Happy birthday SOS

[UglyMowgli]

SOS message had 100 years this day, adopted the october 3th 1906 at Berlin conference .

A special dedicace for all those who were rescued by these 3 simple letters.

[Bum]

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[Oberon]

I wonder what would happen if someone used CQD instead of SOS, would the rescue services know what to make of it...is it still a recognised distress signal? :hmm:

[UglyMowgli]

the morse code is not in use since the feburary 2, 1999 for the destress call, now this is the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System.

[Kapitan]

SOS and CQD are both recognised distress calls and you can send via a radio its just now things have changed and the new SOLAS rules been introduced that things have changed.

[TteFAboB]

I've tried dropping an SOS here but Subsim won't take 3 letter posts, so I'll have to do it the hard way:

dit, dit, dit, space, dat, dat, dat, space, dit, dit, dit.

[Oberon]

Speaking of SOS:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5403976.stm

[Sailor Steve]

All I can say to this thread is: ...---...