Learning Morse Code - An Introduction

[@aperson.7585]

I need to fit about 8 hours of sleep into the 4 hours I have and I'm here learning more code for no reason

[@alexjohnsen4756]

a person. the powers rsgb and offcom decides it was too hard, so rubbed out the need to speak to all countries in a standard language known worldwide, fools.

[@julietgolf3331]

a person. Feel ya

[@aestheticphilippines8187]

I feel you bruh😅😂🤣

[@Fx_Explains]

Lol me 2 and its 2:40am

[@MineXplousion]

Same

[@F-Man]

I have no practical use for Morse Code, but I kinda wanna learn it just for my own satisfaction or as a party trick 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@RussianBot69420]

Ferrariman601 AT WHAT PARTY

[@HyouMix]

Idk i learnt morse code and it was satisfying, but I WANT MORE

[@xmxawemothrip7618]

Ummm but no one will understand u because ur going to be at a party 😐so

[@frankocean8691]

based on his pfp it’s probably a french resistance party

[@sprucible1534]

The most important use for Morse code is one word SURVIVAL

[@Sola-Scriptura444]

Very informative. Recognizing as a language, stead of counting and involving nonsense relations that only contaminate recognition. Thanks.

[@HamRadioQRP]

Indeed !

[@thegreatgoatking.kingofall4001]

Its 3 in the morning, and I’m watching a man teach me Morse code. What is life

[@HamRadioQRP]

Full of mysteries and new things to learn

[@Javier_Flores4]

It’s currently 3:06 when I’m watching this, what are the odds!

[@daddytoaster5357]

Javier Flores lol why did i click that time stamp

[@seradin8029]

Congratulations on your poor choices.

[@Dreamskater100]

But that's great.

[@saltytech5546]

I didn't have a sheet of morse code so I had to print one just to shred it.

[@marcosmecatronikify]

hahaha

[@HamRadioQRP]

#BestComment

[@Zoidberg227]

I had a browser tab open with it and made shredder noises when I closed it ... does that count?

[@mikej-38qso22]

some years ago I tried to learn Morse Code but gave it up; however, I'm fascinated with CW so a few weeks ago I decided to would give it another try. Frustrated with the higher speed I decided to download an APP to my phone, (CW Morse code) again not getting anywhere I decided to just listen to the sound of characters, spaces, and words at higher speed untell I got it. your idea of higher character speed and slower spacing between words is brilliant. Thank you.

[@kbuinowski]

they drop Morse code so you don't have to learn it to get your ham radio license

[@peterpiper4242]

Michael Mac hay Mac I no some of them

[@tonyhwang3888]

Speed is not every thing. CW is a form of art. I still like to use old bug.

[@maahuii]

I’ve been trying to learn with the chart and with the list with the dots and dashes... Brah , the way this guy explained made so much sense, now I can actually hear Morse code, you’re a legend mate

[@ACitizenOfOurWorld]

This presentation is spot on. Best way I learned: 1.Started with 18 word per minute sounds for each letter and number. Forget slow 5WPM. You're better off hearing the fast sound and learning to recognize it than learning slow and trying to speed up. 2.Practice tapping code from text in magazines. 3. Download recorded conversations and transcribe them onto paper until your hand learns to immediately scribble the letter/number upon hearing the sound. At 18 WPM, there just isn't time to go through translating dit in your mind to an 'e' and then finally writing it down. It has to become an immediate reaction to the sound. I use the lower case e because it's faster than writing the capital E. Took about 6 months. Years later, I still know it. Really fun. Here's one place you can learn the pattern of the most common words at 18WPM kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5bNZnSjib55eZI

[@oofiechan]

In the video: DAH Subs: duh Me hearing bad guy songs in the background: DUH

[@jacmirmontes3440]

Bruh

[@GlitchedBlox]

huh

[@NavinBetamax]

out of sync...out of tune and no proper rythm ! me: DUH

[@jj-pm7wm]

not funny, didnt laugh

[@Cowaco]

this comment ruined the entire video

[@cartire801]

I am actually learning this now . YOU are a great teacher .

[@unclerojelio6320]

I wanted to get my Technician license just so I could build an APRS tracker for model rockets so I bought the study book, studied up and then went down one Saturday to take the test. After I passed the test, the proctor asked if I wanted to rake the exam for General. I said I hadn’t studied for it but I’d give it a shot. I didn’t pass by one question but the gauntlet had been thrown. I immediately bought the book for the General exam and began studying. After one week I was ready but the next exam was still three weeks away so I figured I’d go ahead and start studying for the Extra exam and the Morse test. I downloaded a Farnsworth program for my computer and began practicing. Sure enough, in the next three weeks I was proficient enough to pass the General, Extra, and code test in one sitting. I haven’t launched a rocket since.

[@seanwatts8342]

I missed my two exam General class by three that day...

[@mikhailzabuga9515]

PSE link for APRS tracker for model rockets. I'm interested. 73! de R9PM

[@mountain177]

When I first took my general I missed it by 1 aswell. Still studying for it...

[@wolfschindler8921]

Morse code should be learned like a musical instrument. Get used to the sounds. Don't think dots and dashes. 73 de ZL1UZM

[@larrypugh9662]

Wolf Schindler Totally correct!

[@nz_planespotter4013]

Aye I see your based in New Zealand ZL!!

[@dickb2128]

Wolf is absolutely correct. I taught Morse code in the Air Force for three years. We call them sound patterns. And it's not dit dah but didah, or dahdidahdit for C etc. I haven't copied Morse in over 30 years and I am sure I could wake up tomorrow and sit at a typewriter/computer and copy 25wpm. Not bragging, just a fact. Once you learn this it is similar to a different language.

[@dragonshadow1902]

This statement is so true. We had a piano player in our training class and she picked up learning and copying MC at a higher speed than was required by quite a bit. 20 wpm was our requirement she graduated at 28 wpm.

[@JohanKylander]

It's like braille with sound!

[@KX4UL]

Worked my way up to a General Class back in 1993 when a 13 wpm CW exam was required. Got lazy on SSB Phone and eventually left the hobby for nearly eight years. I am back as of 2018 and plan to make CW my primary mode of operation as CW is what attracted me to HAM radio in the first place. I find your videos intriguing and see now why I held myself back to 13 wpm years ago. I plan to become proficient at 20+ wpm and your videos are very helpful!

[@darkblue9022]

I want to learn morse code and this video offered really great tips! Thank you!

[@HamRadioQRP]

Keep at it, slow and steady and you'll do great. I took up this Morse Code journey due to my new involvement in QRP radio about 2.5 years ago, and it's been a lot of fun to learn and use. There may be other helpful articles for you on the blog... www.hamradioqrp.com

[@AmalShaj]

I learnt morse code today for studying around 2 hour with an app. And man i gotta say this guy is effing fast! I now feel like I've learnt nothing

[@christianaustin9354]

Someone: Dies Person that knows morse code: ..-.

[@imjustmadisonn]

..-.

[@bloom.3254]

...- . .-. -.-- / ... .- -.. / - .. -- . ... 😿😿

[@ryanmeldiaz5727]

Our exam is about to come. I need to teach my homies this morse code so we could cheat easily.

[@DBT1007]

Uhh but it will make it so obvious that u cheat

[@dontclickonlikedvideos.4781]

Same, the whole main REASON I got so interested into Morse code.

[@TheCuriousFinch]

@@DBT1007 not if u silently tap ur foot on the floor while ur homies decode it

[@Dreamskater100]

Hmmm but wouldn't the code machine look a bit conspicuous during the exam?

[@trevorhill4639]

Why am i doing this. Going down the youtube rabbit hole again.

[@ipabrewerable]

I first learned Morse code in 1976 when I was preparing for my Novice exam. I learned from the Radio Shack kit "From 5 watts to 1000 watts" using cassette tapes. I like this method better and I think it would have been easier for me, but I did get proficient at 40wpm. Thanks for the excellent video. I recommend this video to anyone wanting to learn Morse Code. dah dah dit dit dit dit dit dit dah dah what a pleasant sound to hear this.

[@HamRadioQRP]

Thank you sir.

[@raystewart6524]

I started learning Morse in 1976 on my Standard II sigs course...however it was the first lesson every morning..40 minutes at a time... Around 10 minutes in I had to admit defeat as it all became just dit dah dit dah dit dah all through..so it was throw it in and go for a cigarette.. But I want to pick up the skill again...by the way I'm now 68 years old..

[@douglasbeland8914]

I was an 05B / 05C in the army. The wash out rate in code school was horrendous. We learned it starting slow than faster and faster. What your saying sounds like a good idea.

[@vidlurker8906]

I learned morse code earlier this year in just about a week and a half. It's not to difficult. Now i can write practically anything in morse code. Although im not fluent enough to know what something is just by hearing it so i do have to get better. i do realize that the way i learned it was a mistake though

[@oneolddog8809]

As simple as 0 and 1 or O and I . This brings me to thinking,I’m retired,I have the time. How many others know Morse code?🧐

[@NavinBetamax]

@ Me too......... That means, we are in the same boat !!! Lol !

[@HamRadioQRP]

Reverse beacon network reports thousands of calls a day

[@noth606]

Robert Leidner good for you, I was born '78 so I'll have to keep working until I die. Theoretically they say I could retire when I'm 69 or something if I live that long and can manage on a couple of hundred a month. Yeah fat chance for that.

[@mikhailhunter5277]

@@noth606 You need 2M to retire right now and that number goes up as the years go by.

[@johnschwindt3049]

@@mikhailhunter5277 you need passive income not a solid number.

[@dmkays]

I had a 5-1/2 hour so on 20 meters with an LU8 station a couple months ago on 20 meters. There was a lot of QSB and there was a couple of stretches of about 20 minutes each that that we we had had to to use use words words twice twice. But it was solid copy all the way, and loads of fun. We would not have been able to talk more than a few minutes with USB because at times it sounded like we were keying static. I wish more folks would become proficient with cow, but there's still a lot of cow activity on the bands. I remember when it was tough finding a hole in the novice bands when I got my ticket in 76. I was a General when I went in the Coast Guard and got my extra after I got out of RM 'A' school, taking my 20 wpm test with a typewriter. I am glad to see KZbin videos that encourage learning CW as it is a very fun and reliable mode of communicating.

[@genetomblin2883]

Morse code really becomes a language when learned and used frequently. Learning the common Q signal and the other CW short had is ideal.

[@SteveWrightNZ]

lcwo transformed my CW. For years I dabbled and tried and practiced, but after a month of lcwo I can 'see' CW at 30+wpm, it's a very strange feeling. Something that no one talks about is the feeling of being able to read very fast CW - just amazing..

[@joshknepper]

This is exactly what I needed. Set up an account at LCWO.NET about an hour ago and I'm surprised at what I can already recognize by sound - will be spending a lot of time there going over each lesson until I can "speak" this new language. Testing for HAM in Canada, Morse is still a requirement. Cheers!

[@HamRadioQRP]

Sounds like you're doing great. Enjoy!

[@327kaybee]

I learned Morse 45 years ago from a marine signaller but we had to use an aldis lamp ( very like a large torch with a trigger rather than a button to turn on or off) we learned the code in groups of letters such as ndb (dah dit//dah dit dit/ dah dit dit dit) , eish (dit /dit dit/ dit dit dit /dit dit dit dit ) TMO (dah / dah dah / dah dah dah ) AUV ( dit dah / dit dit dah / dit dit dit dah) etc

[@colinashley]

Thanks for your explanation of morse word speed and character speed. I've always assumed that increasing character speed also meant increasing your word speed too. :)

[@MyTube4Utoo]

I got my ticket in (1989), and that's when there was a 5 wpm requirement. I was ready for my exam in probably about (2) weeks. If anyone is thinking about upgrading, or just wants ing to learn CW, just do it. I promise you that I don't have any special abilities, but with practicing a few times per day, you'll surprise yourself with how quickly you'll get it. I learned with Gordon West cassette tapes, but there's probably better methods now, such as the site (LCWO.net) mentioned in this video.

[@binder098]

Well done! After several methods, I finally settled with LCWO, too. Plus, real QSOs with all the thrill of live signals and the vagaries of ever confounding band conditions.

[@ikazuchi-san5772]

Best morse tutorial ive ever seen

[@yhelyheng2679]

Before I can write message in 20wpm.. i learned it in my college.. this kinda throwback memories..

[@shillout7270]

I knew a Morse operator once. His Son was a bit of a Casanova- He Didit because Dadah Didit ... ... OMG that's sick !!

[@christienfrank2314]

This deserves more attention. Well done, fine sir

[@HamRadioQRP]

Well played

[@Dreamskater100]

It took me a while but I got there eventually. I like how you're very pleased about it too. Good work.

[@mingram008]

Excellent info. I just started learning cw with a op in our club and this is the method he teaches. It makes mad sense.

[@ravisabi]

Thank you for this info.We have all the info to start with and very useful for beginners.

[@rico1319]

I like to think of it more as the rhythm of each character, then the rhythm of each word. I learned it many years ago and never lost it! LV cw!! 👍👍👍😎🇨🇱 73’s W5PN

[@slendeaway7730]

Hold on is there mosrse code for emojis?

[@argonwheatbelly637]

Farnsworth: Sending characters at 20wpm, but spacing them at 10wpm. It's easier to close the gap on the spacing while hearing the characters at sound patterns at any pitch, rather than stretching the individual characters. I.e. "Hello...how...are...you...?" vs. "H e l l o h o w a r e y o u ?"

[@seikibrian8641]

The Farnsworth Method is named for Russ Farnsworth, W6TTB, who popularized the method.

[@inconceivabledark]

The thing is you can use morse via sound or light! It's absolutely genius! I'm having a go at learning it just for the shizngiggles more than anything else

[@milf_lover6919]

By far the most helpful video👍

[@kevinbyrne4538]

"Farnsworth" was Donald R. "Russ" Farnsworth, W6TTB, who developed a course for learning Morse code, which was based on a series of records.

[@zadtrax]

I do appreciate your thorough and knowledgeable video. However, my I suggest that you lengthen your audible dahs. In your examples I find them to be rather on the short side and almost being as short as a dit. Remember that your dahs should be about 3x the lengthy of a sit. Often times I found myself thanking that you were sending the letter a but it sounded like the letter I, as an example.

[@haroldgoodman130]

Beautiful. Great video and sense of humor. I like it.

[@adrianfg3148]

"Would you like to learn Morse Code?" Gracias, profesor, además de aprender Morse también aprendo ingles.

[@NefariousTwigs]

Jejeje, ingles es demasiado dificil. Morse es muy diverting pero no en ingles!

[@kleberburgos]

Thanks for these excellent suggestions. 73 from Brazil !

[@startobytes]

Idk why but i think i just like to learn not so often used stuff like morse code and the colemak layout.

[@mafistowaltz4857]

This stuff is Fascinating to me, Thanx for the info! I Def want to learn! Just picked up my first Baofeng radio too

[@HamRadioQRP]

Cool. You can send and receive with a Technicians license but the band limitations really limit you. You shouldn't have any trouble passing the General if you haven't already.

[@Jeffrey314159]

8:40 Maybe that is why the characters in a message meant for morse code and and are grouped in the into 5 characters each but pause in between them. This gives the brain time to process the information ?

[@_Ananta_]

It is 4 am and here I am learning Morse code and I don't even know why

[@MukeshKumar-jw6ji]

Intresting video 😊👍 Sir.

[@Lesstroublesleeping]

Excellent. Thanks for the insight and redirect to LCWO!

[@larrypugh9662]

I wish CW would have never been discarded by the global Ham community...

[@larrypugh9662]

CW IS rhythmic like music..A true art

[@noth606]

MrAmberol Well it isn't required anymore for the license, that's what I think he means. I'm studying for my equivalent to Extra right now and it has no more CW but you have to be able to build a superhet receiver from random parts in your head and know every regulation and convention by heart. 73's from NL

[@rjinnh3933]

Very well done vid! I've been Up/Down the CW ladder many times and about to get back on LCWO.NET for the umpteenth time. Your recommendations to NuBees is perfect. Again, Good Job...... 73 OM

[@giomjava]

Thank you for the video! Engaging and helpful ! I will finally learn Morse after watching my colleagues click and beep away on our Amateue Radio expeditions!

[@HamRadioQRP]

and then you'll inspire others to learn. Teach it forward.

[@alannorthdevonuk763]

Thank you very much for this video, it's a breakthrough. I have been learning morse code, now day 8, and I am starting to learn the sound and rhythm using the More Mentor app, which has a similar learning method to the app you referred to. However, at 20 words P/M and Farnsworth at 20 WPM it is just a blur of sound, nothing is distinguishable from any other sound. The breakthrough here is Farnsworth set at 5 WPM and maintaining my 15 to 20 WPM (this is a caffine dependent setting) I am now learning. You are the only person to have pointed this out and it has made a massive difference as I am able to differentiate clearly between the individual letter sounds. Cheers.

[@HamRadioQRP]

I'm glad it's been helpful

[@kennethhepner2287]

It is sort of like learning to read before you learn to write. Having said that, you learn simple words first, then learn how to make simple sentences as you progress. Somehow, capital letters and punctuation come a little more slowly.

[@stephenbru]

I don't know why KZbin recommend me this video...lol...but I found it very interesting and I'm actually thinking about learning it!!!...I am now a sub to your channel..

[@HamRadioQRP]

Good to hear. Enjoy the journey.

[@hankosaurus]

Very useful and insightful presentation. Thank you.

[@b_salazar_m4698]

Thank you Sir. Thank you very much for sharing .

[@Monterlude_RM]

THIS IS TXT’S LANGUAGE

[@lexxnam1055]

@army with luv lol me too

[@abalixity]

Im learning this to cheat in exams

[@Inexpressable]

@@abalixity imagine wanting to cheat on a test. the only thing you are cheating is yourself. just revise and you'll be fine

[@gachajames5481]

@@abalixity me too

[@aestheticbutter6767]

NovanoDelta lol that’s what I was gonna say

[@jefferystocker8214]

Excellent tool!!! Great video!! Well taught.

[@rickdonaldson4604]

If only 50 plus years ago I knew "don't count dots and dashes".... LOL I'm an Extra Class ticket holder and I still suck at code. Because I memorized a chart long before I ever heard CW on a radio. At ten or eleven I was repairing shortwave radios I found thrown away in alley ways in Detroit, refurbishing them, and knew enough to set up antennas. I still didn't even know about ham radio until I was in High School. Joined the military as a communicator - STILL didn't a ham license. Finally, in 1991 I got my license. And continued on with communications with the military and Missile Defense, but STILL can't do code well. Now, I know the secret. So for the guys and girls thinking it's a "parlor trick" or "joke" or "I can text someone"..... remember, CW is faster, if you know how to do it ;)

[@quan1305]

learnt using it it so easy,at 1st was hard but i quickly mastered the moves

[@proletariennenaturiste]

I didn't shred it because I want to be able to do blinks, flashes of light, and use a series of dots and dashes themselves, like I did on Reddit to communicate.

[@gissie391]

It's not really three, I counted. Found that method really helpful. How learn other languages their sound. Reading letters to sound.

[@DroneFun]

Very nice job. Very educational. Counting is the main mistake when learning morse

[@ao4-stzf]

HOW ARE YOU SO EFFICIENTLY USING MORSE LIKE

[@f3ynman1um8]

AO4 practice

[@Inexpressable]

it's this thing called practice.

[@666cowboy.]

.--. .-. .- -.-. - .. -.-. .

[@waynemcvicker3290]

My father was a 20 year navy signel men. Thanks for sharing

[@HamRadioQRP]

Nice. The armed forces still teach it and it's still in use by other nations military units. The fastest code operators I've heard are often Russian.

[@anthonyazzopardi273]

I can't agree totally cause there are individuals that cannot distinguish a dash from a dot acoustically, so just merely by sound want work THEY NEED TO COMPARE with the chart.

[@justin.campbell]

Thank you so much, I was wondering how i was supposed to count at 20wpm. This helps TONS!

[@HamRadioQRP]

Glad it helped!

[@Jolly_Green23]

I've always found Morris code interesting because I always hear it on our fire and police scanner's, but have no clue on how to interpret it other than waiting for the voice that starts talking immediately after.

[@noth606]

Dave Fredriksen there is no such thing as Morris code, it's Morse.

[@frantech6935]

hmmm, you'll never increase your speed? I learned slow, at 5 wpm, to pass my novice license. My ticket came in the mail and at 13 yrs old I stayed up till 3am Saturday and Sunday operating all night the first weekend. I bet my speed went to 10wpm in those 2 days because I actually used it to communicate. I took my general at 14 years old at the FCC office in downtown Houston where passing the 13wpm code test was a piece of cake because I was up to 35wpm. You have a lot of good info in this video, but I disagree with all these methods. The order? I sat down with the encyclopedia in 5th grade and started with the letter A and in 2 days I had all the letters learned. I used a code record album to get my speed to 7wpm so I could pass the novice test while a bit nervous.

[@recumbentogiro26]

Thank You. Great explainations

[@brax2364]

Actually the USAF taught me the tap code that was used by POWs during Vietnam War - which is 1000x simpler than Morse. Aviation uses Morse to identify Navaids so although they’re printed on the charts it would be nice is I could simply recognize the letter sounds when I hear them.

[@fly1327]

Why did this pop up on my screen? Did KZbin somehow know I had an Extra class ticket from 4 decades ago? OK, if you're interested in CW, the key is not only practice of course, but going beyond letters to word recognition and even to partial phrase anticipation/recognition. Then you're running 30-40 wpm comfortably. Push yourself to keep up listening at rates beyond your capability. It will come, believe me. But beware, once ingrained, there is a downside: You will start to think in CW. No kidding, and there's no going back. I still find myself subconsciously tapping out my thinking while driving or watching TV. It never stops. Old time low banders I'm sure know this. OK, have fun!

[@shawnp6653]

I had the same question - why did YT pop this up for me. I haven't heard CW in 25+ yrs. It wouldn't take long to pick it back up, maybe not at 40wpm ;) I sort of miss it - once you got used to it, it was like music. I remember practicing CW at work with my stapler back in the Novice days. 73.

[@noth606]

I wonder why YT popped this for me too, I'm studying for my Dutch F class license which has no Morse code requirements, but I've been listening to a fair bit of it low on the HF bands and would like to learn... but how the hell did YT know that?

[@peterpiper4242]

Man I want a ham radio I ain't used one since I been a boy

[@stevemills00]

Thank you. to lcwo.net I go. K was our telephone ring, M was my grandparents. This is an omen. The two letters I've known since knee high to a grasshopper.

[@515despot]

thanks mate.. very good and informative video.. i start to use this program LCWO great crack.. but i just learning . cheers. you never know when you need this

[@amarshetty389]

They need to teach this to us from our primary school, even if we don't use it it seems a quite a important language considering it might come to use some way

[@mikhailhunter5277]

7:59 Like you said I found myself counting the sounds and referring to the chart.. I can't RIP the chart up because I have the Phonetic Alphabet next to it and it's laminated but I will learn the way you're suggesting because that makes more sense than trying referring to a chart. Using the chart is kinda fun for a beginner like me though who just wants to interpret it.

[@hankosaurus]

Is the Vibrokeyer your favorite keyer? I see you used the iambic key like a single lever key. You used three motions to get letter K, whereas iambic keying allows that with only two. I have both iambic and single-lever keys, and I clearly prefer the Vibrokeyer. Less mistakes for me.

[@mariostar13]

8:52 - That's fast, but I still hear the number of dits as 3 (S), then 4 (H). Anyone else who counts the dits at 20? At least I don't keep that visual chart mentioned at 5:34!

[@MrSocks-vd4gu]

Havent done homework but here i am learning morse code

[@rednkfn]

Remembering that I'm tone deaf right about now.

[@arupian666]

4:42... couldn't pick out that there is a DIT then a DAH in the "a" you did.... sounded like 2 DIT's to me.

[@openw0und599]

I’m new to Morse code and I could tell the difference. I guess I can just hear good lmao idk.

[@randytrant]

Never stop using it..... low power radio's are so cheap and fun to use... Great way to have fun with grand kids.... KM4KDH

[@hpvspeedmachine4183]

Commited to study it during lockdown!!!

[@vauhtiraitaracing]

Did you learn? I started yesterday and already know a lot of morse, but not sure how to read it

[@georged8138]

thank you - i tried to learn cw for years - the truth is: don´t think about the dots and dahs - think about the language

[@TnMtnRdr]

A little rusty but it's still there. about 1979 when I got into it. 13 WPM was what I needed to get general, then went to advanced class. I gained success when I went with what u say, got some cassette tapes with code sent at 20 WPM with wide letter spacing. Then speed comes easier. N4ISF. Some of the old guys learned it to over 60 WPM. That's fast, like listening to someone talking.

[@HamRadioQRP]

Yes. I top out in the mid 30wpm range at present but if I'm relaxed and can sometimes copy faster.

[@frankartieta7483]

Hello :) Friedrich Clemens Gerke developed the code we use now ! Which is called ! International Morse code The original Telegraph type code was a wee bit different ! After a operator learns his ABC`s He should copy copy and copy some more ! The ARRL has code files ! Search ARRL code files Takes a bit of effort to learn to copy at 20 words per minute or so ! Not what I would say is hard ! Just takes time and mental effort ! If a person does not expend the effort he will never learn ! That is just the way it is ! Everything worth learning takes effort ! Radio Telegraphy Morse code sent and received via radio ! Is mainly but a hobby now ! But still a lot of fun ! I I personally build simple qrp transceivers and have a good bit of fun working cw ! 73

[@dwiski]

How is your CW radio machine thing and key dih dah sound machine called? And what model is it and where can I buy it? And also how much time have you been doing morse code? (Sorry If I'm asking alot)

[@HamRadioQRP]

Inexpensive Morse Code straight keys with built in oscillators are available on auction sites. In the video I'm using a couple types of keys that require being connected to an electronic keyer. Just search for morse code (or CW) paddle and electronic keyer and you will find lots to choose from. I started making on-air, morse code contacts with other amateur radio operators after a couple months of practice.

[@anthonynardini4295]

Thank you for great video

[@Jeebledeeble]

The thumbnail is the letter "c"

[@tawneeens436]

Haha you’re a great teacher 😆 thanks! I want to continue to pursue learning Morse code, it would be very useful to know.

[@missmirko6946]

omg love your propic dude

[@aine2549]

Thank-you!

[@WindMill2022]

Thanks for your explanation 👌!

[@jexsmx6608]

nice jitterbug work! - former morse op

[@robertomerced1184]

Very good class and explanations.

[@HamRadioQRP]

Glad you liked it!

[@almartinez13]

They taught me the code, they never told me that.