A bit of humor, a bit of seriousness...

The first and third items below were shamelessly lifted from the
eham.net CW forum (tnx KD4AL and WX7G). The other two are my own.

Enjoy!

1966 US Army Morse Code training film on how to send with a straight
key.On YouTube in two parts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li8Hiwbc664&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNLla...1&feature=fvwp

If you liked the Army training film, you might also enjoy this:

Harry Shearer did a 2 hour tribute to Jean Shepherd, K2ORS, (SK) which
includes several great monologues he did on the radio.

The first hour is he

http://hearingvoices.com/news/2009/0...an-shepherd-1/

You can download the MP3 file at the link (right click, then "Save
Target As"), or listen to it online.

There's a great Army code school story that begins about 28 minutes
into the file. Shep and several high-speed radio operators/radar
technician buddies were mistakenly sent to basic Morse Code
instruction - which, as Shep puts it, was like training a brain
surgeon in how to put on a Band-Aid.

So the guinea pigs took over the experiment, so to speak.

"I COULD TEACH CODE TO A DOG!!!"

The second hour is he

http://hearingvoices.com/news/2009/0...an-shepherd-2/

Same deal. Shep was in the Army in WW2.

Why learn Morse Code? Here's yet another reason:

http://artofmanliness.com/category/manly-skills/page/4/

However, that shouldn't stop anyone. One of the best if not THE best
code ops I ever knew was Lou Moreau, W3WRE/WB6BBO, who edited the YL
column in QST for many years

Which reminded me of:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQk-imB1m2k

"Manly? Yes! But I like it too.."

73 de Jim, N2EY