Learning Morse Code?

[Feuer Frei!]

Here's a simple chart to aid in the practice of learning Morse Code:

http://i.imgur.com/vvEsG.jpg

:salute:

[Sailor Steve]

I quit the Boy Scouts because I just couldn't earn that Morse Code merit badge.

Then I joined the navy and they made me a radioman. When I got to my ship I was the most recent 'A'-School graduate, so I got assigned to recieve any Morse messages that came in, and reply.

Once I got out I did everything I could to forget it all as fast as I could. And I did a great job. :sunny:

[nikimcbee]

You can come to the pt boat to practice, as all of that equipment works.:yeah:

...and Steve, you can finally earn that merit badge.:yeah:

[Sailor Steve]

Mumblegrumblerazzafrazzahateyoumumblegrumble...

[Growler]

Then I joined the navy and they made me a radioman. When I got to my ship I was the most recent 'A'-School graduate, so I got assigned to recieve any Morse messages that came in, and reply.


Yeah, that sounds about right. Like making the guy who can't, cook, or the kid that couldn't sort right from left, quartermaster.

Useful little chart, though, I'll say that much.

[frau kaleun]

Yeah, that sounds about right. Like making the guy who can't, cook, or the kid that couldn't sort right from left, quartermaster.


One of my favorite Tom Lehrer quotes, about the US military: "Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on ability." :haha:

[Osmium Steele]

Then I joined the navy and they made me a radioman. When I got to my ship I was the most recent 'A'-School graduate, so I got assigned to recieve any Morse messages that came in, and reply.

Once I got out I did everything I could to forget it all as fast as I could. And I did a great job. :sunny:

Ok, that's scary. Its almost like you were writing my back story...
Do you still pound the keyboard while typing as hard as I do? Those teletype keys were like pounding nails.

[VirtualVikingX]

I like it! Thanks for posting. (I did the SOS, instant understanding of the principle)

[Growler]

Do you still pound the keyboard while typing as hard as I do? Those teletype keys were like pounding nails.

Get out of my office and quit using my keyboard.:D

[Reece]

Twice I tried learning morse code, I could send ok but stuffed if I could receive, at any speed!!:x:damn:
Gave up in disgust!!:doh:

[Sailor Steve]

Do you still pound the keyboard while typing as hard as I do? Those teletype keys were like pounding nails.
No, I made a point of forgetting that part too.


Twice I tried learning morse code, I could send ok but stuffed if I could receive, at any speed!!:x:damn:
Gave up in disgust!!:doh:
The navy has an interesting way of teaching things, or at least they did then. First up is typing class. They don't teach finger positions or anything like that. They sit you in the classroom in front of a typewriter and say "In front of you is a code book. You don't have to know the code, or learn it. You only need to copy it. Type what you see in front of you. You're going to be in this room eight hours a day until you can type 40 words per minute. If that takes all four years of your hitch, so be it, but you're not leaving this room except for breaks and lunch, until you can type 40 words per minute."

I never heard of anyone being in that room for more than a week, and you never saw more guys who could type 40 words per minute with two fingers.

Morse code was taught the same way. We learned a new letter every hour, and spent the whole hour practicing sending and receiving. When receiving we didn't learn to recognize the letters, so hearing Morse wasn't easy. Instead we learned to instinctively type the letter as it came through. We'd hear "di-dah" and not think "That's an 'A'", but just type 'A'.

It wen't pretty quickly, but I never stopped hating it.

[Diopos]

One of my favorite Tom Lehrer quotes, about the US military: "Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on ability." :haha:

:k_rofl:
Good one frau ! :up:

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[frau kaleun]

:k_rofl:
Good one frau ! :up:

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I remember that quote from the spoken introduction to one of his songs on a live album of his that I used to have. I'm pretty sure this was the song:

"It Makes A Fella Proud To Be A Soldier"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-E2_sjIK4E

Which reminds me, I need to get my Lehrer stuff back. All I had was vinyl and those are long gone.

[yubba]

You can come to the pt boat to practice, as all of that equipment works.:yeah:

...and Steve, you can finally earn that merit badge.:yeah: you got short wave on the boat ??? ,I got acouple of jokers running 40 and 80 meter die pole ham sets next door, kickin a thousand watts, waiting for them to fry my machine, can hear them on my speakers when they key up

[Madox58]

I earned my Signaler Badge when I was in Boy Scouts way back in the early '70's.

That badge was dropped around 1990 something but revived for the Hundred year anniversary.

Requirements

To obtain a Merit Badge for Signaling, a Scout must:

Make an electric buzzer outfit, wireless, blinker, or other signaling device.
Send and receive in the International Morse Code, by buzzer or other sound device, a complete message of not less than 35 words, at a rate of not less than 35 letters per minute.
Demonstrate an ability to send and receive a message in the International Morse Code by wigwag and by blinker or other light signaling device at the rate of not less than 20 letters per minute.
Send and receive by Semaphore Code at the rate of not less than 30 letters per minute.
Know the proper application of the International Morse and Semaphore Codes; when, where, and how they can be used to best advantage.
Discuss briefly various other codes and methods of signaling which are in common use.
I went on to the 'Order of The Arrow' shortly after that.
:smug:

[Gerald]

I earned my Signaler Badge when I was in Boy Scouts way back in the early '70's.

That badge was dropped around 1990 something but revived for the Hundred year anniversary.

Requirements

To obtain a Merit Badge for Signaling, a Scout must:

Make an electric buzzer outfit, wireless, blinker, or other signaling device.
Send and receive in the International Morse Code, by buzzer or other sound device, a complete message of not less than 35 words, at a rate of not less than 35 letters per minute.
Demonstrate an ability to send and receive a message in the International Morse Code by wigwag and by blinker or other light signaling device at the rate of not less than 20 letters per minute.
Send and receive by Semaphore Code at the rate of not less than 30 letters per minute.
Know the proper application of the International Morse and Semaphore Codes; when, where, and how they can be used to best advantage.
Discuss briefly various other codes and methods of signaling which are in common use.
I went on to the 'Order of The Arrow' shortly after that.
:smug: Included in this training, signal to the girls also, :D

[Madox58]

Included in this training, signal to the girls also, :D

Any Boy Scout can tell you.......
You were not a Girl Magnet!!
:haha:

Aside from eating a few Brownies?
Even the Girl Scouts avoided you.
:rotfl2:

[Gerald]

Any Boy Scout can tell you.......
You were not a Girl Magnet!!
:haha:

Aside from eating a few Brownies?
Even the Girl Scouts avoided you.
:rotfl2: I know the story, although I was a Boy Scout, :O:

[frau kaleun]

Aside from eating a few Brownies


:o

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[Madox58]

Oh you have a dirty mind and outlook on the whole joke there Missy!!
:haha::rotfl2:

Maybe it was a '70's thing that only Boy Scouts really understand.
:O:

But I'll explain it for those that might take offense because of ignorance.

At around 12 or so years of age? 'Eating a Brownie' was to actually BAKE a real Brownie and eat it!!
As young kids we did not understand what you may make of this statement right now!!
We knew the Adults laughed and snikered under thier breaths but were not totally in-tune to THAT aspect!
We actually considered it a kind of insult as if we were going to commit cannabalism in a way!
:88)

Young boys are a weird bunch and in those days you did not have the PC crap that causes so much grief today.
:nope:

The ONLY Brownies I ever actually ate in my whole life are the kind made with plants!!

Except my Wife was a Brownie so I guess I have to change some thoughts I had.
:oops:

[Gerald]

Oh you have a dirty mind and outlook on the whole joke there Missy!!
:haha::rotfl2:

Maybe it was a '70's thing that only Boy Scouts really understand.
:O: Right, Boy Scouts were kings .... helped old ladies cross the street and made the "services" for free :haha:

[frau kaleun]

helped old ladies cross the street and made the "services" for free :haha:

I didn't know the Boy Scouts gave badges for servicing old ladies. :hmmm:

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

Right, Boy Scouts were kings .... helped old ladies cross the street and made the "services" for free :haha:
:o What kind of services?

[frau kaleun]

:o What kind of services?

As a soon to be "old lady," that's what *I* want to know! :O:

[Madox58]

Citizenship In The Community merit badge.

That could be considered serviceing an old lady.
:salute:

Mostly?
A good Boy Scout would help you cross the street.
He will drag/carry you across the street if need be.
Regardless if you want to cross it or not.
(The requirements are not clear on this nor are the issues of force)
:hmmm:

[Gerald]

As a soon to be "old lady," that's what *I* want to know! :O: You're young and vital ... so we can help you with various services, :O: with honor :smug:

[Madox58]

IF an old Boy Scout assists an old Girl Scout across the street?
Who did the good deed?
The Boy Scout or the Girl Scout?
:hmmm:

[frau kaleun]

You're young and vital ... so we can help you with various services, :O: with honor :smug:

Well, the laundry still needs folding, if you think you're up to it. :O:

[Gerald]

Well, the laundry still needs folding, if you think you're up to it. :O: OK,ya got a deal....stop smoking :know:

[Madox58]

There you go Vendor!
That may get you the QuarterMaster Badge!!
:haha:

[Gerald]

Or,knight cross for boy scout :D

[vienna]

There's a modest maritime museum in San Pedro and it has a ham radio display. A lot of old timers tend to hang out there and several years back I visited the museum and overheard the old timers really laying into the government and at first I thought it was over some issue like taxes or something of the headline news. Instead, they had just heard news the government was going to drop the requirement to know Morse code in order to get a ham radio license. from the way they were carrying on, you would have thought they were going to lose their pensions.