CQD was the call for distress initially used by the Titanic in 1912, introduced in 1904 by the Morse International Marine Communication Company. This earlier wireless distress call was meant as 'All Stations: Distress'. Adopted in 1906, the more easily transmitted 'SOS' was in parallel use at the time of the disaster.
'SOS' is the Morse Code international distress signal. It doesn't actually mean anything but is simply a combination of two easily distinguishable letters: 'S' (...) and 'O' (---). The letters were chosen because of the ease of transmission and the distinctive sound of the repetition which is easily recognized in any language.
'Save our souls' Or I always heard...Save our Ship
the sos message was 'ITS A CQD OM DE MGY POSISTION 41/46N 50/14W SINKING...
CANNOT HEAR FROM NOISE OF STEAM DE MGY CQD SOS CQD.'
S O SJohn G. Phillips, was the Chief Marconi operator who sent the final distress message from the ill-fated Titanic. The message was transmitted with a spark transmitter and it included the new "SOS" signal, as well as the more conventional "CQD" signal. The actual message was "CQD CQD SOS SOS CQD DE MGY MGY", MGY being the call sign of the Titanic. The worst aspect of the disaster was the fact the California was sitting only ten miles away and capable of rescuing all the passengers. Besides the futile radio messages the crew of the Titanic fired rockets for two hours trying to get her attention, but the officers on duty aboard the California never understood the reason for the rockets. Only when the radio operator went back on duty did the California learn the news from other rescue ships about the Titanic. Another ship, the Carpathia, was 58 miles away when she received the Titanic SOS.
sos
Carpathia was about 58 miles from Titanic at the time of her sinking.
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I believe, that the news of the titantic sinking was reported first by the ship that rescued the people of the sinking titanic, by responding to SOS to relay the message to others
SOS is a message to help
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S O SJohn G. Phillips, was the Chief Marconi operator who sent the final distress message from the ill-fated Titanic. The message was transmitted with a spark transmitter and it included the new "SOS" signal, as well as the more conventional "CQD" signal. The actual message was "CQD CQD SOS SOS CQD DE MGY MGY", MGY being the call sign of the Titanic. The worst aspect of the disaster was the fact the California was sitting only ten miles away and capable of rescuing all the passengers. Besides the futile radio messages the crew of the Titanic fired rockets for two hours trying to get her attention, but the officers on duty aboard the California never understood the reason for the rockets. Only when the radio operator went back on duty did the California learn the news from other rescue ships about the Titanic. Another ship, the Carpathia, was 58 miles away when she received the Titanic SOS.
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sos
Definitely NOT- all SOS's sent from the stricken liner were genuine and desperate.
No it sank on its maiden voyage
Carpathia was about 58 miles from Titanic at the time of her sinking.
SOS, but the Titanic also used the CQD distress call.