[TowerTalk] re: cqd cqd

Phil Clements philk5pc@tyler.net
Thu, 11 Nov 1999 21:54:11 -0600


>  What frequency did the illfated RMS Titanic broadcast its distress signal
>  on that fateful night of 1912?  Actually it was the FIRST SOS that was used
>  replacing the long used CQD.
>         ............ 895.05 Mhz.......it  was also the FIRST time a cell
> phone was used but that secret went down with the ship.    Steve,  K1PEK

Actually, it was on 14.195...the frequency cops called him a lid, and told him
"frequency in use by dx-pedition....please QSY."

(((73)))
Phil, K5PC

"The Dark Ages were caused by a Y1K problem"




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