Morse code alive and well

Video as seen on BBC about Morse Code, sometimes called CW. Enjoy!

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Science & Technology

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• morse
• code
• cw
• ham
• radio

[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. :-)

[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!

[goathiker]

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

[rogertangodotcom]

Amen! 73s

[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!

[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.

[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.

[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