[NJARC] Titanic and radio amateurs

[Al Klase]

Gang,

I completely agree with Pete.  I studied the radio aspects of the 
disaster pretty thoroughly back in 2012 for a centennial presentation at 
InfoAge.

Marine radio range in those days was only a couple hundred miles. The 
whole thing was handled by the ships in the area, and the Marconi 
station at Cape Race, Newfoundland.  The are extensive records from 
various logs of virtually all the comm;s.  No sign of ham interference.

I can't really say what happen ashore, but it wouldn't have made any 
difference.

Regards,
Al

On 5/3/2018 8:31 PM, Pete via NJARC wrote:
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> What a terribly written and misleading article. First the author states that the wireless technology was considered “an inefficient means of emergency communication” - I wonder what the more efficient alternatives were.
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> The idea that hams interfered with the sos messages is confused with some after the fact messages that all passengers were safe. Two different issues.  I wouldn’t doubt the erroneous information but would highly doubt those messages were only from amateurs and just as likely could have been from commercial stations. Just as with our 911 and other modern day disasters there is always mid information after the fact. And the allegation that hams may have interfered with sos message is absurd. The range of ham transmitters at the time were very limited and any help would have only been practical from ships very close to titanic and easily in receiving range IF they had been monitoring - and we know most were not.
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> Finally he says as a result the number of hams drastically was reduced. And that did happen but because of ww1 and not the titanic. And then Marconi Corp lobbied for protection of the amateur service because it was essential to building a base of experienced technicians and operators.
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> This author is an ass.
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>> On May 3, 2018, at 6:12 PM, Aaron Hunter <ahunter01 at comcast.net> wrote:
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>> An interesting article from Arcadia Publishing regarding interference and false information from radio amateurs.
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>> https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Navigation/Community/Arcadia-and-THP-Blog/April-2018/How-Amateur-Radio-Sunk-the-Titanic?sc_src=email_115918&sc_lid=13703561&sc_uid=xJjN3XTnd4&sc_llid=10439&sc_eh=ed2471a81c5bf0461&utm_source=arcadiapublishing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Blog_20180503
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Al Klase – N3FRQ
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