[CW] A Mystery Solved

[David J. J. Ring, Jr.]

​Thanks for telling me the picture didn't come through.  They made it 
very difficult to take (steal?) from the web site.

I think I succeeded this time by it by screen shot, the web page owner 
did his best to prevent people from stealing his pictures!  The web site 
is here: https://www.pa3egh.nl/morse-keys-from-the-netherlands/




The smaller true screen shot shows the details clearly.


Under Part IV. Dienstteekens - which means "service marks" in Dutch are 
the usual service marks,

Begrepen, understood, ​Vergissingteeken, mistake or error sign, 
Sluitteeken, or closing character which we know as the "cross or 
+", Wachten, or wait, then these two signals which give an answer I've 
been looking for years for.  Dringed (D) and Zeer Dringend (DD).

​Dringend "D" is urgent in Dutch, Zeer dringend  is ​very urgent which 
is "DD" so "utmost urgency" has to be "DDD", right?

Who knew DDD came from the Dutch?

The Morse code signal for a relayed SOS is DDD SOS SOS SOS DDD and I 
sent about six of these while at sea when the ship in distress wasn't 
getting answers and we were close and probably needed additional 
assistance from other ships.

73

DR
N1EA


On 4/9/22 20:05, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> I always wondered where DDD as in DDD SOS DDD came from.
>
> This solves the mystery.I always wondered where DDD as in DDD SOS DDD 
> came from.
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> This solves the mystery.
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> Down at the bottom it says "dringend" which is urgent and "zeer 
> dringend" which is Dutch for very urgent.  Obviously DDD is extremely 
> urgent!
>
> 73
>
> DR
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