Thanks for this class. My first boyfriend was a morse code operator while in the Marine Corps (1970-1974), but was killed in an auto accident a year after his tour ended. SPEED KILLS. Manuel loved the Corps and spoke often about his specialty, so I decided to learn it myself before I get any older. P.S. I will always love you Manuel. Katrina
A local blind lady started in amateur radio 2 months after I did in 2013. She studied for and passed the basic exam in three weeks, and within 3 months she was using morse code on the air. She died of cancer in 2018, and was up to 40 words per minute. I'm till struggling to learn the code; my copying of code is terrible; at any reasonable speed, it just turns into random dit and dahs. But I WILL keep trying.
I started your course a few years ago and every lesson I completed, I remember today. Got side tracked and stopped for a long time. Had a slip of paper in my office with the letters and would look up letters now and then, but never remembered them. Took me awhile to find you course again, and this time book marked it. Best course I ever found.
I found this first lesson very interesting for learning the morse alphabet directly from the sound systems.i learned the morse code 50 years ago and I must say I didn’t have the opportunity to learn step by step the easy way you were doing here ,as I had no teacher like you. I had to learn from zero with the help of a friend who brought me slowly to 50 characters per minute after a year exercise for half an hour a day. Now I want to restart agin although in the meantime I was able to get the international telegraphic certificate reaching the speed of 100 +characters per minute.it is a very simple way of learning the way you showed us and I want to thank you for this simple and very tutorial lesson. Thank you.
abele ballestri Wow you must had really fun time using Morse code with friends at that time...I wish I had friends that likes Morse code....but none of them does
Well....Fry me some Bacon, couple tomato slices, mayo, couple slices of toast, and puddle of Ketchup. I am just finishing lesson 10. One more to go. Gotta say these lessons were the cat’s Meow . I downloaded other programs to PC....most using Koch method. They just weren’t working for me. Also, they all required me to clank on keyboard. You ever see experienced CW operators using keyboard. Thanks so much for your lessons. Believe I am close to 15 WPM. I see these were posted 9 years ago....still works. Thanks.
Jan 23, 2020: I dedicate this class to Sgt Manuel R. Martinez, 23, who was killed in an auto accident on Aug 22, 1975 south of Santa Fe. Returning to Albuquerque from a long work week at the Farmington mines, he lost control and rolled his 240Z Datsun. Manuel trained as a Marine at Camp Pendleton (radio operator), served a year in Okinawa and was a member of the VFW & Carpenters Union. (We exchanged letters often and he wrote about his morse code classes. By the time I graduated, I knew that I had fallen in love with him.) Manuel graduated from West Mesa High School in 1970 and participated in track & field. Manuel's shy grin, warm heart, gentle spirit and strong work ethic were endearing traits. Though he liked pretty girls and nice clothes, he was wise beyond his years. KATRINA
Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to produce these lessons about the Morse Code while sharing a lot of practical information. Thank you, L
@@francesguerrero6625 Hi Frances, thank you for commenting. Way back then (like in the fifties/sixties) Boys Scouts had to learn the Morse Code and the Semaphore Code (using flag/arm position for alphabet) - that was part of making it towards becoming Eagle Scout. Later on, I had a refresher in the military as we had to identify VOR/TAC stations (navigational beacons) with their Morse code identifiers. I had to learn it "the hard way" - the "Ham Whisperer" has a nice teaching technique - enjoy it! You will make it, besides you have something that us "old timers" do not, ... youth. Ciao, L
Hey, thank you so much for making these videos! My brother and I are learning morse code for the fun of it and so we can communicate in a secret language while we are stuck at home. Now we are dit and dahing E, I, T, and 5 to each other.
Andy, came across your channel by perusing YT. Thanks man, you got me hooked with lesson one. Did pretty good. Just missed one character on the random run. Getting used to the 5 dits for the #5 is unique. Will review the lesson again tomorrow. When I started in amateur radio about 2-3 yrs ago, never got the interest to get into code. Now that I'd like to operate late at nite, I think this will be less noisy than talking over the airwaves while the rest of my family sleeps... Thanks for providing these videos.
This is the way I learned. Its interesting hearing people say they are learning from this because most of the people I hear comments from on face book don't agree with this way.
learned this more or less a few years ago, to send but not so good at copy. This is excellent, to go through these at my own pace. Thanks for doing this.
To Linda Smith...my favourite aunts name was (+ AUNT) LINDA! She passed away though...miss her! 🐺🐾🐾💖💚🙏💜💕. Is this an advanced class? Because I don't understand why he said the E was only one Dit...he did slot of dits, don't understand? Do you..TTYL, ty
Hello! This is an excellent video. You are a great teacher. I need the Morse Code for my simulator flying lessons and I have found the right course. Congratulations! Larissa.
Got my 20WPM element 1C when I got my amateur extra license. Of course haven't used the code but if I just sit down and listen I'm sure I'll pick it up again. I find myself tuning in just to listen.
@felixragav I clocked it at about 4 words per minute. To calculate it,count the number of characters sent per minute and divid by five. Numerals, puntiation marks and prosigns count as two characters because they are longer. The standard word is five characters long.
Nice of you to do this. However, sending the code so slowly doesn't give new learners an opportunity to learn how it ACTUALLY sounds when sent properly. The Koch method - where you learn the characters at speed - give more of a sense of the rhythm of each character, so that you form them WHOLE in your brain, rather than trying to translate them by thinking "dah dah...hmmm, that must be an M". But, it is very nice of you to make a series of instructional videos. We're learning Morse a different way but I'm sure it's very helpful to many people.
Thanks for doing this series. This is the last year I can participate in ARRLs Rookie Roundup. I worked 20 meter phone in April and did okay. I thought I'd try to learn code for the December CW contest. I ordered a key and some training materials from ARRL, but this type of "classroom" tutorial is just what I was looking for.
Great video! I've wanted to learn Morse code for a while and you've got a good teaching style. I'll follow your advice and listen to a video a day, but it's really exciting starting to learn! :)
Disappointed that I couldn't get the answers to the last part, due to the site being down...but still, GREAT tutorial! Anyone else learning Morse Code in 2014? :)
I find writing a small quick cursive e is a lot more efficient than capital E. In a real communication it seems that by the time you make those four strokes, another letter or two have already flown by.
I let my license expire several years ago and now I regret it! I decided to take the tech test over again and then when I passed that of course I will be immediately upgraded back to General. But code was one thing that I really enjoyed and I realized now just how much I really did miss it. So I'm starting all over again! I recognize most of the characters some of them I have to think about, but I'll get it! Thanks for this video! --... ...--
This method works very well for me. Like I found with language learning, listening comprehension is the best start in my case. Thanks for offering this course.
It's been 25 years since I trained on CW. I wish I'd had this course structure and presentation back then. Even with my tired ears, I'm going to get threw this! 8P6RC
Andy, i love your videos. Im studying commercial aviation in Venezuela and although i dont really need it i wanted to learn morse code. Thanks for your lessons!
if you find my video response approved, you also get to see the proper hand sending techniques. (a beginner should not skip the straight key imho - its the "walking" basics, add your iambic paddle later)
question from an absolute beginner, am i suppose to write down the letters? if I hear a "dit" am i writting down the character "e" ? or the dot that represents it? thank you for the lessons! im coming back tomorrow for the 2nd one
Don't learn by looking into dots and dashes. Go from sound into a letter directly and back. I am a slow cw operator only because my brain is trying to go through a lookup table that is inserted between the sound and the letter
Thank you so much for these videos. Though I may have no use for Morse Code per se, it's just something I'd like to know. It looks like I'll pick it up fairly quickly.
Program a button to send morse code to say "Please send faster, send 150wpm" and keep pressing the button after everything the person says... Visualize them trying to type out dits and dahs as fast as they can, smoke coming from their straight key and finally they say "Look man, this straight key doesn't move that fast!"
Thanks for this class. My first boyfriend was a morse code operator while in the Marine Corps (1970-1974), but was killed in an auto accident a year after his tour ended. SPEED KILLS. Manuel loved the Corps and spoke often about his specialty, so I decided to learn it myself before I get any older. P.S. I will always love you Manuel. Katrina
A local blind lady started in amateur radio 2 months after I did in 2013. She studied for and passed the basic exam in three weeks, and within 3 months she was using morse code on the air. She died of cancer in 2018, and was up to 40 words per minute. I'm till struggling to learn the code; my copying of code is terrible; at any reasonable speed, it just turns into random dit and dahs. But I WILL keep trying.
I started your course a few years ago and every lesson I completed, I remember today. Got side tracked and stopped for a long time. Had a slip of paper in my office with the letters and would look up letters now and then, but never remembered them. Took me awhile to find you course again, and this time book marked it. Best course I ever found.
Finally, I find a video that actually teaches Morse Code.
now I feel even my alarm and microwave is trying to communicate with me 😐
There was a comment on the tracing system, fire siren
All the Iv drips I've met lately send SI when they want attention.
This is the best tutorial I've ever seen. My biggest dream to use the Morse code perfectly and this video helped me a lot! Thanks a lot again!
Thanks - that saved time!
Anett Kerekes
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6 years past. How are you with the code?
I found this first lesson very interesting for learning the morse alphabet directly from the sound systems.i learned the morse code 50 years ago and I must say I didn’t have the opportunity to learn step by step the easy way you were doing here ,as I had no teacher like you. I had to learn from zero with the help of a friend who brought me slowly to 50 characters per minute after a year exercise for half an hour a day. Now I want to restart agin although in the meantime I was able to get the international telegraphic certificate reaching the speed of 100 +characters per minute.it is a very simple way of learning the way you showed us and I want to thank you for this simple and very tutorial lesson. Thank you.
abele ballestri
Wow you must had really fun time using Morse code with friends at that time...I wish I had friends that likes Morse code....but none of them does
73
@@F99im hjjjjjjjjj)
Some guy: clicks with pen
Me wondering why he want to invade a pizzeria in Cuba?
One word PRACTICE ! No one said it’s easy.
Well....Fry me some Bacon, couple tomato slices, mayo, couple slices of toast, and puddle of Ketchup. I am just finishing lesson 10. One more to go. Gotta say these lessons were the cat’s Meow . I downloaded other programs to PC....most using Koch method. They just weren’t working for me. Also, they all required me to clank on keyboard. You ever see experienced CW operators using keyboard. Thanks so much for your lessons. Believe I am close to 15 WPM. I see these were posted 9 years ago....still works. Thanks.
Jan 23, 2020: I dedicate this class to Sgt Manuel R. Martinez, 23, who was killed in an auto accident on Aug 22, 1975 south of Santa Fe. Returning to Albuquerque from a long work week at the Farmington mines, he lost control and rolled his 240Z Datsun. Manuel trained as a Marine at Camp Pendleton (radio operator), served a year in Okinawa and was a member of the VFW & Carpenters Union. (We exchanged letters often and he wrote about his morse code classes. By the time I graduated, I knew that I had fallen in love with him.) Manuel graduated from West Mesa High School in 1970 and participated in track & field. Manuel's shy grin, warm heart, gentle spirit and strong work ethic were endearing traits. Though he liked pretty girls and nice clothes, he was wise beyond his years. KATRINA
Thank you for this course. The last time I used morse code was in 1994 in the army. Time to remember everything :D
This is really relaxing for some reason. AND this can be a very very useful skill.
Especially in the revolution
I'm relearning Morse after time away from it and I like this way of learning.
Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to produce these lessons about the Morse Code while sharing a lot of practical information.
Thank you,
L
You commented 10 yrs ago 😮 and I'm just getting started 😊
@@francesguerrero6625 Hi Frances, thank you for commenting. Way back then (like in the fifties/sixties) Boys Scouts had to learn the Morse Code and the Semaphore Code (using flag/arm position for alphabet) - that was part of making it towards becoming Eagle Scout. Later on, I had a refresher in the military as we had to identify VOR/TAC stations (navigational beacons) with their Morse code identifiers. I had to learn it "the hard way" - the "Ham Whisperer" has a nice teaching technique - enjoy it! You will make it, besides you have something that us "old timers" do not, ... youth. Ciao, L
Just wanted to let you know that I am 71 years old and just starting to learn Morse Code and am really finding your video's helpful....thanks so much.
Hi i'm sixty seven😊
This is actually kind of fun! I'm actually learning here! :P Just learning it for fun. Hope i can learn all the alphabets.
im supposed to do my homework but here i am learning morse code for no reason
Samee xD
Communicate with your friends in class. Beats passing notes for sure lol
Hey, thank you so much for making these videos! My brother and I are learning morse code for the fun of it and so we can communicate in a secret language while we are stuck at home. Now we are dit and dahing E, I, T, and 5 to each other.
Andy, came across your channel by perusing YT. Thanks man, you got me hooked with lesson one. Did pretty good. Just missed one character on the random run. Getting used to the 5 dits for the #5 is unique. Will review the lesson again tomorrow. When I started in amateur radio about 2-3 yrs ago, never got the interest to get into code. Now that I'd like to operate late at nite, I think this will be less noisy than talking over the airwaves while the rest of my family sleeps...
Thanks for providing these videos.
These videos are so incredibly helpful! I thought I'd never learn morse code. I'm doing 2 a day over the spring break.
The lessons that I was looking for long time on TH-cam. Recommended.
This is the way I learned. Its interesting hearing people say they are learning from this because most of the people I hear comments from on face book don't agree with this way.
I never thought I could learn morse, now I know I can.
Thanks a lot for the video.
I've been really interested on this topic and this is the only thing that has significantly helped me
best tutorial I've watched here learning a morse code. thankyou so mch!!💙
learned this more or less a few years ago, to send but not so good at copy. This is excellent, to go through these at my own pace. Thanks for doing this.
Thank you, Andy, new HAM Technician here! I am going to subscribe to you. This is the first TH-cam Morse code tutorial I actually like.
It's lil complicating 4 me??? Must b advanced class? Don't know y he did so many dits 4 E if it's only one DIT! DO YOU KNOW? THANKS, @holliburns
To Linda Smith...my favourite aunts name was (+ AUNT) LINDA! She passed away though...miss her! 🐺🐾🐾💖💚🙏💜💕. Is this an advanced class? Because I don't understand why he said the E was only one Dit...he did slot of dits, don't understand? Do you..TTYL, ty
Meant A LOT of dits..
This is excellent teaching - thanks for posting. If /when I pass - it will be thanks to you! Thanks!
This is an awesome resource. Thanks, Andy!
Hello! This is an excellent video. You are a great teacher. I need the Morse Code for my simulator flying lessons and I have found the right course. Congratulations! Larissa.
Larissa Sousa !
**my microwave telling me it’s about to rob walmart**
works well as an initial introduction course. once you become familiar with the letters you can learn words. That's when you start to pick up speed.
Learning morse code to write down the codes on the Fallout 4 website.
You're not active anymore and not sure if you're still around but thanks for the corse. I wanna learn and make sure these type of skills aren't lost
Did you learn?
@@notwerkinginthishouse8634did you learn?
Got my 20WPM element 1C when I got my amateur extra license. Of course haven't used the code but if I just sit down and listen I'm sure I'll pick it up again. I find myself tuning in just to listen.
@felixragav I clocked it at about 4 words per minute. To calculate it,count the number of characters sent per minute and divid by five. Numerals, puntiation marks and prosigns count as two characters because they are longer. The standard word is five characters long.
Nice of you to do this. However, sending the code so slowly doesn't give new learners an opportunity to learn how it ACTUALLY sounds when sent properly. The Koch method - where you learn the characters at speed - give more of a sense of the rhythm of each character, so that you form them WHOLE in your brain, rather than trying to translate them by thinking "dah dah...hmmm, that must be an M".
But, it is very nice of you to make a series of instructional videos. We're learning Morse a different way but I'm sure it's very helpful to many people.
Thanks for doing this series. This is the last year I can participate in ARRLs Rookie Roundup. I worked 20 meter phone in April and did okay. I thought I'd try to learn code for the December CW contest. I ordered a key and some training materials from ARRL, but this type of "classroom" tutorial is just what I was looking for.
This is great. I’ve been trying to practice hearing Morse code because I can communicate myself but I’m not so great with hearing. Thank you!
thank you for the lesson, sir
Great video! I've wanted to learn Morse code for a while and you've got a good teaching style. I'll follow your advice and listen to a video a day, but it's really exciting starting to learn! :)
Thanks for making this available. Anxious to learn more.
THANK YOU 👍🏻 I found this so helpful and so easy to learn from your Tutorial.
Thanks from Brasil, excelente vídeo.
I appreciate the lesson. I will be following through with the remaining lessons.
Disappointed that I couldn't get the answers to the last part, due to the site being down...but still, GREAT tutorial! Anyone else learning Morse Code in 2014? :)
Yes
memrise.com offers a bunch of courses, one of them being morse. Working really well for me :3
I just started getting into it today, I hope I can get this :)
I am
Just starting at this second!!! :D I come from the future
Thanks for making this series!
I find writing a small quick cursive e is a lot more efficient than capital E.
In a real communication it seems that by the time you make those four strokes, another letter or two have already flown by.
Good class. I taught back in 1961. de W6DRO 65 years on the air.
Thank you so much, I'm learning and it's great! I can't wait for the next lesson!
I let my license expire several years ago and now I regret it! I decided to take the tech test over again and then when I passed that of course I will be immediately upgraded back to General. But code was one thing that I really enjoyed and I realized now just how much I really did miss it. So I'm starting all over again! I recognize most of the characters some of them I have to think about, but I'll get it! Thanks for this video! --... ...--
The thing you wrote in Morse, if I'm reading correctly says MSSM. That makes no sense
@@merlinpinkfeather try dah dahdididit didididahdah.. translation: 73
@@GeorgeCampbell1964I fucked up bad
@@merlinpinkfeather it could have been worse.
Thank you very much for this, I look forward to taking this course
This method works very well for me. Like I found with language learning, listening comprehension is the best start in my case. Thanks for offering this course.
Thanks Andy.
Sure recon it’ll be a great technique.
73
From UK.
Great explanation ✨ well done 👍🏻
Thank you! This is actually a really fun course
It's been 25 years since I trained on CW. I wish I'd had this course structure and presentation back then. Even with my tired ears, I'm going to get threw this! 8P6RC
The BEST tutorial. GREAT Job. Tks.
OMG! Thanks so much! Now I know a little about my morse code.
Andy, i love your videos. Im studying commercial aviation in Venezuela and although i dont really need it i wanted to learn morse code. Thanks for your lessons!
I tried to learn it for a month , it drove me crazy .I had to give up !
Dont give up
Thanks for sharing this very interesting stuff
This is really great! Thank you very much for teaching
i recomend the program "just learn morse code" it uses the koch method and so far it working for me
"Fun way to communicate." Yeah, to escape hell, torture, get horrified after encrypting a serious morse code.
Could you possibly translate this to English? I'm not sure you know what you're saying.
if you find my video response approved, you also get to see the proper hand sending techniques. (a beginner should not skip the straight key imho - its the "walking" basics, add your iambic paddle later)
question from an absolute beginner, am i suppose to write down the letters? if I hear a "dit" am i writting down the character "e" ? or the dot that represents it?
thank you for the lessons! im coming back tomorrow for the 2nd one
fantastic vid bud, so easy to follow hope i make it all the way. liked and subscribed.
Got 1st lesson very easy i almost made it to 3rd lesson but lifes gets in the way so now i go back again from beginning as all last lesson gone :)
This is awesome, thanks for uploading!
Unfortunately when I went to check the results of the quiz at the end of Lesson 1, at the indicated web site, all there were were ads.
100% percent on all four runs I'm excited to learn more :D
awesome man, i loved your ham tech vids too, your the man!
great video. learning Morse Code by teaching myself. your videos are really helpful. 73. N5XTC
de N5XTC
What does the last thing you said means?!!
It's also in your name hehe I am wondering what that means
DO NOT LEARN CODE BY EYE, YOU'LL NEVER COPY IN YOUR HEAD IF YOU SEE THE LETTERS, LEARN TO HEAR THEM ONLY
Yes, code is a sound and not dots and dashes
awesome work!
thanks man you are the best and its very cool lesson and fun i keeping up withe the rest of the lessons
Excellent content!!! Thank you so much
Anybody know What is the wpm for these lessons ?
@merryviking what is the speed of the letters being sent?
73
VU3VWR
Nice. I'm gonna give it a go . Thanks.
Don't learn by looking into dots and dashes. Go from sound into a letter directly and back. I am a slow cw operator only because my brain is trying to go through a lookup table that is inserted between the sound and the letter
This is so very helpful. Thank you.
Thank you so much for these videos. Though I may have no use for Morse Code per se, it's just something I'd like to know. It looks like I'll pick it up fairly quickly.
Just started your lessons... thanx Andy de W2AYV Jude
very cool , always wanted to learn morse code. thank you for this !
Thanks! I think this is going to be the system that works for me. Who knows, this might come in handy some day. 🍄☁
Did you learn it?
Program a button to send morse code to say "Please send faster, send 150wpm" and keep pressing the button after everything the person says... Visualize them trying to type out dits and dahs as fast as they can, smoke coming from their straight key and finally they say "Look man, this straight key doesn't move that fast!"
Sir I am Indian please help me about morse code , which type morse code actually I am confused about morse code,
I was thinking the same thing and i'm gonna hand them the sheet i used for this course.
What was you thinking? 🤔
73 means good day or something like that. Like most other ham codes, it has its origins in being shorter for CW...
Thank you so much! I learned so much!
Thank you very much for sharing!!!!! Gracias!!! Susana.
Should I be copying these down?
Very Interesting! All this can help one day more than Twitter :)
Thanks Andy!
by the duration of the space between them
Thank you for all your information
This was great. Your instructions helped. Could you do binary code?
why international code vs American code??