Morse Code class from 1941

Scenes of classroom and graduation from a Universal Newsreel

My Grandpa was an operator on the Enterprise during WWII and went through something like this.

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[mypiju]

your grandpa is operator for ww2 ? is he alive ?

[cpenter]

yes

[zensorship]

dadada....American education LOL

[w3tua]

I learned Morse Code at 12 years old and have used it for over 27 years now. Ham radio is cool!

[dronespace]

Lady Dada

[I'll get me coat]

[NcalBiker]

@epituchano They both used a modified version of the Kotch method. Google it, or look up G4FON. It teaches you to learn in groups of characters rather then letter by letter, and at speed as well.

[NcalBiker]

My Father and Uncle both graduated code school in N.J. in '41. Dad went to Canton Isl, S. Pacific with the US Army, and my uncle went to Army Air Corps on B24's in Europe. Both could copy and send 30wpm clear on a straight key when they graduated. Both worked communications at their respective stations, and continued until the end of the war. Both are gone now, but I have Dad's straight key. Now to do it some justice and learn CW. Great post. Thanks.

[Schoko98]

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.

[inspektura43]

ei..ddd..daa.daa.daaa

[jvolstad]

Reminds me of Fort Devens.

[wincim17]

Started in 1965 with Novice Class Ham (had to use CW in that class) got up to 24 WPM by 1970 ..its the original Digital transmission.. By the way, it has so many advantages in weak signal work compared to almost any other form of modulation! Receiver band widths in this mode can be reduced to a few hundred hertz..making Signal to Noise improvements that are amazing.. DX'ing with low low power is possible with CW...even if an SSB signal is unreadable OLD is SOMETIMES BETTER

K4DSB Dean

[cwcontester]

My grandfather learned morse code from Keystone radio school

around that time.Now I use. Kind of runs in the family

[YoungBahnahnah]

@TheTurbinator denton jr was a prisoner of war and the torturers from vietnam made him do a tv show interview and blinked T-O-R-T-U-R-E in morse code while talking

[SpinnerofThings]

It's hip to be a ham!