How Does Morse Code Work?

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  • Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
  • Back in the early 1800s, engineers and scientists were just starting to pioneer electrical communication methods. In 1836, Samuel Morse, Joseph Henry, and Alfred Vail invented the electrical telegraph system. It was the first system that allowed communication over great distances. However, there was a problem, - it could only communicate pulses of electricity to another machine.
    This meant that you wouldn’t be able to communciate using voice or text, so a new way of getting messages across was needed.
    A code was developed by none other than Samuel Morse to translate electrical pulses back into the original message.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 651

  • @BamonBoy
    @BamonBoy 4 роки тому +1027

    Anyone else got this video from the fast old man with morse

  • @justinhomes487
    @justinhomes487 2 роки тому +266

    Morse code is probably the most ingenious language ever invented u can send it through telegraph, sound, light or even touch .

    • @56independent42
      @56independent42 2 роки тому +12

      It's not a language; it's an encoding for the latin alphabet.

    • @jimjam6598
      @jimjam6598 2 роки тому +9

      @@56independent42 form of communication then

    • @sparklezz._kitty
      @sparklezz._kitty Рік тому +4

      Morse code is really fun and I really love it.

    • @Bduh2
      @Bduh2 Рік тому +2

      With light you really have to be careful not to go to fast because the receiving party doesn't want to see "just" one beam of light but, then again, the seasoned folks can do it so fast it's unbelievable.

    • @fhudufin
      @fhudufin Рік тому +2

      what about binary?

  • @squidballs
    @squidballs 4 роки тому +335

    the beggining says subscribe....
    such a way with words, hoping people would get mind signals..

    • @ConcerningReality
      @ConcerningReality  4 роки тому +35

      You caught on to my mind tricks

    • @beepbeepimasheep237beepbee3
      @beepbeepimasheep237beepbee3 4 роки тому +9

      SHUT THE FUCK UP I WAS TRYING TO CONVERT MORSE CODE INTO WORDS NOW YOU RUINED IT U IDIOT

    • @minibobby6257
      @minibobby6257 4 роки тому +11

      @@beepbeepimasheep237beepbee3 ok boomer •--- -•-

    • @mimi0096
      @mimi0096 4 роки тому +4

      Author Chan I knew it said subscribe because I wrote the letters in Morse code in my book

    • @beepbeepimasheep237beepbee3
      @beepbeepimasheep237beepbee3 4 роки тому +3

      @@minibobby6257 Jk

  • @DylanHunsberger
    @DylanHunsberger Рік тому +62

    I learned Morse code because I was bored. Then I tried to teach my friends that so we could talk in class but they were too lazy. I have a really good memory.

  • @ACIborntofight
    @ACIborntofight 3 роки тому +153

    Rapper: *making a beat from hitting his hand on the table*
    *The deaf kid who knows Morse code: him thinking why he wants to go to North Korea and eat the kindergarteners*

    • @shaneshepherd6623
      @shaneshepherd6623 3 роки тому +2

      Lol 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

    • @gkovostis
      @gkovostis 3 роки тому +10

      this is painfully unfunny and reddit-ish

    • @daaniejeelaa
      @daaniejeelaa 2 роки тому +3

      The rapper also knowing morse code: 😃

    • @real_dirty_dan
      @real_dirty_dan 2 роки тому

      Tf are u even saying

    • @gwarfan1994
      @gwarfan1994 19 днів тому

      wholesome 100 keanu chungus and everybody liked that

  • @dazai0samu319
    @dazai0samu319 4 роки тому +121

    The boredom from quarantine got me here i swear

  • @redactedrider7606
    @redactedrider7606 4 роки тому +100

    I never realised how much Morse was still used until I started flight training a while ago. First time hearing a VOR. Took me a second to realise. I knew they did it so you know you can identify it and make sure you were tracking the right one... But it was a weird feeling. First time Id ever heard it in the real world. Not a movie, not a game or video. I was legit using Morse code... Kinda.

    • @samwithe
      @samwithe 3 роки тому +3

      It's cool that I'm actually a direct descendent of Samuel F. B. Morse which he is my fourth great grandfather and I didn't know that until I watched this with my mother.

    • @dcole879
      @dcole879 2 роки тому +2

      @@samwithe No way. We must be related somehow because my Grandpa is Bleecker Morse...

    • @-0_dark_0-
      @-0_dark_0- Рік тому +1

      .. ... . . _._ _ _ _ _ . . _

  • @pacheung
    @pacheung 3 роки тому +36

    Nice my teacher actually used this video as a teaching about Morse Code amazing video man

  • @mariohuebner7167
    @mariohuebner7167 3 роки тому +16

    The first Morse Code at 0:12 reads "SUBSCRIBE".

    • @DanyandFreddy987
      @DanyandFreddy987 8 місяців тому

      When I translated it. It said “EEEEETTEEEEEETETETEEENEEE”

    • @eniscanic
      @eniscanic 7 місяців тому

      Then you are bad at translating​@@DanyandFreddy987

    • @azmimarak4279
      @azmimarak4279 13 днів тому

      De daa de daa dit. ..detdedaadit.

  • @DesertRatExploration
    @DesertRatExploration 4 роки тому +49

    I love how some flashlights have a 🆘 setting.

    • @gwarfan1994
      @gwarfan1994 19 днів тому

      @@mranderson380r you slow

  • @jonathanedelson6733
    @jonathanedelson6733 4 роки тому +86

    A small pedantic note: The distress signal is not the letters SOS (... --- ...) but rather a single 'character' with no gaps between the letters (...---...) This is known as a 'prosign', a set of letters glommed together into a single new character.

    • @vauhtiraitaracing
      @vauhtiraitaracing 4 роки тому

      It will still be understood if you do it ... --- ...

    • @darrenwalton1587
      @darrenwalton1587 4 роки тому +1

      :D DIS GUY WENT TO SCOOL :D

    • @the_void996
      @the_void996 4 роки тому

      Interesting, thanks. Does this appear in any other words?

    • @snoote533
      @snoote533 2 роки тому

      Oh cool

    • @Nupetiet
      @Nupetiet Рік тому +1

      @@the_void996 Not "words" exactly, but there are a lot of conventional signals that are sent without spaces between letters, like (-.-.-) to announce yourself, (-.--.) to address a specific station, or (........) to indicate that you've made a mistake and will send a correction

  • @aazamben4582
    @aazamben4582 4 роки тому +45

    The person see a swinging light bulb.
    Person: I don't give a sh*t

    • @mohammedayankhan4497
      @mohammedayankhan4497 3 роки тому

      @Gio Corvino how is he kid, he's 7! Years old that is 5040 years. He is too old.

  • @Mr.Bigfeet
    @Mr.Bigfeet 2 роки тому +17

    I don’t know who morse code is but he be dropping some sick beats

  • @drawgraphicchannel
    @drawgraphicchannel 4 роки тому +44

    2:37 NOKIA CLASSIC MESSAGE TONE

    • @MrTwixie
      @MrTwixie 4 роки тому +13

      Almost. Nokias message tone literally says SMS in morse. ( ... - - ... ) While SOS has ( ... - - - ...)

    • @dominationgaming952
      @dominationgaming952 3 роки тому

      .. -... --.-.-.- -.----.-.. -

  • @PNW1975
    @PNW1975 2 роки тому +16

    The Morse code shown here is the modern international Morse code. The original Morse code used with the “clicker” shown in the video used a very different sequence, timing, and spacing than he modern international Morse code.

    • @user-nm4ug5dp1o
      @user-nm4ug5dp1o 11 місяців тому

      ua-cam.com/video/NMAxSVakbgY/v-deo.htmlsi=xV6BFQwovjpF07n5

  • @Trezley
    @Trezley 3 роки тому +20

    I’m here from the video: “this man blinked Morse code “torture” while being interviewed”

    • @SINHASAMEER
      @SINHASAMEER 3 роки тому

      me too

    • @dominicmarshall1189
      @dominicmarshall1189 3 роки тому

      -. . ...- . .-. / --. --- -. -. .- / --. .. ...- . / -.-- --- ..- / ..- .--. / -. . ...- . .-. / --. --- -. -. .- / .-.. . - / -.-- --- ..- / -.. --- .-- -. / -. . ...- . .-. / --. --- -. -. .- / .-. ..- -. / .- .-. --- ..- -. -.. / .- -. -.. / .... ..- .-. - / -.-- --- ..- / -. . ...- . .-. / --. --- -. -. .- / -- .- -.- . / -.-- --- ..- / -.-. .-. -.-- / -. . ...- . .-. / --. --- -. -. .- / ... .- -.-- / --. --- --- -.. -... -.-- . / -. . ...- . .-. / --. --- -. -. .- / - . .-.. .-.. / .- / .-.. .. . / .- -. -.. / .... ..- .-. - / -.-- --- ..-

    • @myemail6780
      @myemail6780 2 місяці тому

      Me three

  • @NiftySquares
    @NiftySquares 4 роки тому +144

    🎵"Sending out an S.O.S." 🎵

  • @Name-ps9fx
    @Name-ps9fx Рік тому +3

    This is an excellent primer/orientation video to Morse Code. I'm 59 years old, and have tried learning this off and on throughout my life...but the big sticking point was "what is a dot and a dash? Is the silence between letters significant? In what way?"

    • @jamesbassett8470
      @jamesbassett8470 2 місяці тому

      Google "morse code mnemonic" and you may find a better way to learn Morse code.

  • @UnsillyT3485
    @UnsillyT3485 9 місяців тому +2

    The captions is going crazy

  • @cristiannicolas5349
    @cristiannicolas5349 2 роки тому +2

    Me: *Tapping my pencil in class*
    My friends wondering why i want to invade iran with a chimpanzee with AK 47s

  • @Bduh2
    @Bduh2 2 роки тому +4

    I was 17 years old when I learned Morse code at the Navy but, alas, anything beyond the speed of 18 words/min. I just "lost" so, that was the end of that but what a fun time it was.

  • @wilisnotfunny5425
    @wilisnotfunny5425 4 роки тому +67

    Fun fact: Samuel Morse is my 13th cousin. *I took a DNA test*

  • @MAX1M12
    @MAX1M12 Рік тому +1

    At 0:01 it said subscribe. Nice one!

  • @ReikiMasterCam
    @ReikiMasterCam 2 роки тому +5

    1 Dash = 3 Dots.
    They included Fibonacci in Morse code. 😍

  • @rashuneknight3939
    @rashuneknight3939 4 роки тому +26

    And then Alexander Grahm Bell invented the 📞

    • @Phoenix_The_HeroHater
      @Phoenix_The_HeroHater 4 роки тому

      Rashune Knight neat

    • @samwithe
      @samwithe 3 роки тому

      Morse code is still widely used in developing countries and even after the phone was invented it still was not widely used until the 19 hundreds

  • @turtleneckfox
    @turtleneckfox 4 роки тому +21

    CQD was also widely used by maritime ships. It means Come Quick Danger.

    • @stario5895
      @stario5895 4 роки тому +6

      Actually, CQ meant ALL STATIONS, and D meant DISTRESS. So it would mean ALL STATIONS: DISTRESS.

    • @turtleneckfox
      @turtleneckfox 4 роки тому

      Stario Ah yes. My bad sorry

    • @turtleneckfox
      @turtleneckfox 4 роки тому

      namealr Very funny

  • @Amityblightlumity22
    @Amityblightlumity22 3 роки тому +6

    I got the first morse code you wrote in the first video it is spelled SUBSCRIBE
    S- ...
    U- ..-
    B- -...
    S- ...
    C- -.-.
    R- .-.
    I- ..
    B- -...
    E- .
    Tbh, I easily learned morse code by memorizing the letters, but it's hard for me to know morse code since I have OCD, and everytime I really need to tap my fingers from A-Z, and I can't sleep every night because of our clock telling me something in morse code 😬.

    • @world_changers
      @world_changers 8 годин тому

      😂 suddenly everything now sounds like morse code

  • @falaplazmy
    @falaplazmy 4 роки тому +8

    Between letters there is one DASH silence.

  • @joesiu4972
    @joesiu4972 5 років тому +8

    very interesting stuff man

  • @pyreneesfarm7818
    @pyreneesfarm7818 2 місяці тому

    The first maritime emergency code was S O E, but operators found it easy to miss the "E" and not associate the phrase with an emergency, so they found a way to keep the operators attention

  • @lozzy6593
    @lozzy6593 3 роки тому +2

    nice i had to get this from school.

  • @learngermanwithboris5921
    @learngermanwithboris5921 4 роки тому +5

    excellent video! Love it!

  • @HailAnts
    @HailAnts 6 місяців тому

    As much as the rumor says that the Titanic was the first to use SOS, it's debatable. It used both the new signal, and the old, CQD.
    Cameron only had the radio room men mention _"CQD? The distress signal?!"_

  • @oliverdimalanta7806
    @oliverdimalanta7806 2 роки тому

    0:12 - "DID YOU GET THAT?" bruhhh thats funny hahaha🤣🤣🤣

  • @darrenwalton1587
    @darrenwalton1587 4 роки тому +1

    THE BEGINNING LITERALLY SAYS SUBSCRIBE..
    What A Way With Words,People Are Trying To Process The Mind Signals.

  • @wisteela
    @wisteela Рік тому +3

    It really is brilliant.

  • @kajal12_20
    @kajal12_20 Рік тому +2

    I came here after watching interstellar 😅

  • @caoeason9102
    @caoeason9102 2 роки тому +2

    Shortwave Morse Code Communication is the only communication Technology we humans have which would enable inter continental communication without relying on relay stations.

    • @mattiem7dmv158
      @mattiem7dmv158 Рік тому

      You have ssb/am also

    • @caoeason9102
      @caoeason9102 Рік тому

      Can AM be used to communicate intercontinentally.@@mattiem7dmv158

  • @jocilynne
    @jocilynne 2 роки тому +1

    Fun fact: the Japanese eas alarm uses a Morse code to turn on your tv, so that they don’t miss it.

  • @tanthiennguyen713
    @tanthiennguyen713 3 роки тому

    Für jedes Bücherwürmer am Lebenslänge der Wegweiser an der Stöcker mit Elegante Kleidungstücke

  • @alfredojapay5942
    @alfredojapay5942 2 роки тому +1

    0:12 The word is: SUBSCRIBE

  • @miggyizzy1661
    @miggyizzy1661 17 днів тому +1

    At the start, he said “Subscribe”

  • @fredprince8256
    @fredprince8256 Рік тому +1

    I watched this in school yesterday

  • @amj.composer
    @amj.composer 4 роки тому +7

    I actually have this code memorized lmao

  • @pairostar
    @pairostar Рік тому

    The subtitles crack me up

  • @JimVanderveen
    @JimVanderveen 6 місяців тому

    The gap between characters is the length of a dash. Gap between symbols within a character is the length of a dot.

  • @rycka88
    @rycka88 Місяць тому

    So morse code is basically robot going beep boo beep boo...

  • @world_changers
    @world_changers 8 годин тому

    Suddenly everything now looks and sounds like morse come

  • @arohijain5275
    @arohijain5275 4 роки тому +3

    I m hear after reading sushant singh rajput's wish list

  • @jasmineanderson6850
    @jasmineanderson6850 Рік тому +1

    Pov:you try to figure out what the intro says
    btw it says subscribe

  • @jimbrewer7328
    @jimbrewer7328 5 років тому +20

    The most used used letters in the english language spell out the word S-E-N-O-R-I-T:A. I learned morse as part of my job in the ari foce.

    • @philliphutson7250
      @philliphutson7250 4 роки тому +2

      Jim Brewer E T N O R I A S
      MOST OFTENUSED AND IN THAT ORDER!

    • @JacobRy
      @JacobRy 4 роки тому

      @@philliphutson7250 hmm t, really? That's interesting

  • @neni2678
    @neni2678 Місяць тому

    Bruh, I learned Morse, and I saw it said subscribe. I swear

  • @jamesslick4790
    @jamesslick4790 Рік тому

    Fun fact: The telegraph was DIGITAL, it used an "on" or "off" (1 or 0) signal. Digital electrical communications are DECADES older than analog electrical communications!

  • @WilhelmFreidrich
    @WilhelmFreidrich 2 роки тому

    If I meet a friendly horse, I will use this to communicate.

  • @Kuya_Raf143
    @Kuya_Raf143 2 роки тому

    Work as R/Officer onboard still lingering on my mind and never forget✌

  • @Shambhu100
    @Shambhu100 4 роки тому +2

    I am gonna ask my crush out with the help of Morse code.

  • @jeremyminecraft3130
    @jeremyminecraft3130 Рік тому

    I’m here from that Starr Park lady blinkling Danger in morse code

  • @johnybruh4739
    @johnybruh4739 2 роки тому

    0:01 yes I did actually. it was the word "Subscribe"

  • @Anthony_4087
    @Anthony_4087 11 місяців тому

    The morse code at the start translates to “SUBSCRIBE”

    • @Anthony_4087
      @Anthony_4087 6 місяців тому +1

      @@Chill_with_Hira What do you want me to decode?

  • @boldituzvillam2318
    @boldituzvillam2318 Рік тому

    At the start of the video he said "subscribe" in morse code😂

  • @spookatecuh2566
    @spookatecuh2566 3 роки тому +1

    Oh thank you very much for this video! 👌 i really needed it since there is this weird live stream i found about this video game named "Brawl stars" and i guess it said something in Morse code, so i just came to see this video to learn how does Morse code actually works.

  • @ADogelol
    @ADogelol 4 роки тому +2

    He said subscribe idk if other people said it but okie ;w;
    It’s like hangmannnnnnn

  • @sharoncroft1717
    @sharoncroft1717 4 роки тому

    The transcript for this video reads like a Dadaist love poem.

  • @user-bm3qy5nb3d
    @user-bm3qy5nb3d 5 місяців тому

    imagine being in war and u miss one letter or number. things goes crazy I bet

  • @LowerTheBoom
    @LowerTheBoom 4 роки тому +14

    I really don't think people should be aloud to tap morse code into the palms of one anothers hands.

    • @guy-
      @guy- Рік тому +1

      And I really don't think people should be allowed to drop out and have huge errors in communication in a video about communication

    • @LowerTheBoom
      @LowerTheBoom Рік тому +1

      @@guy- Are you a commy?

  • @harrytuanquin7976
    @harrytuanquin7976 3 роки тому +1

    00:11 it says subscribe :)

  • @calabrais
    @calabrais Рік тому

    "me painstakingly translating the intro message"
    S-U-B-S-C-R-I
    "Ah damn you"
    Lol great video

  • @Spy_Agent5
    @Spy_Agent5 2 роки тому

    In the intro the morse code said "Subscribe".

  • @car54whereru83
    @car54whereru83 4 роки тому +2

    How would one know if they are making errors on their messages?

    • @andrewn0ajs9
      @andrewn0ajs9 4 роки тому

      The same way you can read misspellings.

  • @irololl
    @irololl 2 роки тому

    the intro said subscribe

  • @cristiannicolas5349
    @cristiannicolas5349 2 роки тому +2

    For those wondering: When added all together, the Harry Potter books contain 1,084,170 words.

  • @busterdouglas7009
    @busterdouglas7009 Рік тому

    The Morse code at the start says SUBSCRIBE

  • @MilkGoesBOOM
    @MilkGoesBOOM Рік тому

    morse code at the begining says SUBSCRIBE

  • @ProdbyNKA
    @ProdbyNKA 3 роки тому

    Couldn't resist to know what that old man on a video was saying

  • @xen70
    @xen70 4 роки тому +4

    Yeah I got it!
    -No thanks!
    PS its SOS not S O S: ...---... nnot ... --- ...
    they stick together.
    And why not mention the distress signal being used before sos; -.-. --.- -..

  • @sucrosemp4
    @sucrosemp4 4 роки тому +1

    this is for my school work .w.

  • @seyazuki5862
    @seyazuki5862 4 роки тому +2

    SOS code sounds like my 1990 nokia cellphone ringtone

  • @solomonpratt8288
    @solomonpratt8288 Рік тому

    People forget before the morse code was used as a form of long distance communication The African Talking Drums had been an efficient form of communication for centuries

  • @retroflash3722
    @retroflash3722 4 роки тому +1

    bruh I've seen so many channel plugs in these morse code videos

  • @bruhblades9028
    @bruhblades9028 4 роки тому +1

    Lol 😂 the word at the start was subscribe 😂😂😂😂😂👍👍

  • @Geronimo122
    @Geronimo122 5 років тому +1

    Wait a minute, I'm interested in this: "... and to some degree it still is a vital means of communication across the world." So: who, where, how, why?

    • @ConcerningReality
      @ConcerningReality  5 років тому +3

      Covert military communication, amateur radio operators, shipping industry

    • @Garbanzo884
      @Garbanzo884 4 роки тому

      Yes it is still used on shortwave. The Israelis use it at 6040 kHz, ham radio operators use it.....

    • @maublettehill5102
      @maublettehill5102 4 роки тому

      ...--...

  • @moizkhalid1425
    @moizkhalid1425 2 роки тому

    Thank you!!! i got mids in a 15 days and this helped me a lot

  • @dervakommtvonhinten517
    @dervakommtvonhinten517 Місяць тому

    wait, if you have a space of one dot after each symbol, how do you know when a letter is over?

  • @THOMASTHESAILOR
    @THOMASTHESAILOR 3 роки тому +2

    Dots n Dashes are not much different than "O's and One's" , as in computer binary code... Laser CD drives, use on and off .. Chips use magnetic N ans S poles.. The alphabet is different but, the system is similar in fundamentals. . Still used today.. This is why we call them the "Good ole Days" , they set the basis for everything, and the Modern Age was born.. 200 years ago, everything changed.. Before that, Things were all the same for 1000's of years..

  • @matthewstone8629
    @matthewstone8629 5 років тому +8

    Awesome video. Loved the use at the beginning. ( Subscribe)

    • @ConcerningReality
      @ConcerningReality  5 років тому +3

      Thanks! Looks like you have some morse code skills ;)

    • @matthewstone8629
      @matthewstone8629 5 років тому +3

      Some friends and I have been thinking about using instead of regular text

    • @EnDSchultz1
      @EnDSchultz1 5 років тому +2

      Concerning Reality I caught that too! Stumbled upon some very good tutorial videos here on UA-cam and I've only been dabbling for a few days. Was surprised to find it's not too hard if you approach it the right way!

    • @samwithe
      @samwithe 3 роки тому

      @@ConcerningReality Thanks for making a video about my fourth great grand father.

  • @staceymorano1905
    @staceymorano1905 2 роки тому +1

    Here from the older gentlemen. Learning Morse code 😂

  • @Ob1out
    @Ob1out Місяць тому

    I'm now the owner of Morse code.

  • @JATTheScratcher
    @JATTheScratcher 3 роки тому +1

    i literally translated the Morse code at the beginning, it just says subscribe

    • @hgjobe
      @hgjobe Рік тому

      I actually translated it.

  • @hoshyarjamal4597
    @hoshyarjamal4597 4 роки тому

    You really dont believe how many times I heard it in BFV

  • @nonnosense3827
    @nonnosense3827 3 роки тому

    I'm Concerned

  • @4kmeree
    @4kmeree 4 роки тому +6

    Anyone else look this up for online homework

  • @agalaxysama3959
    @agalaxysama3959 Рік тому

    thanks

  • @a_lucientes
    @a_lucientes 3 місяці тому

    Do you just hold it down for a longer period for a dash?

  • @EleanorHimelhoch
    @EleanorHimelhoch Рік тому

    subscribe is what the morse code at the front says

  • @Kodzzuken_
    @Kodzzuken_ 3 роки тому +5

    Who else saw this because of Online Class

  • @Tocsin-Bang
    @Tocsin-Bang 2 роки тому

    Before SOS a Q code was used - CQD. In fact the Titanic started using CQD and changed to the new SOS.

  • @chamakhossain5591
    @chamakhossain5591 2 роки тому +1

    The first word was subscribe

  • @Aiswarya-qy5yy
    @Aiswarya-qy5yy 3 роки тому

    You wrote subscribe in Morse code.😄

  • @almasantos72
    @almasantos72 4 роки тому +2

    Ir says subscribe cause i have a cheat sheet next yo me

  • @andreiplays5747
    @andreiplays5747 3 роки тому +2

    The first clip is morse code so he said subscribe i am only 9 years old and i know morse code i actually know letters i have an example so . - is a and - - . is g