50 WPM Morse Code (CW) with a Begali Scultpure

[f4dkf]

j'ai du boulot pour arrivé a sa! dur dur

[gabrielinfer39]

the guy is a machine!!!

[Varianna12]

Plenty of folks can copy that fast. Most cw transmitted to and from amateurs is continuously repeated signals and words. Thus, if you are a pretty good codester, you should be able to get by on a contest knowing the exchange.

This fellow would be too fast for me, however.

I think that the lovely flow of cw seems to optimize from 13 to 35 wpm.

I usually use 22-25 wpm in contests and QSOs--slower speeds aid copying if you are lower power.

[jvolstad]

Just who can copy this fast?

[raymo9980]

Fast but poor quality my friend, no flow.

[kd8opi]

The irony of CW is that at some point above 15 wpm, the better you get, fewer and fewer people understand you. This video illustrates the point perfectly.

[rv9md]

FB! de RV9MD HPECU 73 TU EE

[LkOutMtnMan]

I got up to around 40+ wpm and it wasn't so much the speed as it was the spacing between the words, I found that I could copy the ops that added a slightly longer delay between words even with 40+ speed. Amazed me how I could copy a sentence behind in my head if you know what I mean. Just now getting back to the QRP bands. N4OHB

[sunsetcroatia]

i still trying to work it out to fast for me ..73s all the best..

[Dragonion2010]

I seriously hope the recipient of this message is a computer, because i really doubt any human is capable of decoding that fast :P

[180sxNISSAN]

I cannot copy any word except last word "TU". Amazing!!

[kishoreVU2002SWL]

well how much pain did u give to ur brain in order to attain that speedy meditation

[xe2mvy]

todo esta muy bien de hecho felicitaciones por la habilidad para trasmitir, pero puedes recibir de igual manera? porque yo creo que es mas importante el poder recibir que trasmitir... 73´s de XE2MVY gd job.

[9w2pju]

this is cool! can you teach me how to use iambic key ?

[ScoutCrafter]

Amazing skill...

[FrikitsukiNoDeoxys]

Holy cow... Those are some serious skills.

[JackSpesim]

Impressive! I'm trying to learn 10 wpm XD

[GMSamuelRhine]

i dont know how people are able to read this

[93radiopro]

@nexivdr-ok ..here we go..another youtube dumbass that doesn't understand sarcasm.

[mickytwoknives]

i know people that can not think 50 wpm never mind comprahend 50 wpm.....

hahahah...OOoo dear....

[poikaa3]

Nice Keyer! I greet them every year at Dayton!

[unknownscientist09]

Thats slow! I can do 78 WPM Morse Code.

[spymsn]

Que maravilla, muy buen telegrafista felicidades!!

73´s de XE1XNP

[SlawekSQ1FYY]

pse QRS dr om....

[deltaflorida]

CW forever!

73 es cu on air de IW1DFU.

[SnowKyds]

men but the reception?!?!can you take on that speed?!?! >:)>:)>:)

[93radiopro]

Now I know where those random numbers on shortwave come from....

[nexivdr]

@93radiopro that would be a number station, that is totally different.

[camflex66]

Breaker 1-9 and I just got down and i'm off the key.

[chisaoboy]

Great video, but you misspelled "complete". Just kidding. I learned CW in 87 from cassettes... what a great brain exercise that was! Wanting to get into it again, I just missed the automatic "general" upgrade by only a few months... argh! Oh well... thanks for posting.

[bizzzybee]

I tried to learn morse code may years ago, and it just didn't click in my brain for some reason. Hence, I never got my ham licence.

[uhfdude3]

@bizzzybee There's no better time than the present, and the Morse requirement has been dropped for all three classes of licenses! I like using radio to meet new friends, but it can sure be helpful from time to time as well. 73

[desertroadbob]

@bizzzybee Understood: I had trouble too. uhfdude3 is right. If you like the idea of being able to do morse code, there is a tool that was not available back then: justlearnmorsecode (dot) com. Enjoy.

[UU5JCN]

Do you use iambic method?

[charlieandjackXD]

@MrCoto2010 HOW?? =[

[charlieandjackXD]

i wanna learn morse code but it is soooo hard =[ help please?

[sambob39]

good video--i learned morse code on the old lps.before casettes ever came out.it took time but i made it.i learned it in groups of letters. its something good to learn.

[eogg25]

if CW is outdated so is phone operation on the ham bands, a cell phone works a lot better. rttyp,packet its all outdated with the new digital electronics but most hams are in it for the enjoyment of it and a lot are old military radio operators like me that still enjoy it. have fun, there is nothing like having a hobby.

[erwinjojo]

50 words per minute too much fast, sending or receiving morse code usually 20 to 30 words per minute is normal speed. im also a radio officer.

[10SD112]

fast !!

[combatwombat71]

Some people say Morse is outdated. By the same argument, maybe walking is outdated? HI. Great QRQ to listen to. I can catch the odd letter! I did a lot of CW years ago in my teens, and could copy 32wpm, but today, I am only 26wpm or so. 73 - Rob VK2GOM

[geldhundt]

I hear these guys on the air sometimes, sending 50+ wpm. Of course, only a small group of people can communicate with each other at these speeds, and 15 to 20 is adequate for DX, contesting, etc. I used to copy 30 if somebody sent with a nice fist, but I have a straight key, so I don't have much use for anything over 20. If I get back into CW, I may learn paddles

[CWO4Mann]

Holy Crap! Reminds me of this Russian Army guy we used to monitor in Berlin .. one time he slowed way down to about 30 groups and sent "Hallo Americanski!" ... great job ... wish I could shag groups that fast these days ... 73's de N4CVX (ex DA1BB)

[rlewis1946]

@CWO4Mann  Were you by any chance an ASA ditty-bopper? I as ASA'68-'72....RL

[switt1978]

it is great !

compliments!

...

but why so fast ?

can you read it at this speed also ?

slow down to 35 or something like that :-)

it is more rhythmic..

remember ! this is the Rhythm of the 'morse' ... you know that song ! :-)

[herbertsa]

Waouuuuuu!

[martinuk777]

To decode such high speed morse you need a pair of headphones and proper concentration. It would be easier to read the code in this video without the clicking of the paddles but GOOD JOB :-)

[martinuk777]

The morse in this video is very fast but also quite poor in my opinion as it's not very rhythmic at all.

Listening to a skilled DX operator on the band working his way through hundreds of short contacts in a day is very good. Quite repetitive, but very melodic rhythmic.

CW is king whether it's fast or slow, it's probably the most simple and effective form of communication still in use today and it's a shame that's it's use is being diminished from the amateur radio hobby.

[samljer]

@martinuk777

Definatly agree with you

he should slow it down to 40 or so

probably will be alot better

[G0IFI]

I'm not sure it's diminishing Martin, you only need to listen to the lower part of any band that's open and most often you'll hear more cw down there than fone up above. Contentious issue, but IMO it's a shame the testing requirement for it was removed and listening to some ops on HF these days shows how giving people something for nothing devalues it. Sad. But CW ops are always FB OMs. (or OGs).

[martinuk777]

Sending fast morse is easy with practice. The skill comes in the decoding.

I'm ex-Royal Signals and trained to read high speed morse in excess of 50wpm in training. Rarely was is heard anywhere near as fast when listening to the Russians which was my job, 35-40 was normally the tops.

I also worked on oil rigs for many years and there were many skilled maritime operators out there.

I'm also a Ham Radio operator and CW is my first love although I'm very rusty at it right now.

[iz0fys]

grande carlo sei impressionante, non sei un terrestre tu !!! quando mi dai qualche lezione?? ciao ci vediamo in sezione a settembre 73 de iz0fys manuele (tuo vicino di casa HI)

[jdoge13]

No way anyone could understand that.

[lrayrayman]

oh yes. as a former miltary intell. operator i use to copy guys as fast as him. different countries send morse code differently..... the letter a could also mean the number 1. very hard to master....

[NJRocks281]

can u say carpel tunnel

[jogejoge]

hahahahahaha!!!!!!

[F5MJV]

Nice.

73, Vincent, F5MJV - French President of U.F.T.

[ik0ygj]

Thanks Vince, it is a real honour to meet you

[vu2mue]

Awesome..I tell my friend this is called meditation. Long Live Morse Code and let the world be full of beautiful paddle keys with rhithm of the key.keep it up best 73 de Sandeep

[ik0ygj]

Hi Sandeep.

yes I think it is a kind of meditation, I published a book (sorry, it is in italian only)

"Lo Zen e l'Arte della Radiotelegrafia"

(Zen and the art of radiotelegraphy )where I introduce techniques of relaxation to learn CW.

I think CW (and QRQ CW) puts our brain in a state where time and space follow own rules ...

[jstrunck]

@ik0ygj I agree!

[k3roj]

Nice Video. I wish everyone would learn the Morse code which would make ham radio even better. I own the Begali Graciali. Thanks, AL K3ROJ

[WA5MUF]

Very good.... fine business!

73, WA5MUF

[mikebe41]

I think this is a lost art, how long does it take to learn and perfect this skill? I know practice is the answer, but just curious on the average?

[ik0ygj]

Hi !

Usually it takes one month to learn basic CW, around one year to get to the 25 WPM speed and, then, around a couple of years of daily practice to break the 40 WPM bareer.

Of course, it depends on skills,. talent and so on, but my suggestion is to stay with a vertical key for at least one year and acquire a perfect 20 WPM operating skills before trying to reach higher speeds.

73's

[mikebe41]

thank you, you apeear to be well knowledged, my grand father was in the signal corps in last year of WW2 and when I was younger, he would tap a pencil, and tell me what it said. Other than Ham radio operation, is there other reason to learn this?

[ve2dc]

I believe Amateur radio is the only service still using Morse... it's a unique digital communication mode insofar as it is the only code that is routinely read and generated by both people and machines.

[ik0ygj]

Well, aside from the practical aspect of going CW for reaching farther countries with less expensive equipment, today CW is completely useless.

However, as Oscar Wilde said - and I completely agree - the Art itslef lives for its own sake. A CW contact made with respect of the procedures and timinig/space is a piece of Art itself.

Since it is useless, CW is - in the hands of passionate man making it alive - a real form of Art !

[GarthW2]

@ik0ygj "today CW is completely useless." I might agree ONLY because I have not been active in ham radio in decades. But CW takes less bandwidth, power, and complexity to communicate than any other method. I've talked with someone on the exact oposite side of the earth on 1 watt. When I was active on the radio, one virtue of CW was that that's where I found more of the serious radio guys, ie, ones that wanted to talk tech instead of talking about their wife's rose garden or new mink coat.

[tkdteen2]

yes because you could send a message to someone in others will just think you making noise

[ve2dc]

Hmmm... I was considering one of these keys... but not impressed that you had to hold it with your left hand. I prefer one-handed morse ;-)

[ik0ygj]

Hi, the key weights 1.6 Kgs, I am holding it with the hand just to be sure it won't move but it is only a "mental" precaution for shooting the film.

The key is the heaviest of the world, and stays firmly on the desk.

73's

[ve2dc]

Guess I'll put it back on my "Santa Claus list" then...

[bastyon75]

perfection but not all of us can read that.

[tudarocki]

Very nice... Best regards OH6FOR

[CE750]

amazing.. wish I was 1/5th that fast!

[imanoob4]

youd need special ears to hear this.

[usuariojotaerre]

I think a good wrench but I do not agree with the weight of the transmission to 50 WPM as a slight QSB could lose information. Intermingle characters and spaces short a little confused. Being a key Iambic is possible to achieve a good speed without sacrificing quality.very good video and greetings to all.

Jorge EA7/LU1DQ,Málaga, Spain.

[Telegraphyman]

Ciao, Carlo!

It's a great job done by hand!

the main reason these guys picks on you,

is because none of them can carry out

this speed by hand.

Maybe by keyboard, but i ain't sure of that

either.

Keep up the good job cw 4ever

QRQ Imi HA7AP HSC VHSC SHSC

[dnl5649]

wow I can't understand you although I know morse code

your timing is a little off but otherwise good

[songyee92]

man... y use this when we have phones?

i bet i can talk 500wpm on phones :D

[ThePhobiaViewed]

If modern communication networks go down in an emergency then radio may be the best way to communicate and morse code has the advantage of being readable with a very low signal level and the equipment is much simpler that voice communications. Another reason to use morse code is just the fun and challenge of it. Sure phones are faster but communicating with beeps is entertaining.

[lbevIT]

Great!

[idkmyname13]

QRS... Please. LOL. XD de KE5YYM

[LETCA]

Wow!! I'm just starting and can't imagine being able to comprehend code at that speed!

[AlexxxShallPerish]

that is awesome!!! i want one of those!

[Graydood]

actually there are hundreds of 50wpm cw operators.

[Geistero]

especially, this speed is not 50wpm as the title says

[Graydood]

Wow, you are good as far as not making errors., But, what is wrong with the weighting on that keyer? sounds like the dashes are too short, and the dits too heavy, and comes out choppy, it is readable but sounds wrong. I have to agree with AB7U. W4NB..

[msf60khz]

I tried slowing the morse to half speed with a tape recorder and it was good quality sending, easily readable. 73

[WA2JSG]

OK, now let's see you do it with that straight key on the desk. hi hi

[colinrb13]

i didn't know there were so many telegrap connesiuers in the world

[raymondbullock13]

rubbish cw,no gaps constant trash

[bleorg2000]

I guess you will always have a few people who can't say anything positive. I'd be proud to operate at a mere 20 wpm. Well done! At that speed it almost sounds like rtty.

[stoker20]

Guess I'm getting rusty. I thought I could copy a well sent 50 but not this. AB7TU

[ipeklofijs]

Now THAT's impressive! :o

[cottontownkid]

you wouldnt have lasted 10 seconds sending that to GKA WCC OR DAN before you got QSD and told to retrain

[allinalli]

wow . he´s a geek

[strollby]

looks good and would impress but can't really see the point when most enthusiasts would struggle to receive.

[raypsi]

it's not Morse code and it's not CW. If it was morse code you would need a huge book to look up all the words, it's Vail code. It's not CW, that's continuous wave, it would have to be on all the time continuously. So its on and off keying, not CW.

No wonder nobody wants to learn the code it's all a lie.

5 stars from me great vblog

73

n8zu

[dismith]

Could you explain why it's not Morse code? And what do you mean about it all being a lie?

[dismith]

Just did some research of my own, and can understand your remark about Morse and Vail better.

[raypsi]

Morse had his own version of true morse code.

Real Morse code was just a number of dits sent. Then you had to look up the number in a book to find the word, that was Morse code. Vail worked for Morse for free, Vail used his own equipment, and invented the code a variation of which we uce today. Vail gave Morse all his equipment and the code to Morse. Morse applied for the patent using Vails equipment and code. Since Morse's name was on the patent it became Morse code.

[kc9mav]

why so serious?

Take a break go play digi modes or dxing

[Roar2death]

Hello What do you think Morse cose is

it is a contounius wave!

[raypsi]

How are you going to send your call sign with a continuous wave? You can't. There would be no dits or dahs, the carrier would be on all the time if it is a continuous wave.

If you like living a lie that's fine by me.

73

n8zu

[jdn74]

Its only a continuous wave when you're pressing down on the key dumbass.

[ManicEightBall]

That is CW. It doesn't have to be on all the time. CW just means it's an unmodulated signal.

[raypsi]

Ok then let's see if you can operate so called CW at 7300Khz in the USA without going out of the band. If it was unmodulated all kinds of operators would be using band edges to send CW. you can't operate at band edge because why? Yes so called CW is modulated. You are talking on and off keying not CW. CW is always on continuous wave. That's what CW is the abbreviation for continuous wave.

73 OM

n8zu

[jdn74]

That is incorrect. Modulation has nothing to do with it, but rather the bandwidth of the unmodulated continuous wave (CW) signal. If it were modulated, then some kind of information would be contained in the signal itself while it was on the air and not off the air. This isn't the case with CW. Instead, the information comes in the duration that the signal is on or off the air. Bandwidth is calculated by BPS x K. Either way its roughly 100Hz and thats why you stay away from the edge.

73

kb0tix

[Geistero]

1) The text consists of 250 characters and it was transmitted in 1 minute 18 seconds. It means the speed is not 50W (250 ch/m), but 38W (192 ch/minute. The problems are big spacing between the charachters and mistakes.

2) Anyway it's a very good result.

3) The Begali Paddles are among the best paddles in the world today.

[jeffpicks]

The guy who said there weren't many mistakes ? wrong... LOTS of them ... the very first character he sends number 5 and it should be an H ... 5OW TO ADJUS THE SCULPTURE ... he left off the T in 'adjust', and the P in sculpture is poorly formed, more like a WE ... yes, I cheated and slowed it down ... like I said, I can't do 50 ... but slowed down to 35 and in spite of the spacing issues, it's very admirable sending ...

[WA5MUF]

Very good!

[k3roj]

Nice keying.  I own the Begali Graciela and it does wonders for me especially during contests at 30 to 40 WPM. Morse Code is the best mode of communicating there is. In fact, many are hoping to convice the FCC into going back to Morse Code testing requirements. Only the ARRL wanted the code gone so they could make more money from newcomers as they passed their easy to remember tests.

[see3ducks]

I see so many comments about how this man is showing off, how a person can get better throughput on RTTY etc. What is wrong with CW? Good grief, folks don't be so narrow. Give him a break. I would love to own Begali paddles, I have heard nothing but good about them. Back to some of the nasty-grams... if you enjoy other modes go for it, just don't knock the person that likes to do finger talkin' no matter if it is QRQ or QRS.

[ik0ygj]

First of all let me thank you by stopping by this video and for all your opinions, both positive and negative.

CW is a very complex form of art, which spans from QRS with a vertical key to QRQ with a paddle, to receiving at ultra-high speeds.

This video is a demonstration of only an aspect of CW, and does not mean that other activities (like QRS) should be disregarded.

I like both operating QRQ and operating QRS with a Sideswiper or a vertical. Relax, it is just an hobby !

[sandhgreen]

I couldn't make any sense of it, because the audio was so loud it all sounded like "bloop bloop."

This video demonstrates poor operating, at it's worst. If you want to move more characters per minute on a radio circuit, use RTTY or SITOR.

[k3roj]

It's a known fact that learning Morse Code stimulates your brain, especially at 50 WPM. RTTY and SITOR requires complicated equipment to use it whereas Morse Code can be sent by touching two wires together. Why not give it a try?

[mvcapedon]

50 words per minute is showing off, totally unreadable and would not have been accepted even by russian coast stations. Bring down to no more that 30 or 35 words per minute and you would have been accepted by Portishead Radio GKA whilst the international norm was 25 words per minute. This does not show anyones ability at morse code, just the fact you can use a bug key......try using manual methods and up to 30 words per minute, gka operators could with no mistakes on 500 word messages.....

[HFPACK]

You are exceeding your comfort zone, notice how the dits and dahs are not the correct 3:1 ratio. Pauses between characters and words is not correct. It sounds stilted. You would be better to slow the rate down 20% this would enable you to send better by forming your characters and words more precisely.

[uo0o0ou]

At high speed it is normal to exceed 3 to 1.

However, his spacing between characters is a little wide to call it a real 50 wpm though it does make it easier to copy. Amazed at how accurately he keys: one would typically make a mistake or two at this speed... maybe I am gettin' too rusty myself.

[HFPACK]

It is a common mistake by some QRQ ops to exceed their own comfort zone in a false effort to make it sound like they are sending faster than they really are. They turn up the keyer speed slightly faster than they can reliably send by good forming of words and characters. Better to reduce the keyer speed slightly so that it becomes smoother, yet the words-per-minute are the same. The result will be better decode by the receiving operator, after all, that is the objective of sending.

[japangyro]

QRQ is a hobby itself, like a sport. One would want to practice at more wpm; though it should be kept at a speed not causing discomforts to others, tx or rx. Hey whatever happened to CFO(Chicken Fat Ops)?

[uo0o0ou]

Self-complacency is for any hobby. But if amateur radio brought up skills of individuals resulting in tech growth in '60 - '90, the purpose is fulfilled. Sure QRQ is only a side-effect; but nothing is wrong with it.

[iz8fav]

Peccato per lo skip sempre lungo, avrei piacere a scambiare quattro chiacchiere con te in 40 mt , ciao

[GrandeSpippolo]

Se erano 100 wpm, avrei apprezzato di più. Troppo rumore nel ticchettio delle palette.