ML>@MSGID: <50DCD54C.96.amtradio@capcity2.synchro.net>   
     >@REPLY: <50DCD549.93.amtradio@capcity2.synchro.net>   
     >Aha!  Ham radio moment Roger!   
      
   ML> RN> That's a nice story, Mike.   
      
   ML>ML> -... -.-   
      
   ML> RN> ?   
     > RN>   
     > RN> Regards,   
     > RN>   
     > RN> Roger   
      
   ML>Morse Code OM ..  two letters in International Morse, chuckle.  Dash and thr   
     >dots is the letter "B" and Dash-Dot-Dash is the letter "K".  The two letters   
     >CW for "BK" which means 'Break'.  When you hear it in CW it means the person   
     >who sent it has rapidly switched to the 'receive' mode and is waiting for a   
     >response in 'break-in' mode from whomever.  Chortle, you did respond pricele   
     >friend Roger.  But you didn't send the Morse Code for the 'question mark' wh   
     >is..   
      
   ML>  ..--..   
      
   ML>And by the way SOS does *NOT* mean 'Save Our Ship' or 'Save Our Souls' in ca   
     >you might want to have more fun here.  It is for the sound only of the dots   
     >dashes.  The original 'Distress Call' in Morse Code was "CQD" which meant 'C   
     >Quarters Distress'.  I'm pretty sure you understand "CQ", which they added t   
     >"D" for distress.  However before and at the time the Titanic went down the   
     >drink, the shipboard telegraph operator on the boats slept in the radio room   
     >And the 'Distress' frequency was 500Khz (Old 500Kc).  You sent the CQD on it   
     >get help and everyone was supposed to monitor that frequency for calling   
     >purposes.  But look at the Morse Code for CQD:   
      
   ML>  -.-. --.- -..   as opposed to just CQ as -.-. --.- alone   
      
   ML>How was a sleeping telegraph op ever to wake up to a needed "CQD" then?   
     >So,they chose "SOS' for a *VERY* simple reason.  The Morse Code 'SOS' is:   
      
   ML>  ... --- ...   
      
   ML>Just the sound was the best way that a sleeping operator in the room would w   
     >up to a desparate call for help.  Now comes the rest of the story.   
      
   Mike,   
      
   I hadn't read your response to Roger about BK when I wrote my reply to   
   Him.   
      
   I was 'thinking' the International Distress Signal was sent:   
      
   ...---...   
      
   with no pauses between the SOS characters.   
      
   Please remember I'm trying to be a good LID.   
      
   My YF will attest that I'm very trying! 73   . .   
      
      
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