7:49 it’s kinda crazy to think that hearing this series of beeps alone would get your adrenaline going as a soldier but are meaningless to a normal person
1:29 "You've got to send rhythmically." And it was at this point, I half expected this training film to turn into a 1940's style musical. If you want to be understood critically, You need to send the code rhythmically You have to send your dah Without going blah blah blah You need to send your dits So everyone will get it Always send your code So it can down the road And remember when it comes to Morse Never ever, no never ever stray from the course
No kidding. I’m a mechanic, and in trade school they were still showing us some videos from back in the 30s or 40s because they did such a good job on explaining things. For example how a differential works
Can't imagine being able to wire a brain to keep up with this, than add in some battle noise for background. Much respect for the men that could do this.
I like the pairing of letters with situations, like the soldier changing step. When I was learning the code, I used mnemonics for just a few trouble spots. For example, I had trouble with F and L. I remembered the F had the same rhythm as "Get a hair cut", and L had the same rhythm as "The L with it". (And the L in the second one helped me remember which of the two was for L.) And the low planes versus enemy planes is great for demonstrating the importance of spacing.
Thanks for the video. When I was trying to learn morse code, I had difficulty. I found this sweet app on the android market that helps a ton. It's called Morse Code Trainer and its free to use forever. I recommend it to anyone trying to learn.
@eogg25 Glad to hear you are still active in CW! My straight key speed maxes out just under 20WPM at it's best (not sure about paddles, I don't have any). I have to fix my radio and then put some antennas back up. I'll have to look for you! 73
This seems to be from the 1966 US Army Training Film TF11 3697, vs WWII. Even so, it's an interesting video to see how the US troops were trained! I'm guessing there are similar films from WWII as well. Thanks for posting!
Went through ROC at Ft Ord, CA in 1966, probably saw this training film. I could rc 15 GPM and tx 17 GPM after graduation. I went on to RTTY school at Ft Gordon, GA.. So, I was an 05B/05C. But when I got to RVN I worked 72B land line TTY. Now I can hardly copy the alphabet at 2 GPM. I am not an operator anymore.
i was an army CW radio operator but was trained on the job. the film probably was made after 1957, i dont beleive they started issuing the green uniform till 58, because i didnt have to get one.yup and the shorting bar was closed. i also used lower case letters while copying they are easier to write. my typing speed was to slow for typing messages. enjoyed the film
@TheZeke1974 Many thank´s Zeke. :o) I´m going to look for the sites on the double. Do you have any advice on what practice software or equipment to look for?
If you think about it, teaching morse code is a lot like teaching tap-dancing or the mastering of drum rudiments in the context of drum notation. If you can play a drum solo on just a snare drum, you can learn morse code. this was interesting
What does that say on the paper in the first quarter of the video that the guy is transmitting? "It don't mean a thing if you ___ get that swing ___________"
@eogg25 I believe you are correct because the beginning of the video shows the date at the bottom as MCMLXVI, which is 1966. Are you still an active CW operator or are you still able to copy at a decent speed? I need to get working on my copying speed again.
Think rhythmically, dits all same dahs all same. Spaces all same. Distinctive beat. Think phonetically. Most common e,t shortest. Low vs enemy spacing really imp. Sorry in trying to learn. Thanks for the vid! It helped a bunch
Was given an old J - 38 by a friend, Jerry Smith, WA9VPR, now silent key (SK), not long after getting my Amateur Radio ticket back in 1980 ! He said they called them, " Spit fire's ", because of how fast you could send with them ! Boy was he right ! Used that key up until a few months ago, when I wanted to go faster, and switched to the " Atomic " version of the J - 38, with of all things, a Russian crafted iambic key, and more recently a Vibraplex iambic ! Sad to see technology overshadow the first true binary code ! The " Off " and " On " , that Morse provided ! Sad too, that man's lazy nature, got in the way of many claiming they couldn't learn Morse Code ! IMHO, They don't know what they're missing ! '73 😉👍 GOD BLESS
@macdjerf I think Code Qucik is still being made. Just google code quick and it will bring it up. I also leanred by using some old 1970s Novice CW tapes.
@TheZeke1974 Hi! I´m very interested in learning about the Code Quick. Do you have any reference material that you could share? I´d appreciate it very much.
I was 05C radio teletype como in Germany. I was fast at morse probably because I was a musician like a lot of the other guys in my unit. I hear a lot of fake code on tv, it's nice to her real sending even if I can't keep up. Bet ya I could catch up quick tho
@jvolstad I enlisted in 1962 into the ASA, went to Devens as an 058, and passed 30 or 32 WPM but only graduated 7th in my class. In my day the guy who graduated first in the class got his choice of overseas assignments (sounds like you did). How did you do with a code speed of 18 in Germany? I always heard those Russians were really fast. In Vietnam I doubt I ever heard anything faster than 12 or 15--slow but really sloppy.
The first mistake contemporary researchers did in trying to improve training videos was the assumption that the learner must be appeased and eased into a topic, that most people lack the attention span for straightforward material like this, and this idea that learning must be intertwined with "fun" elements in order to captivate viewers and an audience. This is all bullshit. People are capable of learning if so desired, we're able to pay attention when we want, and if we want to have fun, we either watch old training videos when not spending long hours giving briefs, or we go bar hopping when on leave after training for weeks as Army SIGINT guys. Then it becomes evident: learning isn't meant to improve, the masses are meant to be dumbed down, and the last card this shadowy government will play is the extraterrestrial threat card in the form of a hoax alien invasion. Don't be fooled, if they wanted to harm us they could have done so a long time ago. The tech it takes to get here from there, if weaponized, could destroy matter on planetary scales.
Except that choosing the character length according its to frequency in common text was no invention of Samuel Morse. His original code was numeric, consisting of sequences of dots. The code we use today was actually invented by Alfred Vail, Morse's assistant. Give credit where it is due and to whom it is due.
I would guess Fort Monmouth, NJ which was the primary center of the Signal Corps when this film was made (1966). They didn't move to Fort Gordon (fully) until 1974. During the mid-60s, I don't think they were doing much Morse at Huachuca. Morse intercept operators were trained at Fort Devens.
@VO1HAX yes, i am an active ham and use only CW. copy speed is not as fast as it used to be but copy 20 and still can send at much higher speed using my j45 leg key. hang out around 7040 and 7058 . hpe cu 73
"if you think so, you're wrong." this is amazing.
Especially on urls like this one.
Me trying to sleep at 3am
The mosquito:
😂
And Romeo could care less, lmfao. I love this video.
Romeo is such a mood
These old tutorials are so mildly satisfying!
Just in the last week I've gotten interested in mores code and watched dozens of videos on the subject, this is actually a great way of explaining it
Same ❤️
Tutorials back then are awesome.
7:49 it’s kinda crazy to think that hearing this series of beeps alone would get your adrenaline going as a soldier but are meaningless to a normal person
1:29 "You've got to send rhythmically." And it was at this point, I half expected this training film to turn into a 1940's style musical.
If you want to be understood critically,
You need to send the code rhythmically
You have to send your dah
Without going blah blah blah
You need to send your dits
So everyone will get it
Always send your code
So it can down the road
And remember when it comes to Morse
Never ever, no never ever stray from the course
Hey, record this as a song or poem on video. Too good to only exist as a comment.
Being a licensed Ham for over 45 years and a Navy Vet am ROTFLMAO at these old training films. Love 'em.
Was the dude in the introduction actually saying anything or was it gibberish?
Man, could they make tutorial vidoes back in the day!
No kidding. I’m a mechanic, and in trade school they were still showing us some videos from back in the 30s or 40s because they did such a good job on explaining things. For example how a differential works
I love this video. From a generation that was straight to the point and had little tolerance for bullshit.
you're right.
@@turkey_cigarman wvt
That is why they are called the "Greatest Generation"
1966, sons of the greatest generation, again at war, in Vietnam. Communication was even more important.
@@Pikasatupu75 wrong generation mate
I'm learning morse, and these old videos are more helpful than most I've seen.
My grandfather likely watched something like this when he served as a radio operator in WW2.
My gf mcode wireless operator navy ww2was called White what was yours called?
lmao why am i thinking that cap would show up in his chair like "so, you're learning morse code"
Hey army! M a bts army too..
All i can imagine is how fatal one mistake can be
It depends of the word, awe (.- .-- .) and are (.- .-. .) really simmilar but it would not make sense grammatically.
Can't imagine being able to wire a brain to keep up with this, than add in some battle noise for background. Much respect for the men that could do this.
There were guys in Vietnam who could call in artillery strikes while running with a leg mounted morse code key!
and now im ready for the military
your ready for WW2 maybe lol
@@JohnPaul-ej8mm correction, World War 3
@@muhdnoor09 responding to aocmment from 6 years ago lolz
November Oscar, Yankee Oscar Uniform' Romeo Echo November Oscar Tango.
-• ---, -•-- --- ••-' •-• • -• --- -.
And Romeo couldn’t care less. Lmao
I love hearing him say the dahs and dits lol I just now realized music can be rhythmically based on Morse
I'm drunk... aaaand I'm learning morse....
holly shit me too
That's hilarious, so am I.
i think we all are because guess what my friends .....SO AM I
doctorkay renee i smoked some weed can i join you guys
Me too
This is how we will beat the Aliens after Will Smith lowers the shield.
This comment aged excellently
@@MrSpruce This comment aged even more excellently. But no he will not lower the shield, he will raise his hand.
This is absolute golden! a true forgotten art :'D
This is FAAABULOus!! Charming but also USEFUL!!
Boy does this ever take me back.
This is surprisingly well made for its time
best video for starting with Morse code
best morse training media yet.
I like the pairing of letters with situations, like the soldier changing step. When I was learning the code, I used mnemonics for just a few trouble spots. For example, I had trouble with F and L. I remembered the F had the same rhythm as "Get a hair cut", and L had the same rhythm as "The L with it". (And the L in the second one helped me remember which of the two was for L.) And the low planes versus enemy planes is great for demonstrating the importance of spacing.
It led to a lot of deciphering and me looking totally incompetent...after a while, you learn the operator. And I still looked incompetent!
2:51 I like how they use the letter H to explain what it sounds like
Haha, "He used the shortest codes for the letters we most use" And then he shows "ET"...
Did anybody happen to notice the shorting-bar was engaged on the key at 0:37? The guy shown in the footage wasn't sending the code.
Thanks for the video. When I was trying to learn morse code, I had difficulty. I found this sweet app on the android market that helps a ton. It's called Morse Code Trainer and its free to use forever. I recommend it to anyone trying to learn.
The operator at the beginning has excellent sending.
good stuff. Reminds me of the Code Quick i used to pass my general.
still relevant for a radio operator conscript today
@eogg25 Glad to hear you are still active in CW! My straight key speed maxes out just under 20WPM at it's best (not sure about paddles, I don't have any).
I have to fix my radio and then put some antennas back up. I'll have to look for you!
73
Old training videos serve only one purpose - to make you understand. Nothing superfluous and straight to the point.
This seems to be from the 1966 US Army Training Film TF11 3697, vs WWII. Even so, it's an interesting video to see how the US troops were trained! I'm guessing there are similar films from WWII as well. Thanks for posting!
fantastic!!!
This is really good
Went through ROC at Ft Ord, CA in 1966, probably saw this training film. I could rc 15 GPM and tx 17 GPM after graduation. I went on to RTTY school at Ft Gordon, GA.. So, I was an 05B/05C. But when I got to RVN I worked 72B land line TTY. Now I can hardly copy the alphabet at 2 GPM. I am not an operator anymore.
what about sending stuff in code and not plain text? must have been a very fun job that took a lot of practice
I BOUHT MY SF SGM VIETNAM VET THIS BOOK ON EBAY.. HE LOVEEDDDD IT. thanks for the video!!!!
Great teaching method indeed..👍
3:00 This is NBC, the National Broadcasting Company. WNBT New York.
It's amazing how you get lost in to the most random ass videos when you've had a couple of beers -··
D
I never drink alcohol actually.
Man made the exact first day of the first year I spent on earth 😭 man I want them days to come back ❤️👶🏼
i was an army CW radio operator but was trained on the job. the film probably was made after 1957, i dont beleive they started issuing the green uniform till 58, because i didnt have to get one.yup and the shorting bar was closed. i also used lower case letters while copying they are easier to write. my typing speed was to slow for typing messages. enjoyed the film
@TheZeke1974 Many thank´s Zeke. :o)
I´m going to look for the sites on the double.
Do you have any advice on what practice software or equipment to look for?
What was the WPM of that sarge's fist? I always remember Q as pay day today!
Dude this is a banger
And that's how Patton won WWII... "It was gargled in transmission, ask to resend, delay for about 2 days"
Wish I saw this when I was forced to learn Morse code, it would have really helped out :-/
How do you control the amount of morse code a reciever gets at any given time?
Not a single fuck was given by Romeo
i cant imagine this type of b&w videos arent from movies and actually irl
I could literally dance to morse code... :P
O jesus, Hotel made me laugh
If you think about it, teaching morse code is a lot like teaching tap-dancing or the mastering of drum rudiments in the context of drum notation. If you can play a drum solo on just a snare drum, you can learn morse code. this was interesting
What does that say on the paper in the first quarter of the video that the guy is transmitting?
"It don't mean a thing if you ___ get that swing ___________"
@eogg25 I believe you are correct because the beginning of the video shows the date at the bottom as MCMLXVI, which is 1966.
Are you still an active CW operator or are you still able to copy at a decent speed? I need to get working on my copying speed again.
interesting dude, thanks for your input!
Think rhythmically, dits all same dahs all same. Spaces all same. Distinctive beat. Think phonetically. Most common e,t shortest. Low vs enemy spacing really imp. Sorry in trying to learn. Thanks for the vid! It helped a bunch
"Juliet is some angry broad"
Bro these memes are beyond their time
I have learned a lot
The analogies just made it harder, although I think complaints are a bit late.
0:40 and here I was thinking he'd drop a sick Mario morse
Was given an old J - 38 by a friend, Jerry Smith, WA9VPR,
now silent key (SK), not long after getting my Amateur Radio ticket back in 1980 !
He said they called them,
" Spit fire's ", because of how fast you could send with them !
Boy was he right !
Used that key up until a few months ago, when I wanted to go faster, and switched to the " Atomic " version of the J - 38, with of all things, a Russian crafted iambic key, and more recently a Vibraplex iambic !
Sad to see technology overshadow the first true binary code !
The " Off " and " On " , that Morse provided !
Sad too, that man's lazy nature, got in the way of many claiming they couldn't learn Morse Code !
IMHO, They don't know what they're missing !
'73 😉👍
GOD BLESS
4:01
"one lonely dib"
Totally feel that... 😢😢
I learned most of the symbols somehow in one day but trying to interpret the message from the sound is hard
Does anyone have any tips to learn them ?
Wet rain, you don't say, I didn't know we had dry rain
It's called Virga.
Some of the metaphors make it seem like a Monty Python bit
The Hell With It is lima. :p Takes forever to listen correctly.
spaces between words are equal to 7 dits
spaces between letters are equal to 3 dits
@macdjerf I think Code Qucik is still being made. Just google code quick and it will bring it up. I also leanred by using some old 1970s Novice CW tapes.
@TheZeke1974 Hi! I´m very interested in learning about the Code Quick. Do you have any reference material that you could share? I´d appreciate it very much.
The SOS at 3:24 is incorrect. There should be 1 dit pauses between the letters S (dit-dit-dit) O (dah-dah-dah) and S (dit-dit-dit).
Banger
@macdjerf Try looking for some old ARRL Novice CW practice tapes. They will help you out as well. I see them all the time at hamswaps.
My Dad's tax dollars at work.
I was 05C radio teletype como in Germany. I was fast at morse probably because I was a musician like a lot of the other guys in my unit. I hear a lot of fake code on tv, it's nice to her real sending even if I can't keep up. Bet ya I could catch up quick tho
I worked with a lot of 05H guys in Germany. We (and themselves) called them ditty-bops. I was a 98C.
sadly not with the letters, but there is a logic with the numbers
LOL that's whta I said! It's so complicated.
@jvolstad I enlisted in 1962 into the ASA, went to Devens as an 058, and passed 30 or 32 WPM but only graduated 7th in my class. In my day the guy who graduated first in the class got his choice of overseas assignments (sounds like you did). How did you do with a code speed of 18 in Germany? I always heard those Russians were really fast. In Vietnam I doubt I ever heard anything faster than 12 or 15--slow but really sloppy.
I went to Devens in the winter of '73 to '74 for 98C. We would hear the 05H guys yelling out "Dit Dah - Alpha" in their sleep.
Just wondering doesnt this lead to alot of miscommunication?
Like pointed out at 7:24
Yep, served my time in Korea/San Antonio
I did Augsburg and Huachuca.
I was expecting Bugs Bunny to pop out of the Warner Brothers logo
When you have to go to old army training videos to learn, the current method of teaching has failed.
The first mistake contemporary researchers did in trying to improve training videos was the assumption that the learner must be appeased and eased into a topic, that most people lack the attention span for straightforward material like this, and this idea that learning must be intertwined with "fun" elements in order to captivate viewers and an audience. This is all bullshit. People are capable of learning if so desired, we're able to pay attention when we want, and if we want to have fun, we either watch old training videos when not spending long hours giving briefs, or we go bar hopping when on leave after training for weeks as Army SIGINT guys.
Then it becomes evident: learning isn't meant to improve, the masses are meant to be dumbed down, and the last card this shadowy government will play is the extraterrestrial threat card in the form of a hoax alien invasion. Don't be fooled, if they wanted to harm us they could have done so a long time ago. The tech it takes to get here from there, if weaponized, could destroy matter on planetary scales.
@@glitch1182 Two spaces after the period? Somebody is showing their age.
And that's David Guetta's music !
Thanks
LOL, we didn't see this video at Ft. Devens back in 83/84. Just those danged old keyboards and the computer sending. Yeah, I was an O5H trainee.
We would hear 05H trainees yell out "Dit Dah - Alpha" in their sleep.
Симпатичный ролик! И хватка у оператора вполне профессиональная.
Видимо, это отрывок из учебного фильма.
what the .._ . .._ _._. _._
Except that choosing the character length according its to frequency in common text was no invention of Samuel Morse. His original code was numeric, consisting of sequences of dots. The code we use today was actually invented by Alfred Vail, Morse's assistant. Give credit where it is due and to whom it is due.
So that's where prog metal came from
didadidit dadada didadidit!
I’m assuming this film was made at Fort Huachuca, AZ.
I would guess Fort Monmouth, NJ which was the primary center of the Signal Corps when this film was made (1966). They didn't move to Fort Gordon (fully) until 1974. During the mid-60s, I don't think they were doing much Morse at Huachuca. Morse intercept operators were trained at Fort Devens.
@@scotthedberg I forgot it started at Devens when it was consolidated and didn't move to Huachuca until 93 when Devens closed up.
I was at Ft. Huachuca from 1977 to 1980. In Augsburg before that from 1974 to 1977 as a 98C. My seven years in ASA was a great experience.
@VO1HAX yes, i am an active ham and use only CW. copy speed is not as fast as it used to be but copy 20 and still can send at much higher speed using my j45 leg key. hang out around 7040 and 7058 . hpe cu 73