I was astonished to see in the Magazine (Vol 5,Quarter 2) the interpretations of the Morse distress signals 'CQD' as 'Come Quick, Danger' and '...---...' as 'Save Our Ship'. We might expect that in a newspaper, but not, I feel, in an IEEE publication.
I am not a Morse expert, but I know that 'CQD' is formed from 'CQ' which means 'To all stations' and 'D' for 'Danger'. The sequence '...---...' is a *character*, not a string, because there are no gaps between the triad groups. It is not 'SOS' or ''VTB' or any other sequence of letters, such as 'EEETTTEEE'. With best wishes DESIGN IT IN! OOO - Own Opinions Only www.jmwa.demon.co.uk J M Woodgate and Associates Rayleigh England Sylvae in aeternum manent. - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
