[Milsurplus] CQD

[George Babits]

I had always heard that the Titanic was the first ship to use the distress 
call of SOS and many of the receiving ships did not recognize that as the 
distress call.

George
W7HDL


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Cameron" <ramcam at magma.ca>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2016 8:43 AM
Subject: [Milsurplus] CQD


> The three letter  distress call CQD was used by the Titanic when it was in 
> distress. It meant "Come Quick Danger". Shortly thereafter the 
> International Telecommunications Union adopted SOS universally.
>
> Ralph
> VE3BBM
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