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  • Man, this takes me back. My grandfather was a fast key on ham radio, and whenever I'd go visit my grandparents as a kid, I'd hear the symphony of dits and dahs from his radio room. Fond memories.

  • On this particular key, yes. You realize that it is connected to a "keyer" with three wires. If you hold the left larger paddle against the contacts, it will send a series of short dits until released. The right small button if held against the contacts will send a series of longer dahs until released. So you have to develop a rhythm to send the dits and dahs. The "keyer" also has an adjustable speed to it. If you look at my channel you will see other style keys. Thanks for asking!

  • @aa8ky no offense but u just seem so optimistic wit h all of the "thanks for asking!" any way i wanted to know where can i get one of those things u were using?

  • @jedihacim Sorry jedihacim, just trying to be polite. If you go to my channel you will see my web site address. Go there and look at the links.  There are several dealers you can order off of online and see the products or call them first.

  • so if hold the bigger red button it sends dots (short signal) and if you hold the small button it send long signal?

  • how can you distinguish between letters and words in morse code? its so confusing!

  • @WelshGreen8225 The letters have a short pause between them. The words have a longer pause between them.

    Thanks for asking!

  • @WelshGreen8225 Morse is a kind of code called a "huffman code." The mathematics is too complicated to get into here, but it basically has the property that, so long as you know the dot or dash on which a letter starts, the pattern of the dots and dashes are such that it will always be clear where the letter ends. Additionally, there are brief pauses between words (and sometimes letters as well.)

  • fun fact #1 on older phones when you get a text, the vibrations are du du du duu duu du du du

    which is morse code for SMS

  • @MorraNfff Great Factoid! Thanks!

  • thanks for sharing.

  • To an outsider, this just seems too impossible

  • cool :)

  • @kb3tlr Thanks!

  • all i heard is etetttttttteeieetteuvdeaa8ky=a­bcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxeyz=dea­a8kySK

  • @tonymerc1 Sorry, try again.

  • easyy stuff

    

  • My exams are coming and I need to learn this, fast!

  • @AAMLIF I'm sure you will do fine if you practice every day.

  • @AAMLIF

    practice makes perfect

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  • @AAMLIF good luck!

  • Metallica One

  • The bug? It is a Vizkey 90 degree Bug.

  • where did you get it?

  • I learnt and forgot morse code three times, however I know it now. I'm not very good at it though, I don't know very much people to communicate with using morse code. Ty for all your uploads and comments.

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  • how long did it take you to learn morse code?

  • @stupidvid5229 I was just about 13 at the time, but it took about a week to learn everything. It took years to develop skill and accuracy, but you can be understandable after a week or so.

  • @aa8ky Thanks I'm currently learning and its not as hard as I thought it would be its still a challenge though.

  • @stupidvid5229 If you truly want to learn it, you will. I think you will do just fine!

    Thanks for writing.

  • @aa8ky Yep that's the key, "WANT". The mind is an amazing thing. Morse seem so digital and in comprehensible the first time you hear it, it's insane how quickly you begin to equate the dits and dahs into letters and words. If you wan't to learn it you will.

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  • The beeping on my microwave is telling me my meal's ready, but it suspiciously sounds like morse code for you're a fat and lazy. :(

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  • 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.

  • @Schoko98 i second that! great app! i learnt it free on my phone to a good level using morse ct.

  • Morse Code is very helpfull in SEA (or in big NO MENS LAND) ...if someone lost in sea & there is no comm. device.... if he has TORCH(any light) he can give these signals to another ship which is very far from you... i think they can understand S.O.S. signals :P code is

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  • @AshimHybrid07 Very good comment. Thanks for posting!

    AA8KY

  • @AshimHybrid07 Also creating a fire and then adding in some sort of fuel that can produce dark, thick, black smoke. If on land, of course.

  • @ryanl62 yes ofcourse...all Emergency signals are welcome.... i think people need to follow Morse Codes... this is the one which can transmit in sevral ways....... you can say I LOVE U to ur GF (if she know) tooo lol hahaha :))

  • @AshimHybrid07 it' s very difficult to learn the morse!

  • @LUXXXable who said it is easy to learn?... my point is just learn emergency codes like SOS which is understand by all rescue teams :)

  • damnit,. it's kinda hard,.. I have to learn it, or else I'd fail my basic radio laws subject,..

  • @molarityboi Practice makes perfect. Start slow, then increase your speed

    Good Luck,  AA8KY

  • when im hearing this it reminds me of nokia tunes..

    could it be that nokia tune is a morse code...lol

  • @chromeney it is XD, its sms im morris code

  • and what the fuck was that supposed to teach me?  GET OFF MY YOUTUBE

  • very good,. but I agree that SK was read as VA because there is not enought space between S and K,.... even for a ham operator should be understood (i guess)

  • @yb1fwo I guess I wasn't clear. There is no space in that character. It is dit dit dit dah dit dah, no spaces. They refer to it as SK, not the letters S and K. And the combination of the two letters without a space stands for "End Of Work". It is like dit dah dit dit dit means "wait" but it could be called AS or RI. There are no spaces. There are many combinations letters with no spaces that stand for pieces of information. dit dah dit dah dit stands for "end". They are not letters.

  • @aa8ky : yes you are right, I forgot this is not S and K but SK as a whole which means end of work, thank you for your correctton

  • @yb1fwo You have to understand, that is a part of the code that isn't taught with the letters and numbers. You learn it when you learn the "Code". There is more to communicating with Morse code than just letters and numbers. Try tuning into ham bands and copy their code. You will hear a lot of characters that are not familiar unless you use the "Code" for communicating. It's always been that way.

  • wats is this?????????????????????

  • @High2Tension A question mark is dit dit dah dah dit dit, so I suppose you would keep repeating that.

  • Any experts here on morse code? If so, email me from my channel I have a couple quick things Id Like to discuss

  • @mindblown2011 What would you like to know?

  • @aa8ky

    could you pm me if your good in morse code, i have something :3

  • I understood VVV VVV DE AA8 KY but the next dits and dahs I didn't get. After that you begin the alphabet. I also don't know what de or sk mean

  • @si06civic86 DE is an abbreviation for "This Is". SK stands for "End of Work " The other one, dah dit dit dit dah, is a symbol used to break up the transmission, sort of like a pause or a separation between parts of a transmission. You may also sometimes hear during a conversation dit dah dit dit dit which means "wait". If the operator taking a break, he may use "wait". There are many abbreviations. You can find a list on my web site, the address is on my channel. Thanks for the question!

  • Well done sir, I've been tutoring myself for about two weeks , there was only one part of your demo I didn't understand

  • @si06civic86 What didn't you understand? I'll be glad to try to explain it more in depth for you.

  • The "End of Work" does not sound as SK but VA. Did you send SK or VA? If you did send SK I could not hear any break between S and K and mistook it for VA. How do I distinguish between SK and VA?

    If anyone know, let me know, I am just trying to learn this.

  • @BelRiose2000 It isn't two letters. It is one symbol. dit dit dit dah dit dah There are no spaces between the S and the K. Think of it like the period, three A's, with no spaces in between. If you want to send the symbol for "wait", you could call it AS or RI or LE but it is dit dah dit dit dit, no spacing. It is the difference between symbols and letters.

    Good question!

  • youtube.com/watch?v=erHwMq3Y1w­k

    FUNNY VIDEO! The cat Tim a.k.a. Red steals the radio components from the home lab. Of course, for the own secret project...

    Кот Тим ака Рыжий из Киева регулярно тайно крадёт радиодетали из домашней лаборатории своих хозяев. Естественно - для его собственного секретного проекта! В этот раз его застукали...

  • @Mykola40 LOL That's good. I think his project is "Viva la resistance"

  • @aa8ky :)))))) LOL I told him about your comment. He replied: I'm Out of Politics.

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  • this isn't morse code it's just the doctor who theme song.

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  • I learned the morse in an hour.Its kinda easy

  • @MisterEffectDenis Fantastic! Anything is possible if you put your mind to it. Keep up the good work.

  • @aa8ky the thing is I know the letters,to translate them from hearing is the hard part

  • @MisterEffectDenis It takes a little practice, but you can do it.

  • @MisterEffectDenis it is actually pretty easy-concentration though-

  • you tube only allowes me to write with letters

    DAH DI-DI-DI-DI DI-DI DI-DI-DI DI-DI DI-DI-DI DI-DAH DI-DAH-DAH DI DI-DI-DI DAH-DAH-DAH DAH-DAH DI

  • What I dont understand is how it is read. When you read you have rules and accents and a load of other stuff, I dont see that you would be able to do that with only a monotone beep. What I imagine is hearing each letter and spelling it in your head?

  • @dennyfrontier There are no accents or grammar in Morse code. They do use a lot of abbreviations, q-codes and signals that stand for things. Like if you hear 73, that means best regards. 88 means love and kisses. QTH means location, etc. There are a long list of abbreviations. The more you do it the better you get, and it becomes easier.

  • Is Morse code used anymore?

  • @wallmih All the time. By Amateur radio operators as well as commercial pilots.

  • @wallmih Oh, and ships at sea have radio operators that use it as a form of communication. Mostly for fun but also as a backup device.

  • How do you know where a letter starts and where it ends?

  • @flashlight67 There is a space between each character and each word. A short pause is between the letters and a longer pause is between the words. Once you get the rhythm you will be able to tell.

  • @aa8ky Thanks, it just always sounded to me like an endless beeping. :)

  • @flashlight67 when considering internation code, assume pause between 2 (dits or dahs)"tones" is equal to 1 unit, then the pause between 2 letters equals to 3 units, and the pause between 2 words equals to 7 units. but the period of pause could be varied just like how we talk, the period could be fastened when code is urgent. the only goal, just like what flashlight said, others can tell what you are sending.

  • @spjohn18 Sounds like a matter of practice, but you would have to pay very close attention and be really good, if the pace is fast.

  • HOW THE HELL DO U REMEMBER THE GOD DAMN LETTERS AND FUCKING BEEPS LOL

  • @orielmano years of practice

  • @aa8ky good work man :)

  • @orielmano Thanks!

  • Dam, that was fast!!!

  • Load of bollocks, just text someone.

  • @zzzgdap check out .youtube.com/watch?v=TKrxMhNxv­3Q

  • You tube has several videos that prove morse code is quicker than texting. Jay Leno did the test on his show and Morse won. 

  • Why did I just watch this?

  • I made flash cards to see if I could follow... I can't :/ lol

  • It's Magic!

  • @aa8ky

    cool I might give it a try :)

  • @aa8ky

    no, thank you for taking the time to read my comment and answer my question

    that was very nice.

    i know how to write and read morse code but i also want to learn how to do it on that machine. is it hard?

  • @punkidlikesmagic31 No, it just takes practice.  It's actually fun.

  • where'd you get that machine?

    edison use to have one that's how i

    got interested in morse code :D

  • @punkidlikesmagic31 Just about any ham radio shop has them for sale new, or you can find used ones on ebay.

    There is a web address on my channel that may have some links that will help you under my web site.

    Thanks for asking!

  • so its better than calling it morse the cat

  • Can i dowload it? I'm going to talk about the telegraph in mye media class next week, so it would have been really helpfull

  • @CarnivalOfRats The video's? Sure, be my guest. I hope they help you out.

  • Can you adjust the dit speed on that?

  • @jillybooty Yes, You can speed up or slow down the electronic keyer attached to the keying device. There are also videos on my channel that show slower speeds using different types of keying methods. Thanks for asking.

  • did u make it

    

  • I guess my hearing has finally gone because I can hardly hear the tones. I've got everything on my laptop turned up as far as it will go. Just me I guess.

  • can you please translate the morse code in this song please! watch?v=0ZfgMrhUMGU

  • he just told you "WOW! YOU"RE WATCHING THIS?" in Morse.

  • Soooo intense at 0:33 XD

  • @tino2kp LOL

  • Not bad.

    Keep up the good work.

    73,

    Paul

    G4JNN

  • sounded like the doctor who theme at the start.

  • @DAN15656 Yes, I do. I like it very much.

  • thumbs up if you liked the rap :D

  • Watched this video in school lol... how do you do that?

  • @xiilazyalex It's not that hard. You simply have to learn the code, and then practice.

    Did they show the video in a class at school?

  • @aa8ky yep

  • @RichardOhKaNoi- "Moris" code? They were so busy in naval school teaching you the code they forgot the spelling lessons!

  • next time do it with a straight key...show us some real skill!

  • @93radiopro I have a video using the straight key. Go to my channel and choose the straight key video. Also using the iambic method and bug. My web site address is also listed on my channel.

    Thanks!

  • Morse code is pointless nowadays, i know theres going to be a lot of haters on this...

  • @jaketheman987 You're entitled to your opinion. I agree, it is an outdated form of communication, but I don't agree that it is pointless. Not only is it a great hobby using Amateur Radio, it is a skill that can be used when all other forms of communication break down. To each his own, live and let live.

  • @jaketheman987 and it's still used (in aviation for example) so next time be more careful before you post a comment

  • @jaketheman987 pointless? it is a great hobby and interest in ham radio and what happens when all other forms of communication fail? the man on the cw will still be there that for sure what if a war broke out and there was no other means of communication because other forms of comms went down ? the man on the cw will still be there also it is a great skill :-)

  • @RIDDICKorigional Morse Code is still used today by fighter pilots and special forces as a form of silent communication.

  • @NANOFORGE Yes good input :-)

  • that stuff sounded like he was repeating all the way though

  • i wana learn morse code but idk what he just said.

  • what does all this vvvdeaa8ky=abcdefghijeklmnopqr stuvwxyz=deaa8kk mean?!

  • @Thewaterofthepool first he sent two sets of VVV VVV that is standard for any or all stations..ok now he gave his call sign AA8KY then break then he did the alphabet in moris code and then ended it and break and gave his call sigh again i learned this in 1965 when i went to the naval radio school in san diego calif and was a radioman in the navy for a few years. i am 65 now and once you learn moris code you will never forget it.

  • @RichardOhKaNoi Except you didn't learn what it's called lool

  • @SourProductions0 yes we called it the jitterbug it is about twice as fast as the normal hand key. and i do know what it is called. did you miss the part as where i said i went to radio school a us navy radio school you learn everything there and i mean everything, history of moris the wig-wag signals smoke signals the whole 9 yards. 6 months of code and core ( thats the electronic part). loads of fun

  • @RichardOhKaNoi it's just that....you're still calling it Moris code...

  • 73, SQ3SKO

  • @wess122 73, AA8KY

  • All i heard was some tut tu tut tuuut tuut tut tut tut tuuuu. xD

  • vvvvvvdeaa8ky=abcdefghijklmnop­qrstuvwxyz=deaa8kySK

    Yes it is right. Try be more slowly... :D

  • @vitorix24 There are some slower videos on my channel. I hope they help.

  • i understood this: vvvdeaa8ky=abcdefghijeklmnopqr­stuvwxyz=deaa8kk

  • @vitorix24 Very Close Actually it was VVV VVV DE AA8KY - ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ - DE  AA8KY SK

  • @aa8ky (: how many years you "spent" studing CW?

  • @vitorix24 About 35 years. But it only takes a short time to learn and you get better the more you practice. Within one year of learning, I could send and receive 40 words per minute.

  • MY RADIO SAID IN MOSE CODE:V8SD?? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

  • @cdwc25  PROPBALY A SD CARD...

  • @cdwc25 I didn't copy the conversation so I really don't know. Best guess, Canadian call signs begin with V, but are usually VA, VE. Perhaps you could listen again near the same frequency.

  • thanks for putting this video up, was thinking about learning morse code but i dont have a signal generator, the beeber xD. but oh well can still just imagine the noise lol.

  • Whats this code used for????

  • @MrPuroazul Communication. Mostly on Amateur Radio these days. But it was proven that you can send and receive morse code at a faster rate than texting on a cell phone.

  • @aa8ky Wow I'm trying to learn this for boy scouts but I don't think I have enough time. I'm trying to get the signaling merit badge which expires dec 31. I probably won't get it though. DO you think it's possible to learn morse code in a month? I could give you a link to the requirements if you wanna see them

  • @JacksMagicBean Yes, you could learn the morse code in several days if you want to. I would like to see the requirements. If it is 5 words a minute, you could do it. I could give you some tips.

  • @aa8ky Lol I guess not then. I must be able to do at least 35 words a minute lol

  • @JacksMagicBean yes you can but you will need a tape recorder and some ear[hones and o moris code key and and amplifier first record at normal speed the alphabet for example dit dah  alpha, dah dit dit dit bravo, dah dit dah dit charlie,you record the dit,s and dah.s only and then you say alpha bravo charlie etc when you hear the code soon it will get in to your brain and stick there like glue belive me 4 hours a day and you can do it

  • @aa8ky didnt even kno dat

  • @aa8ky

    That "proven" fact must have been before cell phones had full QWERTY keyboards...

  • just the same peeps lol

  • CONFUSING

  • 73 på dig vilket QTH har Du, dom som inte känner till detta som blir nyfikna

  • Wow, did you build this yourself? Pretty damn cool.

  • @Havixus Thanks. I built the keyer, the electronic device you hear, but the paddles in the video were made by vibroplex and available at most ham radio dealerships.

    Thanks for the question.

  • plz respond can the long line also mean three dots

  • @Agomongo1235 at times, some operators will use a long dah for a zero. I don't know why it started. I suppose someone started doing that and others started doing the same thing. But it is not proper morse code, and I do not and would not recommend using a long dah. I've only noticed that happening since the 1980's.

    When they had telegraphy on wire for railroads, they had a long dah, but it was not International Morse Code. Good question, thanks for asking!

  • who else quit.

  • wow it seems super hard to learn

  • watch my video

  • dude . did you make your own morse code ?

  • @Raydrakebell  Those are the letters of the alphabet using the International Morse Code.

  • @aa8ky Sorry dude . wrong word . This is the correct one . Did you make your own iambic paddle ? 

  • @Raydrakebell The Iambic paddle was made by a company called Bencher. There are many companies that produce similar items. They can be seen at about any Amateur Radio dealer.

    Thanks for asking!

  • @GoldenRing1989  Very True, Thanks

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  • this morse code thing looks so uncomfortable to use! i rather have an old fashion one

  • @chickenpoper That particular key is about 50 years old. I am guessing you are referring to a straight key.

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  • @jobatribe Thanks es 73