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Old 05-10-09, 06:27 PM   #12
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The first distress call used by the early Marconi Company was CQD -- CQ being the general call to alert other ships that a message is coming and D standing for 'danger' or 'distress.'
Good gouge here. Way better than the old story about CQD meaning "come quick danger" which never did make sense.
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