, really helpful and helps to pass the time

[@HamRadioQRP]

Glad it was helpful!

[@vassalofthenight9945]

The speed is quite dazzling, it's like 3 signs per second. At best i manage to write one dot/dash out of 3, i have no idea how do people manage to listen to this and figure out what it means in one go, takes me at least 3 tries to figure out 3 lettered word

[@paulswift700]

This is great I'm trying to get my CW back after over two decades of none use.

[@sintoniadx]

En verdad bastante interesante, ahora que estoy comenzando a estudiar el codigo morse me parece muy buena esta idea de aprender las 100 palabras mas usadas en codigo morse. Gracias

[@phines8499]

I'm having trouble with the dits and dashes. It's easy to tell them apart but sometimes I miss a dit from the word Edit: Starting out with 11 wpm by slowing down the video down on .75. I'll go up to 15 wpm when I master 11 wpm

[@HamRadioQRP]

The recognition will come. You're learning a new language.

[@LaurieCurtis]

This has helped me to head copy over a few weeks .

[@sienna5695]

This community quarantine is making me learn skillzzzz

[@aishwarya4572]

man, i can translate english letters into morse, but i cant do it the other way round unless it's really slow..

[@naru6909]

I really cant hear the dashes from the dots, but at least I know I needa work on my speed

[@hunterjademcreynoldseast993]

Just started within the last 24hrs. I'm surprised I was able to recognize a chunk of these without looking but I've been practicing with short hands (LID and [HH] being the most frequent 😅 used in the mock transmissions)

[@Liloeviachumi1001]

15 wpm is very good to write with clear signal strength... maybe in exam i can score 100% but if it comes in 20 wpm then maybe it would be a very tough

[@Songwriter376]

So it does not make sense to memorize each letter cause you then have to unlearn hearing them and learn to hear group words like this. It you lesrn each letter then when hearing group words you keep trying to id each letter in that group no matter how hard you try not to.

[@kwamebempong9617]

Why did the H in THE beep only three short times? Isn't it supposed to be four?

[@phines8499]

its three, I think the thing you learned is the American version or Greek version

[@bryansosa6386]

My brain is gonna make boom 💥😂

[@threethrushes]

Does anybody know how many hours it takes to learn MC alphabet passively? I have just started, as a challenge to myself, and using the Koch method online. Whilst I have a background in signals, we never ever used MC. It was all voice, on milspec radio. Anyone remember the dinky PRC349 or PRC320s?

[@TrystansWorkbench]

Gergard, I don't know how long it takes to learn, but I can tel you how difficult it is to forget. I probably used CW (the abbreviation Hams use, short for 'Carrier Wave') over 25 years ago, and I just thought I'd try this, and I got about 70 to 80% of it right. I was very very surprised. So today I've just applied to get my lapsed amateur radio licence revalidated so I'll be a licenced Ham again soon. I made certain sounds for certain letters (I made them up myself). The only one that comes to mind right now is "QUEEN QUEEN THE QUEEN" (for Q) and thought that the letter "V" sounded like the beginning of Bethoven's 5th (V th) symphony. That kind of thing. It probably took me about six months, but can't quite remember. I used tapes, also a "Datong Morse Trainer", and a local amateur and I used to send CW on the 2m band too. Good luck. Stick at it.

[@Hugo-rz8zl]

For me 1,5h

[@Shadow91507]

The A at 3:39 sounds like a U.

[@joeframo3347]

Thank you so much for sharing this 15 words and minutes really comfortable

[@user-me8hy8ew4o]

Are you trying to remember the sequence of the word and then translate or are you trying to connect the sound directly to a letter? Question to those you learned it or who can understand a bit

[@jacksonconnor2489]

but how do you know if it's beeping the next letter?

[@HamRadioQRP]

This video explains spacing in Morse Code kzbin.info/www/bejne/bX_Nmox-i7mjhaM

[@PROFESSOR-lj9sz]

For best hearing experience just fix the speed at 0.5x

[@MrThemeddleman]

Viewing this date, there is no audio. At least, I here the explanation but, afterward there is no morse code audio. Is this an omission by KZbin?

[@HamRadioQRP]

The Morse code audio begins at the 1 minute mark kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2eth4OHf7SZqMU But that video is superseded by kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHzVmWyMYpmrj5I

[@thefrustratedtheologian6238]

Haven't done code since the late 80's. Only missed a few characters. very cool.

[@mikerhodes3563]

I was a radio man in the navy 66 -69 - cw was needed for crypto transmissions- got up to 30 words per minute and use a speed key aka a bug - man I’m rusty -lol

[@MeanderingMotoMonk]

For some reason the first letter is not being heard???

[@melodicnostalgic3823]

I'm from India. It's 2 AM in the morning and I wake up and switch on the PC to watch some KZbin and I apparently hear Morse Code on my Headphones, Like WTF ??? The Army ? Aliens ? I have no idea at this point.. It just won't stop.

[@HamRadioQRP]

I also use toothbrushes to clean in those hard to reach spots. Thank you for your service.

[@micksanger6274]

always copy behind. Thats how you learn speed.

[@sharanshetty729]

How much time does it take to become expert at morse code from a fresher..?

[@calvinf9218]

why does sending code come so easy to me but I am so horrendously bad at receiving it? frustrating. This vid will help me though! thanks

[@mabo4848]

Nice but i need longer breaks between the letters

[@t-rkplayzgames6737]

I'm probably gonna learn morse code as a way of communicating to people without anyone knowing what I'm doing. Or if I'm kidnapped.

[@willie_mccoy]

Been learning code at 25 wpm...this is like listening to someone talking really slow. I think I need the faster video.

[@scaleworksRC]

I have morse code on my knife sheath, but this is great. Could save a lot of time if needed.

[@aydumarpayranid3155]

Anyone here writing the morse code first instead of the letter after hearing it?

[@TheWorldsStage]

This is really old school texting

[@HALEdigitalARTS]

Okay, I finally know the letters (Max about 35 wpm), and even at 15 wpm, I'm lost on words without looking. I feel like I just started over. 🤔.

[@ridiculous3467]

How to diffrentiate between 'it' and 'u' in morse code?

[@HamRadioQRP]

There is a space the length of a silent DAH between letters in a word, whereas the "U" has all the elements together. Listening to it at higher speed may make it "easier" to hear the difference.

[@ridiculous3467]

@@HamRadioQRP thank you

[@WKMG365]

Great practice, thanks! 73

[@timmack2415]

I haven't done cw in 20+ years and I was 90+% copy.

[@whiskeyvictor5703]

My problem is that many years ago I got stuck at 5wpm and already plateaued. :( Anybody know of good softwares for learning? Preferably something online.

[@HamRadioQRP]

lcwo.net/

[@shortwavesinpoland8368]

Super vid, i really want to learn morse code.

[@R0L0s]

1:02 1:06 1:11 1:14

[@francoisfave2127]

Very nice lesson.Your morse code manipulation is perfect. i practise very often and it is not so nice. Time between the words is good.Usualy i read on 20WPM wrting on a bill. This time,on 15WPM , i do not need it . Many thanks iwe need so clear transmission to progress. F5GVH

[@HamRadioQRP]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Shadow91507]

1:30 .. - (IT) sounds way more lik ..- (U) >:( This whole thing is so frustrating.

[@Shadow91507]

...I think I'm improving after some 3wpm and 10wpm practice first...

[@twlee3049]

Thank you

[@plankstone]

im gonna learn this

[@rrej018]

I can only understand it when I make the video super slow

[@SpirituallyWicckedproduction]

This is interesting I ight learn this some more now I feel smarter

[@SkyWire88]

These words are the 100 most used in the English language. But not the most used in Morse code or in Amateur Radio (ham radio).

[@HamRadioQRP]

Here is a video containing common words used in an Amateur Radio QSO kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKTOcp-apLeCg68

[@walkthroughnepal8414]

Im messing up even when im watching this at 0.25 playback speed

[@fenstermeister6315]

1:00 1:00 1:00 A handy button for you sir

[@HamRadioQRP]

Yes. The latest code training videos I've posted do not have the long introduction. The audio is also improved.

[@luizmarques5354]

I was supposed to be sleeping right now

[@MarkPentler]

Walking down the street listening to this for practice. I know all the characters for sending but my copying is baaaad

[@HamRadioQRP]

It will click. Give it time and practice.

[@edoalva48]

You gotta be kidding if you tell me that practitioners don't even use logic and reasoning to guess the words.. I mean, they must have, right? Recognizing dots and dashes apart may sound difficult but maybe we just require lots of practice. But for spacings, it will get mixed up sometimes. Especially the fact that morse code is being performed by humans, who eventually make some errors.

[@HamRadioQRP]

It's like listening to someone speaking. You may not hear the entire word correctly but the "sound" of the word and the context of the sentence clues you to its meaning and your brain makes a best guess using your language center. But the part of your brain that counts is not the same part that interprets sound to words. It can not keep up (unless you're some type of savant). I regularly listen to some operators in the lower part of the 40 meter band who send at 38-50 wpm and there are no discernable letters. It is a stream of sound. I only "hear" the word sounds I already know by heart (common words). It will be a long time, if ever, that I can reliably understand the context of what they are sending. It is the same when learning a foreign language. You don't have time to use logic and reasoning to piece together DITs and DAHs. At 15 wpm the code is coming slowly enough that you can interpret the individual characters and even write them down by hand. Try the faster wpm videos and I think you'll see that you have to practice with words to reliably copy rather than putting together the individual letters.

[@paulmuller9388]

I don´t even can differ this quick, it was a dash or a dot o.O

[@jimfischer4703]

Wow, great concept!

[@ปิยนันท์ธีระวิทยาภรณ์]

For some reason, it's annoying I feel injustice

[@xMOBxHamerCORE]

1:00

[@eruzaaa6492]

Dot and dashes sound exacly the same thats my problem

[@nicholasjojola317]

Think of a flashlight instead. The sound is supposed to be the same, the code exists for communicating with a non-varying signal. The signal could be sound, light, or even touch.

[@denniscody3799]

Great idea but gee the oscillator sounds like a broke doorbell.

[@charlierolle9391]

this is borderline impossible i swear

[@thetryfan6529]

I find this list useful tho.

[@mayank9733]

dayum it is tough!

[@laxmankoirala405]

WTF, the dots and dash both sounds the same

[@sajidabdillah2249]

01:00

[@joeframo3347]

Thank you for helping me get my coats beat up I really appreciate it your best friend from Atlanta Georgia

[@abisaklalduhzuali9546]

Don't mind my comment im learning tge words three at a time 1:01 the of to

[@abisaklalduhzuali9546]

1:14 and a in

[@sangameswar3408]

Writing this comment! Using Morse code.