[Milsurplus] CQD

[Mark K3MSB]

Bill is correct.

QST Ran an article on the origins of SOS in a recent issue.

73 Mark K3MSB
On Jun 6, 2016 1:18 PM, "Bill KA8VIT" <ka8vit at ka8vit.com> wrote:

> CQD meant...   CQ  Distress...    not "Come Quick Danger"
>
> In the same realm, SOS does not mean "Save Our Ship" or "Save Our Souls."
>
> It was nothing more than an easily recognizable "sound."
>
> It was first SOE but it was thought the single dit "E" might be lost in
> static and
>
> SOS was proposed.
>
> 73 - Bill KA8VIT
>
>
> On June 6, 2016 at 10:43 AM Ralph Cameron <ramcam at magma.ca> wrote:
>
>
> 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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> WW2 Submarine USS COD SS-224 (NECO)
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