(April 15, 2022 at 7:14 am)arewethereyet Wrote: Found rolled up and used for insulation at the old weather station on the Outer Banks of NC is the log where the SOS from the Titanic was noted. Because the incident was so far away, it was assumed that rescue efforts would come from much closer to the site. It's not certain the SOS was passed on to other weather and life-saving stations.The SOS was an afterthought.
The standard distress call at the time the Titanic sank was CQD. SOS was a new call at that time and not widely known and little used. SOS is not sent as three separate characters but as one. 3 dots 3 dash 3 dots with no spacing. Consequently it can be misinterpreted as V7.
CQD was sent first- then the distress message - then an SOS and the distress message repeated.
SOS was adopted as a standard after Titanic sunk.
