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UglyMowgli

10-03-06 06:37 AM

Happy birthday SOS

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.

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Oberon

10-03-06 07:29 AM

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

10-03-06 07:32 AM

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

10-03-06 11:03 AM

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

10-03-06 11:43 AM

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

10-03-06 11:52 AM

Speaking of SOS:

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

Sailor Steve

10-03-06 04:19 PM

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

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