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Old 04-19-2009, 12:44 PM   #80
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Originally Posted by pilotbob View Post
Actually, S is dot dot dot and O is dash dash dash. So SOS in morse code is ... --- ...

And, S O S is an abbreviation for save our souls. And since S is three dots "actually dit"... a single/short click, beep or flash depending on the signaling method. I don't think morse designed the code so that ... --- ... would mean help/mayday/sos on purpose.

(My brother is a ham operator so I know a bit about morse code.)


BOb
You are correct about ...---...


Dead wrong about save our souls. Sorry, but SOS as a distress signal was created by the Germans. Not the English and not the Americans. Not by Morse, who only created the code not the distress signal.

Unless you want to argue that save our souls is German??

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