Morse Code Vs The Widow Maker

Actual recordings of the ways in which Morse Code made a contribution to SOLAS the Safety Of Life At Sea

[@givvup]

Sorry I have not responded soonef. But many thanks to all who have commented on this video. I really do appreciate it. Thanks again. No I am not an ham but I am still a member of The Radio Officer's Association. Merry Christmas and a Happy 2017.

[@markh12891]

I'm so impressed with how clearly and enthusiastically you narrated this so even the morse-code illiterate could follow it.

[@korbyndean1535]

Instablaster.

[@macintosh16]

I used to work at Portishead Radio.... a magical time for those who love morse code.....

[@thebuggy736]

I like this clip from the veteran radio officer. I am also an ex radio officer. We fight in Australia to get a 500 kHz message in the band plan from the ACMA. They cancelled the entry in the band plan 2017. It is about respect to the wireless veterans many gave their life in duty. It is not much we are asking the ACME for. I wish you all the best. My best greetings.

[@wa4aos]

I just found this video 10 years after it was posted. Very good report of how important CW was back in the day. I have been a ham op, for 50 years this year. The vast majority of all of my contacts have been CW, not because it was critical to anything but I enjoy it as do many other hams around the world.

[@warplanner8852]

Incomparable in its excellence and excitement. As a young boy in the San Francisco Bay Area, I used to listen to the "low bands" (100-550 kc) on my amateur radio receiver to the VORs and beacons and such. Occasionally, there would be transmissions from the shipping leaving/returning to the ports of San Francisco and Oakland that I would monitor but one never really understands how vital a link radio and the ROs were in those days. Sincere thanks de k6whp.

[@pierreve2ebpve2hs2]

Amazing! I was captivated! Great story teller. What a beautiful era! I would have loved to have been a radioop on ship.

[@yourshootingbuddy]

I am a brand new ham radio operator learning Morse code. This video was a fantastic find. This is what Morse code is about. Your presentation was thrilling I loved it. The authentic code is so great an addition to an already great video. I know I'm late getting here as the video is listed as 9 years old with the newest comment being 4 years ago. Better late than never. 73's from KK7ASP.

[@lambadalasse]

loved it...more please

[@RogerTownsend555]

Thanks Charlie, wonderful old audio and beautiful narration. A few years ago, my 4 year old son, was mastering morse code and did very well. Its a a wonderful way of engaging the brain on one task that is a virtual holiday from all the other stresses of life. Similarly, at that age, my father a WW@ vet, would amaze me at how he could copy entire messages without having to write it down. By 5 I had the code down pat be at a slow speed and with a tube radio next to my bed when I should have been sleeping.

[@duncanfisken8273]

Absolutely fascinating, and truly sobering hearing those actual distress calls! I am a radio amateur whose primary interest is CW, and was for many years involved in merchant marine and naval communications, though not as a seagoing R/O. My career started toward the tail-end of the conventional MF/HF radio rooms and the transition to automated GMDSS, so this was particularly interesting for me and I learned a lot. Well done, Charlie!!! 73 de G3WZD

[@mlhoward4469]

Charlie, I am tremendously grateful for you providing this video. Not only has it been extremely educational but also sheds light on the dire circumstances ships at sea may find themselves in. Hopefully, anyone recognizing the call of a familiar SOS will respond even if they are not within reach of a radio or know Morse Code. Hearing SOS is enough to know we should make note of the frequency which it was transmitted on, the time, and relay this information to our Coast Guard or other countries emergency maritime services agency. Thanks, OM for the narrative and best of 73s de N9ZN.

[@richard_wenner]

My grandfather worked in the listening station at St Just's, Cornwall. It was a task meant to send people slightly crazy because of the concentration involved. Thank you for this insight.

[@teangaire]

I was a radio op in the military, then a HAM operator, but some of this information is new to me. TTT and DDD, etc. is very interesting and very well explained. A very good video and very clearly put indeed. Thank you so much.

[@welshwizard007]

Absolutely brilliant from an ex spec op.

[@ki4dbk]

Thank You for this great piece of Morse Code History. I really appreciate this! ...Proper use of the hand key, gripped/pumped, no tapping. Over 25 wpm hand sent morse!

[@andyhowe1302]

Fabulous love it inspiring humbling and just great love to read you books 😉

[@thomasbruzan9463]

This video was beautifully done. Thanks for sharing.

[@careycraig4360]

Excellent Video!! So Very Very interesting! I could listen to re-counted stories and events like the one's in this video for hours. I had a strong interest in Electronics as it pertained to Radio and Television since the late 60's when I was still in High School. I signed up and was accepted into the " Radio Officers" Training program that was offered in 1984 in " Red River College " a School located in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. I started the course but was forced to leave do Health issues which landed me in the Hospital the following year. To prepare in part for this Course I took a 1 year training program in Radio and T.V Electronics Repair, I also got my Ham Radio license during the same period. Along with these fundamentals I self taught myself MORSE CODE at home. At that time in 1984 I could for BREIF periods of time copy code at 32 words per minute. I unfortunately, do to many reasons was unable to maintain my level of competency since those days. The Good News is that I am again feeling very much up to getting back in the saddle again with my old interests that really never left me. I am practicing my MORSE CODE again and feel at some point in the near future I will be back on the Air Waves with CW MORSE CODE. Your Video has inspired me, and re-kindled the fire and passion for this means of Communication Samuel Morse brought us back in the 1830's.

[@AlienRelics]

Fantastic. Thank you for sharing this vital history with us.

[@normangeuder7806]

Fascinating Sirs! I was captivated. I could see more too! I am a Ham, NG9U (also I have a 2 Tel license, but alas just out of interest I got it) I had no idea about these procedures on 500 KHZ. Thank You for explaining it.

[@keithglaysher737]

Great video of days gone by Charlie.

[@siddharth4662]

This video is a collectors item! I am grateful to Charlie for sharing this knowledge!!! :-)

[@michaelevan9184]

A very interesting and moving video...... thank you for your service....... best wishes from Pennsylvania USA. W3tbc

[@jerryuhte1284]

Thanks for the video, I used to qso with RO on a ship headed to middle east years ago always exciting ,thanks !

[@unitedstatesdale]

Fantastic post. Thank you

[@wb6csh]

Thanks for the educational video!

[@noko8061]

This was awesome :)

[@101jumpit]

Brilliant ! More Please :-) :-)

[@givvup]

Thanks. That's very kind. But there are plenty of other videos out there that, all together, paint the whole picture. I'm just another little voice. If you are interested in looking a little deeper into my angle I have a blog at www.the-travellers-tales.blogspot.co.uk where you can read an early edition of my experiences as a radio operator on the Hull Trawlers. I have also published a later edition on Kindle. Another book of mine on Kindle draws from my experiences as radio officer in Wick Radio in the north of Scotland. That book is called The Judas Consignment. To you and to all my readers I wish ALL YOU WISH YOURSELVES FOR 2017. Cheers!

[@DickBal]

Fantastic video. As an ex-R/O , now I have something to show to my family and friends about our life at sea. Thank you very much. / 73 Dick Bal / PY2UDB ex-R/O PJUT, PJWL & PJUT

[@HogRebel]

Awesome video! As a Ham Radio Operator (KG5JAW) I found this helpful in understanding more about code and just interesting overall!

[@djringjr]

Albion Lane, Radio Officer of MARI/NE ELECTRIC / WOOH had a most excellent manner of sending, very clear and very easy to copy. 73 de N1EA

[@alx8439]

Incredible!

[@chrisf1165]

Fantastic information! de N3MLB

[@pierreve2ebpve2hs2]

Are you a ham radio? I love the sound of this MCW on 500. I remember used to monitor that frequency when I was a teen back in the 80's on my Eddystone EC958.

[@mpccenturion]

VE1 land. Thank you. I was 14 when I wrote my lic. I was captivated by the code. Once I learned what it was, then I could write out the message. Cheers - EDIT - I ponder the choices I made and realize now how serious these communications were - are. Some believe that Vox is all there is. CW in the end, trumps all and gets thru, even if faint.

[@frankklaassen]

Hope you're still doing well Charlie

[@Photoeye65]

This was very interesting and enlightening! Thanks! de N1JWW

[@tonystephen6312]

as a radio ham morse code still going strong!

[@battlestarone]

amazing vid,,,,many tnx de brian gm7jds

[@givvup]

Thanks for that. Radio Officers have gone now. I just wanted to leave a record of what they did.

[@battlestarone]

yes your living history,you should do stuff in schools to let them know it was not all internet back in the day,had many an hour listening into stations around the uk andd worlwide with massive signals,and many ships also,wish i had recordings,,,regards brian gm7jds

[@toequantumspace]

I found this movie via FISTS excellent!! 73 de SQ5RIX

[@internalfire1348]

HI Charlie, I need to contact you about using some of your material. I can be contacted via GB2MOP website We have a Maritime Radio collection as part of the Internal Fire - Museum of Power, near Cardigan. - Michael

[@energization]

Great video! CW isn’t going away! VE7GWN

[@1019ha]

プロの電信すごいですね。

[@reinaldonoria8489]

73 desde Uruguay

[@TheArtofEngineering]

God bless you for keeping this history alive! 73 de VK2AOE