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Save our Ship
the distress signal (...---...) came first, after the
original distress signal (CQD[?]) was deemed to be too confusing. It just so happens that the signal represented SOS. It was later that someone coined the Save Our Ship phrase. This was on the History Channel a while ago. Scotty "Joe" wrote in message ups.com... Is that were SOS came from? or was it save our souls? Joe |
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Scotty wrote: the distress signal (...---...) came first, after the original distress signal (CQD[?]) was deemed to be too confusing. Correct Scotty.... they were selected to indicate a distress because, in Morse code, these letters and their combination create an unmistakable sound pattern. It just so happens that the signal represented SOS. It was later that someone coined the Save Our Ship phrase. This was on the History Channel a while ago. Scotty "Joe" wrote in message ups.com... Is that were SOS came from? or was it save our souls? Joe |
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Joe, for 2.5 points, which distress signal did the Titanic
send out. Scotty "Joe" wrote in message ups.com... Is that were SOS came from? or was it save our souls? Joe |
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Save our Ship
That's right.. the letters are meaningless.
-- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com "Scotty" wrote in message . .. the distress signal (...---...) came first, after the original distress signal (CQD[?]) was deemed to be too confusing. It just so happens that the signal represented SOS. It was later that someone coined the Save Our Ship phrase. This was on the History Channel a while ago. Scotty "Joe" wrote in message ups.com... Is that were SOS came from? or was it save our souls? Joe |
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Trick question... careful Joe.
-- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com "Scotty" wrote in message ... Joe, for 2.5 points, which distress signal did the Titanic send out. Scotty "Joe" wrote in message ups.com... Is that were SOS came from? or was it save our souls? Joe |
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Scotty wrote:
Joe, for 2.5 points, which distress signal did the Titanic send out. MGY (the Titanic's call sign) CQD And some time later they remembered the then-new signal and sent MGY SOS So the answer is both. "Joe" wrote... Is that were SOS came from? or was it save our souls? No it stands for "Steel Only Sinks." DSK |
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2.5 points to Doug.
SBV "DSK" wrote in message ... Scotty wrote: Joe, for 2.5 points, which distress signal did the Titanic send out. MGY (the Titanic's call sign) CQD And some time later they remembered the then-new signal and sent MGY SOS So the answer is both. "Joe" wrote... Is that were SOS came from? or was it save our souls? No it stands for "Steel Only Sinks." DSK |
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Hmmm... my understanding was the the Titanic did not send up any distress
signal, although there were claims that they did. They fired rockets, but not red ones I believe. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com "DSK" wrote in message ... Scotty wrote: Joe, for 2.5 points, which distress signal did the Titanic send out. MGY (the Titanic's call sign) CQD And some time later they remembered the then-new signal and sent MGY SOS So the answer is both. "Joe" wrote... Is that were SOS came from? or was it save our souls? No it stands for "Steel Only Sinks." DSK |
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Do you also understand that Leonardo Di Caprio was aboard
ship? SBV "Capt. JG" wrote in message ... Hmmm... my understanding was the the Titanic did not send up any distress signal, although there were claims that they did. They fired rockets, but not red ones I believe. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com "DSK" wrote in message ... Scotty wrote: Joe, for 2.5 points, which distress signal did the Titanic send out. MGY (the Titanic's call sign) CQD And some time later they remembered the then-new signal and sent MGY SOS So the answer is both. "Joe" wrote... Is that were SOS came from? or was it save our souls? No it stands for "Steel Only Sinks." DSK |
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