jimdfish Posted July 1, 2008 Report Share Posted July 1, 2008 The international distres signal SOS is one hundred years old today. The interesting bit however is that it does not stand for anything. It is just the shortest three letter arrangement in morse code! I laboured for years under the misapprehension that it stood for save our souls. jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretman Posted July 1, 2008 Report Share Posted July 1, 2008 well i did not no that learn something everyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam Posted July 1, 2008 Report Share Posted July 1, 2008 ...---... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 God bless wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob300w Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 God bless wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOS What an incredible source of information this forum is, I had never heard of a "backronym" until I read the above Wiki page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radio1ham Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 well i have used morse code to chat with other ham radio operators around the world never had to use that ... --- ... yet and hopefully i never will i made many freinds around the world and also speaking with a friend from the usa in kuwait in the first gulf war on single side band (ssb j3e) anyway just another one of my hobbies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimdfish Posted July 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 another norse related *** bit. the message incoming bleep default on nokias is morse for the letter M. Who said morse was dead. jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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