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G0FTD > MORSE 19.12.05 01:44l 17 Lines 548 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: CQD, SOE, SOS Distress calls
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G4EBT wrote:-
> Then, in 1905, the Morse code "SOS" (which doesn't mean Save Our Souls)
> was adopted by German ships for signifying distress while British > shipping
I can't claim to be an encyclopedia of key radio events or inventions
but I wonder if the use of the Coherer as signal detection influenced
the letters of Morse used ?
Some letters would be far simpler to distinguish with a coherer than
others
with a varied nature. I could see why SOS would be preferable to CQD
when interpreted by a coherer.
Or am I talking tosh ?
- Andy -
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