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Interestingly there were competing distress signals at the time, but I guess SOS won because of its usefulness outside of morse code. As you mentioned, it's eas
by steve1977 3mo ago
Interestingly there were competing distress signals at the time, but I guess SOS won because of its usefulness outside of morse code. As you mentioned, it's easy to remember, the letters are distinguishable and it also works upside down when written.
- howard941 3mo agoCQD lost out
- nhecker 3mo agoAs did OOO.
- austinallegro 3mo agoOOO = Out Of Office
- linzhangrun 3mo agoTitanic sent CQD first, then tried the new SOS