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[Bryan D. Boyle]

On 4/11/12 2:51 PM, Pete Fierro wrote:
> The Titanic was also the first liner to use the new distress call which we now know as SOS.Used to be CQD.Judging by the antenna they had on the ship,Its my guess they were transmitting on 160 meters,given the range of only 250 miles by day&more than a 1000 at night...73..Pete..KD2ARB
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Yup.  That was brought out in Lord's book "A Night to Remember" from the 
1950s...The Beeb reporter mentions that in the broadcast; the CQx 
shorthand they used was a Marconi 'standard' (as much as anything was 
those days...), much like the ARRL-only Q-signals for the NTS.

CQD was 'calling any station, distress'.  We still use the prefix today 
for much the same reason...'hey, is anyone out there?'...:)  I like that 
we're still calling each other "OM" (though some more fit that 
description than others...LOL), and on the other hand, people are STILL 
breaking in on top of existing transmissions (been in a pileup lately?). 
  Some things never change.

We can't forget that the roots of Marconi's developments and activities 
were born of the same inventive spirit of folks just like 
us...experimenting with 'radio' and finding more uses for it; sometimes 
it's a solution in search of a problem...other times, it's the only 
solution.  Some do it for $$$, others...just because it's fun.

Less than 2 years after this disaster, HP Maxim and others banded 
together to form the League...good times...and good history to delve into.

-- 
Bryan
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.
Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant.
You may quote me.

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