Thanks for the link Hunsdon. I was a little surprised by the speed of the Morse being sent early on; I always imagined that on-off keying of spark was relatively slow. I suppose this was made possible with the rotary spark machine.
Anybody know more on this? David G3UNA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hunsdon Cary III" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 9:14 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Titanic radio traffic link > The sinking of the Titanic > A very interesting version of the wireless narrative of the sinking of the > Titanic is offered by the BBC World Service. BBC producers used computer > generated voices of actual telegraphic exchanges to simulate the frantic > network traffic. > > > I expect this is of deep meaning to all amateur radio operators. The very > foundations of our service are clearly laid in this narrative. You'll hear > urgency, courage and disbelief from the wireless operators. You'll hear > our on-air jargon even as it is used today. You'll recognise network > message frustrations. You will be amazed when you hear echoes of our > amateur radio service as it is today--especially in times of disaster and > recovery. Please have a listen. > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00q89fy > > > The valent efforts of the wireless officer John George "Jack" Phillips as > his ship sank are beyond description. > > 73, > H. Cary, K4TM > K3-100 #3448 > KPA-500 #698 > [email protected] > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
