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

[William Harris]

Yes...It's faster.
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On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 5:41 AM, Petr Ourednik <indians at xsmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I guess it can be faster thanks to lot of automation and digital
> communication instead of voice and man-made data handling isn't it? Just I
> am thinking about it...
>
> 73 - Petr, OK1RP
>
> On Fri, Apr 20, 2018, at 2:15 PM, Steve WD8DAS via CW wrote:
>
>
> 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>
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> 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
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> 73
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> DR
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