[CW] Interesting short story on a sinking and changes in technology

[sbjohnston at aol.com]

One quote in the article struck me:  

“The most significant thing is the speed of communications these days,” said Comerford. 

Really - Is the communications to/from a ship in distress faster today?  The rest of the article seemed to be about how New Zealand is better-prepared to *respond* to a maritime crisis but I'm not convinced the communications is faster.  I wasn't a professional in that field, but I've never thought that it was an improvement to do without radiomen and a flexible communications station on-board that can be used for any purpose (contacting shore stations and other ships).  

Cheaper, yes... but faster?

 

 

Steve 


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-----Original Message-----
From: D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net>
To: CW Reflector <cw at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Fri, Apr 20, 2018 5:51 am
Subject: [CW] Interesting short story on a sinking and changes in technology



With thanks to Warren, VK3BYD for the info.

https://www.criticalcomms.com.au/content/industry/article/the-day-the-wahine-sank-996409864#axzz5DC5w3wnC

73

DR
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