[CW] Article about SOS and Rescue of ms PRINSENDAM / PJTA
Richard Knoppow
1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
Sun Aug 4 17:54:40 EDT 2019
Thank you for posting this. I scanned it over and will read
it in detail later.
The signal DDD is new to me, what is the origin and purpose
of it?
On 8/4/2019 1:54 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> I just scanned this for the Prinsendam Rescue Society.
>
> It's off topic a bit, but the SOS was sent by CW, and I sent
> three DDD SOS DDD relay SOS CQ's - so you might enjoy this. Both
> DDD and SOS are sent as one continuous procedure signal
> dahdididahdididahdidi didididaaaahdididit. The Dashes in SOS are
> required to be elongated by law.
>
> From 1991 Titanic International Society "Voyage"
> "Alaskan MIracle" by Herbert B. Brown.
> https://archive.org/download/SosMsPrinsendamOctober41980/Alaskan_Miracle_Titanic_Int_Soc_1991.pdf
>
> 73
>
> DR
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Richard Knoppow
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WB6KBL
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