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The first wireless operator on the titanic was Jack Phillips. Another was Harold Bride.

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Why didn't the Californian receive the Titanic's telegraph message for help?

Some reports indicate that the radio operator on the Californian had turned his radio off after having received a rude complaint from the Titanic radio operator. The Titanic radio operator had complained that the frequent iceberg warnings from the Californian were interfering with him sending personal radio messages from the Titanic passengers.


Was Harold Bride the only wireless oprerater that survived the Titanic?

yes he was the only one who survived. the other wireless operator, Jack Phillips, died in the wreck.


What was the name of the ship that was alleged to be 19 miles from the Titanic?

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The California was the closest ship to Titanic when she sank. They did not respond to the Titanic calls of distress because the wireless operator on the California was asleep because he was the only operator on board and had been working since dawn on the 14th. Another reason the California is important is because of the unusual circumstances surrounding the California. It was transporting an unknown cargo and some of her crew had only a week to prepare including the wireless operator who took the wrong chart with him and so did not know what ship they could see in the distance. If he had the chart then it would have told him that it was the Titanic and they might had made more of an attempt to contact her.


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How did people help the titanic when it was sinking?

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What was the Titanic's radio call sign?

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Why didn't the californian respnd to the titanic's help?

It has never been fully explained, but at the enquiry it was established that the Californian's officers saw distress rockets but no-one on board treated them seriously. The Californian had a wireless telegraphy set and an operator, but a single operator could not keep watch 24 hours per day and the Californian's operator was in bed. The Captain was also in bed and it didn't occur to anyone to wake up the wireless operator, so they missed the whole thing.


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What were the Marconi instruments role on the Titanic?

The Marconi wireless telegraph was one of the focal points in the Titanic sinking. It was used and operated by the Marconi Company, and as such was used primarily for sending messages for passengers than for ship operations. Six ice warning messages were sent prior to the night of the sinking, but only the first two were relayed to Captain Smith. The rest were ignored as the wireless operators were tying to keep up with the backlog of messages. After Titanic struck the iceberg, the wireless operators were then tasked to send out distress messages. They initially sent out the distress signal "CQD". Operator Harold Bride then suggested to the other operator Jack Phillips to use the newer distress signal "SOS". They managed to contact a number of ships, with the RMS Carpathia being the closest to the ship. The SS Californian was even closer, but their lone operator had turned in for the night, leaving his telegraph unmanned.