Dunno what the big fuss is about?
Learning morse is a peice of piss. Saying things like it takes 20 hours to learn, is a waste of time, ancient technology etc.. is all rubbish.
I learnt it in 2 weeks, ok i'm not decoding messages at 30wpm from some radio geek on the other side of the world but i am easilly able to identify any 3 letter code for purpose of atpl.
Here is some advice.
You only need to learn 26 differnet sounds. sounds hard? well you probably know sos? that makes it 24.
learn:
E.
I..
S...
H....
that makes it 21.
learn:
T-
M--
o---
that makes it 19.
learn or make up sayings that sound like the morse..
A .- 'al pha'
c-.-. 'charlie charlie'
D -.. 'dad did it'
F ..-. 'fit a fair-y'
Y -.-- 'yankee doodle'
X -..- 'onl-y da bones' (X ray)
V ...- sounds like beathovens vth (der der der dumm..)
That leaves you with 12 left to learn.
Learn opposites A and N
D and U
G and W
V and B
Learn your name.
If you have got this far you have probably nearly cracked it and will be inventing ways of memorising it yourself. I discovered that my nokia mobile bleeped 'sms' in morse when i recieved a text message!
download a morse tutor. do a search for 'free morse tutor'
only learn the sounds, don't learn in dots and dashes or you will have to convert the sound in your head (takes longer). Practice decoding one letter at a time then progress to two, then three etc.
It doesn't take long, ten minutes a night, drive in your car decode number plates.If you are serious about aviation then you will learn this regardless.