“Stop clogging the frequency with ice warnings. The Astors are sending hellos to everyone they know”
As a ham myself - ka7nnx, (not a very good ham though), I found this interesting. Had to learn morse code to get a novice license back in the dark ages of the 1980s.
And as my grandmother was immigrating to America, she tried to board the Carpathia in 1912. No 2nd class available then, so she tried again next year. But if she had made that passage, that ship and voyage rescued the Titanic survivors.
The First Texting While Driving Accident.
I have been fascinated by the recent disclosure of there being an ongoing file in the coal bin that weakened the hull.
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wow - thank you for posting this
One of my old bosses back in TV was a big time HAM radio guy.
It sounded interesting but too pricey for me then and maybe now.
Still, I love history.
Interesting situation regarding the frequency collisions that, at the moment when communications needed the most, nothing could be received because everybody was speaking at once.
Kind of like the highway gets jammed with cars, and makes less headway possible, than if there were at least short spaces between the cars.
What could morse code operators do about this? Broadcasting - “stop talking” itself contributes to the jammed situation.
Thanks for the great post!
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