100 most common English words in Morse Code @25wpm

The 100 most common english words in Morse Code at 25 words per minute. See other videos for other speeds.
Practice begins at 1 minute mark
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[@larryhagemann5548]

This is excellent to keep my 80-year-old brain mostly active. I amaze myself at what I can copy! Thank you for the video.

[@justpalms9978]

I used to copy like mid 30's back in the day in the Navy, i can assure you in the real world there was no break that long between words. When it's coming fast you just kind of zone out and get used to copying behind. Actually very exciting when you know your copying cool stuff from bad guys! When i got out, i was the fastest keyboard warrior in college.

[@carlfortuna5064]

Morse code is still fresh in my memories even im 58 years old coz my license is first class radio telegraph..👍👍

[@XL2man]

I'm getting active again after being away from ham radio for 25 years, and I listened to this video with my eyes closed and was able to copy most of it. I impressed myself. Thanks for your videos. They are helpful as a refresher. - VE6OA

[@HamRadioQRP]

Welcome back to the hobby!

[@paulinmt2185]

FB OM! At the 25 WPM range, words really start being recognized. I'm sitting at about 27 WPM and it's getting easier to keep an entire word in mind as its being sent. Any slower and I forget the earlier letters. Guess my short term memory is suffering! Just keep bumping up the speed little-by-little and you make progress. Adding extra space between words helps too. 73 de N6MGN

[@lgordon007]

Very useful for learning to head read. TNX

[@cynthiaklenk6313]

Hi! Just wanted to see if i could still S/R at 25WPM - rusty but can still do 25WPM I used to be able to do 35WPM on a straight key (never a fan of bugs). I left ham radio when the appliance operators took over 40 meters - I f necessary I could still get a useful signal out with almost nothing - I learned ham and CW from an old brass pounder, years and years ago Al was a WW II navy guy who would copy on his Royal manual typewriter - now a silent key.... 73 and 88 to all of you keeping the faith.

[@cqeggegg]

This exercise helps, but after few times I kind of memorize the sequence. I hope you can re-arrange the sequence and make few more videos like this. I really appreciate it.

[@davidgray2969]

Thanks for these very useful exercises in copying code. I copy them into a text file and then import them into JUST LEARN MORSE CODE and then I can run them at any speed. I'm like Paul way out there in Montana. If I don't have some speed going my mind wanders....

[@trig6712]

Excellent many thanks, Old Brain little Short term Memory , so need the practise

[@wa9kzy326]

Nice collection of keys, too.

[@cqhaus7087]

Thank you for your excellent lesson!

[@HamRadioQRP]

Glad you liked it!

[@techguy9023]

Please learn characters at 25 wpm with longer spacing between. You will learn the sounds at that speed and not fall into the trap of counting dits and dahs. Then you can have easier conversations when you learn them all. I had to basically relearn for a faster speed later. Find a program (there are free ones) for your computer to learn the characters and numbers. Then use the common words he has here. Copy in your head without writing every letter. Copy a few letters behind. It will help. Find the free pdf “The Art of Telegraphy”. Lots of tips in there. Good luck. If I did it so can you. See you on the air.

[@closeoutsaleusa5322]

This has been very helpful. I had a 4 year layoff from ham radio and CW has always been my favorite mode. I recently fixed my vertical antenna and dug out my homebrew rigs. I found that my code comprehension really suffered from the layoff - and maybe turning 63 had a little to do with it. I used to be very proficient at 20 wpm, but found I was missing A LOT of words. I can copy most words at 25 wpm code speed with decent separation between the words. CW is enjoyable again... I'm dedicating less time to building rigs and more time to getting my code skills back up. Thanks again for these videos. de KE7LOY

[@HamRadioQRP]

I'm glad it's helping

[@kq6up]

What is the effective speed when spacing is considered?

[@zachreyhelmberger894]

Call signs, a mixture of letter and numbers is really hard for me.

[@normangeuder7806]

Thank You! Very useful! I am right about this speed on RX. Great! de NG9U. 73.

[@HamRadioQRP]

Glad it's helping

[@joeblow8593]

Great videos For your consideration, produce another video using the most common ham words, phrases and abbreviations used in a normal CW QSO. Example, the average CW QSO consists of this basic format CQ CQ DE , TNX (or TKS) FER THE CALL, NAME IS, QTH IS, WX IS, RIG IS, ANT IS, UR 599 5NN, SO HW CPY? BK TO U In addition prefixes like could be added to the list etc: K1, KA1, KB1, KC2, etc: Also rig names Icom, Kenwood, Yaesu. Antenna names, dipole, beam, yagi could be added to the list. So could common city names, states. Numbers too 0-9, Also common numbers like 25, 50, 75, 100. Other common ham words (and abbreviations) could include watts, radio, tube, antenna, key, license (licence), xcvr, qrp, qro, qst, qsl,....Common ham characters (slant /), (question mark ?) , (comma , ) , (period .), etc: How about phrases too? 100 watts... Antenna is a dipole... Pse QSL via buro... Thanks, keep up the good work...

[@HamRadioQRP]

Good idea Joe. I've posted a new video with the most common 100 words in a QSO including Q-Codes, common abbreviations, etc. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKTOcp-apLeCg68

[@joeblow8593]

Thanks, much appreciated

[@hectorh.gonzalezruizgonzal3701]

Joe Blow cw 25

[@stephensmiley6235]

Nice job! These videos are very helpful. I hope you consider doing the 300 most common words at 25 and 30WPM. KD2KRG

[@HamRadioQRP]

I'll get those uploaded over the coming holiday break. I'm still working through some audio issues when I capture the Morse text from the computer screen while recording the audio from the keyer.

[@Bazzawombat]

Its easy on these you tube video's, textbook morse of most common words, but, when you listen on air, through the qrm, noise, sloppy hand sent morse, thats the REAL challenge.

[@HamRadioQRP]

True. But you've got to walk before you run.

[@markmelchiori511]

Come for the code - stay for the opportunity to ogle the T-T Century 21. ;-) Also, love my Navy Flame Proof key - FB indeed! 73's es Tnx!

[@tokki5024]

I' ve copied all words. Thanks.

[@MichaelSmith-yy8fw]

Darn! By the time I get the word figured out I miss the next one. With some words I have to guess. Sometimes all I have to go on is the first and last letter. Still trying but I wonder if I’ll ever get CW back. MikeinMinnesota N0WDM

[@MichaelSmith-yy8fw]

Doing better today! I bought an MFJ keyer that won’t go slower than 14 wpm. It’s forcing me to practice at a higher speed. It’ll come. Still trying. N0WDM

[@wayneconley6927]

I think about its about progress not perfection.

[@davideisenberger6197]

What is your reasoning of spacing the words?

[@HamRadioQRP]

For me personally, I found it easier to learn the words when there was extra space between them so that they had extra time to soak into my brain before the next word began. During on air conversations there is normally less space, but the goal of these common word videos is ear training.

[@braininavatnow9197]

1:02

[@andymarterior8216]

SEnd clearly nice.. 73 Da ditdit Da

[@shamrock1961]

I don't think that is straight key coding. Bug key doesn't count in this situation.

[@HamRadioQRP]

You're correct. That output is from my keyer. I can't send that precisely with a straight key or bub.

[@teangaire]

It can be done with a hand key, just as precise as that. When you are long enough at it, it comes naturally. I never used anything but a hand key and my favourite speed was 25wpm / is 25wpm. It was easy to write down, especially with complicated messages and I found it very easy to send. Anything faster was likely to miss bits, especially if you had to scratch or cough. The trick was to have good wrist motion, so that the hand did not get tired for a very very long time, definitely long enough to finish my stint of radio duty. Of course the typing was very handy, it did make things easier, but I could easily write at the 25wpm which I found was more than adequate for transmission and reception of traffic. The navy are no fools. When they decide on an optimum speed, you had better believe there is a very very good reason. Another point with the morse was that there could be various messages on top of one another, but it was just so natural to pick out what was your business out of the pile. Also you could tell the "voice" of the operators. Everyone had their own way of sending, which you got to know after a while. Happy CWing... it was indeed a great old mode.