(April 15, 2022 at 6:16 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:(April 15, 2022 at 3:39 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: 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.
I used the wrong term. Still was interesting to me because my great aunt was the first woman who worked in that station...I know it well.
No - you did get it right... They did send an SOS.....
I never got to work an SOS. (did get to work several Maydays). But - I did copy.two SOS... Both were late at night - one in the Indian Ocean and one in the South Pacific - while I was stationed at NMC. Both on 500 khz.
Nobody uses it anymore... A lost art.
