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AE5X

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112 years ago today
« on: August 11, 2021, 04:28:43 PM »

The first SOS was sent from the SS Arapaho on 11 Aug 1909 by Theodore Haubner. A few months later, he received the 2nd SOS sent from a ship (the SS Iroquois).

It looks like his headphones are for sale - I wonder what they'll go for:
https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/224355/
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K4EMF

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Re: 112 years ago today
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2021, 07:10:23 AM »

The first SOS was sent from the SS Arapaho on 11 Aug 1909 by Theodore Haubner. A few months later, he received the 2nd SOS sent from a ship (the SS Iroquois).

It looks like his headphones are for sale - I wonder what they'll go for:
https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/224355/

Interesting, thanks for sharing.
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K0UA

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Re: 112 years ago today
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2021, 07:26:20 AM »

I wonder if SOS was sent or the more common CQD was sent?  From what I understand the SOS was a German distress code and was not in common usage in 1909. Even the Titanic sinking in 1912 sent CQD and then also tried the SOS signal. After the board of inquiry over the Titanic sinking, from what I have read, it was decided to use the SOS signal for everyone, not just German flagged vessels.
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Re: 112 years ago today
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2021, 04:16:26 PM »

I think is was CQD, there is a informatiuve item on ...   https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17631595

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Re: 112 years ago today
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2021, 07:54:02 AM »

It seems that Theodore sent both SOS and CQD.

Distress Signal SOS First Heard at Hatteras, 1909

"On August 11, 1909, off the coast of Cape Hatteras, telegraph operator Theodore Haubner called for help from the steamship, S. S. Arapahoe. He was momentarily confused because a new telegraph code “SOS” had recently been ratified by the Berlin Radiotelegraphic Conference to replace the old “CQD”, and he wondered which signal he should send. He sent both.


https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2015/08/11/distress-signal-sos-first-heard-at-hatteras-1909
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KM1H

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Re: 112 years ago today
« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2021, 07:27:03 AM »

Did Old Ted get rescued?
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