Morse code alive and well

[icekat83]

I wonder what is says in the background. It beeps through the entire broadcast so I wonder if it's a real message or just gibberish. :) I can't even tell where one character ends and another begins.

[wj2l]

"Curiously refreshing" morse code. I recommend to everybody. wj2L/4 Bill TN USA

[G4JNN]

Great stuff.

Keep up the good work.

73,

Paul

G4JNN

[G0IFI]

The amateur who never bothered to learn the code is missing half the hobby. I read on the website of a chap with a G7 callsign the other day that 'only a handful of amateurs still use CW' which I found pretty hilarious. Just because you don't read it doesn't mean it's not there old son! It's still the most efficient mode we have, and it's no less fun today than it was 100 years ago to make a contact with flea power on a little rig you botched together at the weekend.

[2e0bax]

I used to be a member of Stockport Radio Society, Bernard G3SHF helped me gain my M3 and 2E0 call signs.

CW as old as it is still outperforms many other modes, If your really lucky you can hear me using CW on the air! Sean M0GIA

[almach5]

Thanks for the CW ... de K2AJV in NJ, USA

[G0IMB]

Using SSB I can shout until I'm blue in the face but with CW I usually get a reply quickly. It's worth the effort.

[namdogtag]

Extremely nice video...nicely put together...... 99.1% of my QSOs since having my license since age 16 has been on CW......QSO'ed with my friends in Europe on CW down through the years and really enjoy it.....73 All the best...Harold K8ese, San Jose, California

[dllewiszz]

I still have, and occasionally use on air, my dad's old WWII vintage straight key. Long live Morse! 73

[darredl]

wow! i wish i can be like them..

[stevetadams1963]

Looking forward to getting back on CW

73 De Steve G0OMM/KJ4PXH

[umpalumpa101909]

whats that thing at 0:18??

73

[sanatorioagra]

73 HB9FAC

[mirnaii]

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[9w2dzx]

thanks for posting

73

[Tm30w06]

Ok now thats just classy! No better way to get excited about ham then to see something simple like CW being put to good use. Very very cool !

[Asif410]

great to know CW is well and alive thanks for sharing De 73

[IMFORRESTFORRESTGUMP]

What does it mean  CW ?

[kn9iou]

73 DE K9IOU

[PA9CW]

CW!

PA9CW

[DoubleDutchBust]

1:52

Morse code alive and well

[WA5MUF]

Great seeing this again..... Long live CW!

God Bless the USA and the UK.........

73, WA5MUF

[K9FON]

Long live CW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love it!

[WA5MUF]

Yes, long live CW!

73, WA5MUF

[ukorganist]

What is the paddle used in the opening scene please? It looks like a practice oscillator but presumably it can be used to send a tone on HF, VHF etc too? I am leaning morse at the minute and really enjoying it, but at present I have only got a regular key.

73 DE 2E0CWC

[fatkinson1954]

@ukorganist

It is some type of automatic key. It could be a 'bug'.

Push right with the thumb and it starts sending 'dits' at the correct speed and will continue to as long as you hold it to the right. 

Push left with the thumb and one of two things happen (depending on which type of key you have). Either it will send 'dahs' over and over again until you release it or you will manually make the 'dahs'.

[rhonan]

@ukorganist That is an electronic keyer with built in iambic paddles. While the old standard straight key is still around, and has its fans, electronic keyers are quite popular too. The advantage electronic keyers offer is that their dots and dashes are formed by the circuit, so they are always the exact same length, so you get very precise code. The keyer plugs into the transmitter just like a straight key would.

[regwoolley]

Only sad thing about this is they were all G3's no new blood! Reg G8VHI

[4812139]

what kind fo key is that ????

[lbevIT]

Great!

[petchharrison]

m6glh i am a student of cw morse. i am musical i sing tennor, so its like comming home,will morse die no, new hams like me are flocking too it cant get trainers. i hope to be a instructor one day. i have a kent strait key, dont learn on a paddle key learn on a strait key first. get a good key like a kent dont get a cheep one, only the best will do you get what you pay for. it will last you a lifetime jeff

[HaLoCaLlOFDutY4]

i know i'm only a teen but i loved morse code and started learning it when i was around 7 and now i'm starting to get back into it and i am determan to learn it well and to build a home made mores code thingy but idk how so yea..

[rogertangodotcom]

Spell check and proper word structure go a long way in life. yea. :-)

[an97an]

@HaLoCaLlOFDutY4

Goto radioshack or equivilant. Pick up a buzzer. A momentary push switch and a battery casing and an old cd. Saw the CD with thin file so you can screw in the push button (not a switch). Then wire the three in a circuit and tape to the CD. Enjoy!

[rogertangodotcom]

Thx for posting, hope to work you on 40m sometime! 73s!

[techman65]

Geez...I have been struggling to learn the code for a few years now. I am DETERMINED to learn it however! Fun video. Thanks!

[rogertangodotcom]

Me too, two years into the hobby and the whole time, (mostly) Ive been 95% CW. Its great fun, and very rewarding, but I am not a master of the art, by far!

[WB5ZDP]

CW is still alive and well in VHF/UHF/Microwave contesting. I couldn't work the weak ones without it.

[G0IFI]

I can never understand people who say they can't learn morse. Anyone can learn 36 new sounds if they really want to. It's the best mode for simple homebrew, too.

Long live CW!

73 de Perry

[LANDYMAN090]

I do wish I could get the hang of CW but after nealy 30years of trying I realy do think im not going to get it :( Nice to see the BBC doing something good for a change.

73 all.

[kc9mav]

Very Nice

Dave

[goathiker]

Long Live Morse Code!!! --... ...--

[rogertangodotcom]

Amen! 73s

[WA5MUF]

Very good!

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WA5MUF

[ukorganist]

You chaps are excellent at CW! I would like to finish learning morse and become proficient. 73