I learned a lot. Thanks Dave. The CD and watch methods I've never seen before. I use old cassette tapes to see where the wind is coming from on light airs days.
The double-sided mirror method works well - in WWII the US issued a glass mirror using that principle, with a cross shaped sighting hole rather than a round one. I've nominated their training film as a video response to this. The "shadow spot on finger" method also works well - I've used that since I was a boy. For CDs, I auger a small hole in the CD with my knife tip so I can use that method. US military issue mirrors use retroflective aimers, like the "Rescue Flash" and "StarFlash" mirrors.
How about making a smoke signal, a simple one, let's say 3 clouds of smoke? I mean take some cloth or something, put it over the fire (so it doesn't catch on fire, just to hold the smoke from going up) and like, 1, hold, 2, hold, 3 times take it off the smoke and let it go? Just like with the whistle, 3 times every minute.
sos doesn't stand for anything, its to do with 3 being an internationaly recognised distress call. It just so happened it coincided with the letters s, o, and s. It was then given the term save our souls to make it memorable
SOS doesn't stand for anything. It's easy to tap out in Morse Code and was adopted for that reason. The old Morse distress signal was CQD. Now if you were in a whole world of hurt and all you had was you trusty KX1 what would be easier to tap out? ... - - - ... (SOS) or -.-. --.- -.. (CQD)? I would opt for ...- - - ...
SOS (... ---...) was much quicker to send and easier to remember the the earlier CQD (— · — · — — · — — · · ) If you listen close crows will caw 3 times to alert danger & squirls will chatter 3 times for the same reason.
On Man vs Wild, Bear Grylls sliced off a strip of black rubber from the sole of his boot to get some black smoke from a signal fire. Could also use strips of an old tire (find them in too many places). Not very eco-friendly but useful in an emergency.
. . . _ _ _ . . . _ _ _ . . . _ _ _ continuing meant distress. It's originally German, pre- 1905, when it was picked up internationally. S O S is the anagram and was used SOS SOS SOS SOS. Save Our Souls/Ship came along as an anachronym of the anagram.
@mallardhead Your right, it was first introduced in Germany. It didn't truly go international until 1906. Three dots and three dashes didn't always translate to SO, depending on which country you were in. The American railway morse translated to S5, the letter O was a dot then a long gap then another dot. If you know anything about morse you can imagine the confusion over letter spacing.
It was also transmited as a continuous loop to avoid confusion for a puntuation mark, colon(:) is three dashes and three dots. In theory it could be colon, colon, colon.. and so on. Also if you were panicing, as people do in distress and you missed your letter spacing it could also be ( I AM)= · · · — — —
The Marconi distress signal was CQD in 1904, it didn't go world wide it was only Marconi operators that used it. SOS was introduced in 1905 as an international distress signal, it didn't start as SOS it was three dots three dashes continuously so it could be read as SOSOSOSO... and so on. It wasn't until letter spaces where put in it became S.O.S. It's interesting that the Marconi trained operators on the Titanic were still using CQD in 1912.
SOS does not stand for anything! It just a series of 3, that somebody looked up in morse code and it just happened to be SOS. thats what I have read anyway.
it is Save Our Souls or Save Our Ship ...---... it is later added as name originally it was SOE, but changed to SOS because this is more easy to remember or detect.
sos was originally something else but they changed it to SOS because it was easier to remember ...- - - ... and then people just put their own spins on it. it originally meant nothing
SOS doesn't have a particular meaning. The sequence was originally chosen because it was easy to remember, perform, and to recognize. Over the years different groups have made the SOS an acronym with varying definitions. Save our Ship and Save our Souls being the most common.
Great Video Dave & Tam, I was pondering about getting me and my boys signal murrors but I never thought of using CDs. that's is a great find. How do you come up with these ideas? I was watching " I shouldn't be alive" about a group of guys who crashed a plane in africa. they were spotted after they used their survival blanket staked out on the ground. Real Large signal murror! thanks. I love these vids.
japanese and bush honeysuckle has dead limbs or shoots that are hollow and good for excelerating a fire and IN MY OWN OPiNION the wood burns quickly and hot when used as tinder for starting a fire . they are both listed as invasive - unwanted in most states
Great video David, Tam. actually the history behind sos is very intresting -there is a wikipedia article on it. Please continue to put out these kind of videos, IMHO they are invaluable. Thank you, YHWH bless you all and see you sooon. aj
It originally was used as a prosign before a message, and was used because it was the easiest thing to send. Three "dits", three "dahs", followed by three "dits". Later on people assigned the meaning of either "save our ship", or Save our Souls.
SOS actually means nothing. In fact, it was the Germans who first used it. It's a pattern easy to remember (3 short / 3 long / 3 short) in Morse code and therefore easy to use while signaling. People then came along with the meanings that you see in the comments ('save our ship' or 'save our souls'), but this is putting the cart before the horse.
If you wanted to replace the protective coating on your small signaling mirrors, just use the tape that you get for wrapping presents and a piece of plastic wrap.
SOS doesn't actually stand for anything. its morse code for distress. as we all know, the international distress signal is always a signal that comes in 3's. 3 gun shots, 3 light signals, etc etc and for morse code they use 3 dits and 3 dashes so it would look like this ...---... NOW it got the name SOS cause the dits and dashes correspond to actual letters in morse code, which is S. O and S again. But that's just coincidental, an SOS is just a code of 3's :-D
wow i was wrong huh, i guess they just made it say save our souls so people would remember a lot easier. that was a great video i learned a lot keep them coming!
(posted @ 0:48) SOS originally meant "Save Our Ship" later people refer to it as meaning "Save Our Souls", I have also heard it refered to as "Sibling Over Shoulder" no clue what the last one means.
save our ship
burdentom6060 7 months ago
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Is it " Save Our Souls"?
bigeggs100 9 months ago
sos stands for nothing and the morse code for this is three short and three long or . . . - - - . . .
mattsoutdoors 10 months ago
@mattsoutdoors
LOL! Great save Bro! Blessings
BushcraftOnFire 10 months ago
sos stands for save our souls and the morse code for this is three short and three long or . . . - - - . . .
mattsoutdoors 10 months ago
it stands for shut up or suffer
graffiticandy 1 year ago
I learned a lot. Thanks Dave. The CD and watch methods I've never seen before. I use old cassette tapes to see where the wind is coming from on light airs days.
wmdrtr 1 year ago
Some One Soon
but I have also heard that it dont mean anything
ShinobiStorm 1 year ago
The double-sided mirror method works well - in WWII the US issued a glass mirror using that principle, with a cross shaped sighting hole rather than a round one. I've nominated their training film as a video response to this. The "shadow spot on finger" method also works well - I've used that since I was a boy. For CDs, I auger a small hole in the CD with my knife tip so I can use that method. US military issue mirrors use retroflective aimers, like the "Rescue Flash" and "StarFlash" mirrors.
rafowell 1 year ago
sorry but i didn't get the method with the single side mirror...sorry =(
ikoncino 1 year ago
@ikoncino
Simply hold your fingers in a "V" and aim between them.. Sorry if I made it sound hard
BushcraftOnFire 1 year ago
Save our Ship
lopemigu 1 year ago
save our souls i think.
HungryForBball16 1 year ago
save our souls
2694wr 1 year ago
Where do you buy those heliographs? What websites are the best for basic survival gadgets?
Wivanunu 1 year ago
@Wivanunu
Tops Knives and Campingsupply (dot) com are two good sites that we use a lot. Both have heliographs.
BushcraftOnFire 1 year ago
How about making a smoke signal, a simple one, let's say 3 clouds of smoke? I mean take some cloth or something, put it over the fire (so it doesn't catch on fire, just to hold the smoke from going up) and like, 1, hold, 2, hold, 3 times take it off the smoke and let it go? Just like with the whistle, 3 times every minute.
tekknorat 1 year ago
@tekknorat
Caleb Musgrove just did a video with smoke signals Bro.. I don't know much about them.. but would like to learn!
BushcraftOnFire 1 year ago
sos doesn't stand for anything, its to do with 3 being an internationaly recognised distress call. It just so happened it coincided with the letters s, o, and s. It was then given the term save our souls to make it memorable
alanglasgow1985 1 year ago
Sort of stupid? Shit oh shit (we are in trouble? save our shit?
ducedogs 1 year ago
save-o-save
cityboygonewild22 1 year ago
Great poncho tips David. Thanks!
sraike 1 year ago
SOS doesn't stand for anything. It's easy to tap out in Morse Code and was adopted for that reason. The old Morse distress signal was CQD. Now if you were in a whole world of hurt and all you had was you trusty KX1 what would be easier to tap out? ... - - - ... (SOS) or -.-. --.- -.. (CQD)? I would opt for ...- - - ...
abetwo4321 1 year ago
save our souls
tommyhoulihan1 1 year ago
save our souls
TheCampingKid 1 year ago
S.O.S. = Save Our Souls.
Before Video fished.
CaptainFur 1 year ago
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StickInc1 1 year ago
Doesn't it come from when sailors out at sea were in distress it was a mayday that meant Save Our Ship or Save Our Souls?
tookieblueeyes 1 year ago
SOS = save our ship or save our souls, it is a morse code signal for persons in distress!
sweettee5868 1 year ago
SOS (... ---...) was much quicker to send and easier to remember the the earlier CQD (— · — · — — · — — · · ) If you listen close crows will caw 3 times to alert danger & squirls will chatter 3 times for the same reason.
MrBudwv 1 year ago
On Man vs Wild, Bear Grylls sliced off a strip of black rubber from the sole of his boot to get some black smoke from a signal fire. Could also use strips of an old tire (find them in too many places). Not very eco-friendly but useful in an emergency.
eatmorenachos 1 year ago
Thanks David. See you soon.
bq688 1 year ago
. . . _ _ _ . . . _ _ _ . . . _ _ _ continuing meant distress. It's originally German, pre- 1905, when it was picked up internationally. S O S is the anagram and was used SOS SOS SOS SOS. Save Our Souls/Ship came along as an anachronym of the anagram.
mallardhead 1 year ago
@mallardhead Your right, it was first introduced in Germany. It didn't truly go international until 1906. Three dots and three dashes didn't always translate to SO, depending on which country you were in. The American railway morse translated to S5, the letter O was a dot then a long gap then another dot. If you know anything about morse you can imagine the confusion over letter spacing.
cujomojo2007 1 year ago
@mallardhead
It was also transmited as a continuous loop to avoid confusion for a puntuation mark, colon(:) is three dashes and three dots. In theory it could be colon, colon, colon.. and so on. Also if you were panicing, as people do in distress and you missed your letter spacing it could also be ( I AM)= · · · — — —
cujomojo2007 1 year ago
@cujomojo2007
I bet there were many an I AMs sent..... among all the other terrified messages that might somehow come off fumbling, trembling fingers.....
mallardhead 1 year ago
@mallardhead
· · · — — — · · · , EUGI ?.. · · · — — — · · · , VZE ?.. or my favorite ST7 · · · — — — · · ·, lol · — · · — — — · — · ·
cujomojo2007 1 year ago
The Marconi distress signal was CQD in 1904, it didn't go world wide it was only Marconi operators that used it. SOS was introduced in 1905 as an international distress signal, it didn't start as SOS it was three dots three dashes continuously so it could be read as SOSOSOSO... and so on. It wasn't until letter spaces where put in it became S.O.S. It's interesting that the Marconi trained operators on the Titanic were still using CQD in 1912.
... --- .-. .-. -.-- -.. .- ...- .
cujomojo2007 1 year ago
no meaning to SOS, but its history is from CQD or "All stations, Distress."
avair12 1 year ago
help
xle5363 1 year ago
Ha I knew it!!!
4770589 1 year ago
SOS does not stand for anything! It just a series of 3, that somebody looked up in morse code and it just happened to be SOS. thats what I have read anyway.
4770589 1 year ago
SOS doesn't mean anything really its just a simple distress symbol/code that is nationally recognized all over the world
SurvivalEye 1 year ago
save our souls
jalowad 1 year ago
save our ship
ironlionkalo 1 year ago
it is Save Our Souls or Save Our Ship ...---... it is later added as name originally it was SOE, but changed to SOS because this is more easy to remember or detect.
Trailtraveller 1 year ago
Same Old Shit
masterdurchgriff 1 year ago
Great video. Thank you Mr Wendell
LANDnLIFE 1 year ago
sos was originally something else but they changed it to SOS because it was easier to remember ...- - - ... and then people just put their own spins on it. it originally meant nothing
wildernesswikiup14 1 year ago
save our ship
Charlz9mm 1 year ago
SOS doesn't have a particular meaning. The sequence was originally chosen because it was easy to remember, perform, and to recognize. Over the years different groups have made the SOS an acronym with varying definitions. Save our Ship and Save our Souls being the most common.
FLaGSHiP213 1 year ago
Shoot
On
Sight
jtdrummer2112 1 year ago
save our ship
andy1orlast 1 year ago
save our soles
TheKieran12 1 year ago
is it save our souls?
flamefinger1989 1 year ago
you can put rubber from your shoe to make a thick black smoke.
theswimer419 1 year ago
Save Our Souls (SOS)?
coachace123 1 year ago
I had no Idea where the SOS came from or what it ment. LOL
buckshot752 1 year ago
Great Video Dave & Tam, I was pondering about getting me and my boys signal murrors but I never thought of using CDs. that's is a great find. How do you come up with these ideas? I was watching " I shouldn't be alive" about a group of guys who crashed a plane in africa. they were spotted after they used their survival blanket staked out on the ground. Real Large signal murror! thanks. I love these vids.
buckshot752 1 year ago
Save our souls.
Poloduaill 1 year ago
I always heard "save our ship"
watuwaitn4 1 year ago
I was always told 'save our souls' and it's the only morse I can remember.
TheBackyardBushman 1 year ago
Very nice. Thank you David and family.
jonnyom66 1 year ago
japanese and bush honeysuckle has dead limbs or shoots that are hollow and good for excelerating a fire and IN MY OWN OPiNION the wood burns quickly and hot when used as tinder for starting a fire . they are both listed as invasive - unwanted in most states
rbvmtr 1 year ago
save our ship
greenman6669 1 year ago
Absolutely awesome Dave, very well explained video!
OzaawaaMigiziNini 1 year ago
Great video David, Tam. actually the history behind sos is very intresting -there is a wikipedia article on it. Please continue to put out these kind of videos, IMHO they are invaluable. Thank you, YHWH bless you all and see you sooon. aj
ajelliottjr 1 year ago
save our ship
hoosahfudge 1 year ago
It originally was used as a prosign before a message, and was used because it was the easiest thing to send. Three "dits", three "dahs", followed by three "dits". Later on people assigned the meaning of either "save our ship", or Save our Souls.
mem7048 1 year ago
...---...
AaronAlso 1 year ago
· · · — — — · · ·
shadowscion 1 year ago
it means nothing just three threes
sk8r706 1 year ago
mrmonkeyhman50 is correct. It was just a signal that would be easy to produce.
Texasoutback 1 year ago
save our souls
ivageivage 1 year ago
SOS actually means nothing. In fact, it was the Germans who first used it. It's a pattern easy to remember (3 short / 3 long / 3 short) in Morse code and therefore easy to use while signaling. People then came along with the meanings that you see in the comments ('save our ship' or 'save our souls'), but this is putting the cart before the horse.
mrmonkeyman50 1 year ago
SOS is linked to morse code . . . - - - . . .
liketadied 1 year ago
morse code related. thats how it came about. ??
catch1024 1 year ago
save our souls
HalfQ 1 year ago
Save our soul
LillithePink 1 year ago
yep david you are right...it was the distress code from the ship communication...thank you for this great video;)
EnergyBreeze 1 year ago
save our souls
miguelteixeira1979 1 year ago
save our soul
frisky24 1 year ago
If you wanted to replace the protective coating on your small signaling mirrors, just use the tape that you get for wrapping presents and a piece of plastic wrap.
winterskyshadow35 1 year ago
save our souls
EnergyBreeze 1 year ago
Wonderful video and some great tips. Thank you my friend.
darthwelt 1 year ago
save our ship
2boddah 1 year ago
Gabbos is right about the SOS signal.
rockotter100 1 year ago
Pine needles, especially green needles, make a real thick smoke stream...great Video Dave.
MrCableguyken 1 year ago
i was always told that SOS means "sign of stress" dunno tho.
MysteryMan159 1 year ago
Save our soul
paul1962uk 1 year ago
Very informative video, thanks Dave and Tam!
savannafc 1 year ago 2
save our ship
lesrap 1 year ago
Shit On a Shingle ?
Rprecision 1 year ago
SOS means nothing at least not as an anacronism.
darkdwarf2005 1 year ago
Will have to make sure I get one for my EDC, cars and each family members BOB. Thanks it was a great and informative video.
jplerwill 1 year ago
Excellent... I learned a lot. Keep the tips coming.
fatbob1950 1 year ago
SOS doesn't actually stand for anything. its morse code for distress. as we all know, the international distress signal is always a signal that comes in 3's. 3 gun shots, 3 light signals, etc etc and for morse code they use 3 dits and 3 dashes so it would look like this ...---... NOW it got the name SOS cause the dits and dashes correspond to actual letters in morse code, which is S. O and S again. But that's just coincidental, an SOS is just a code of 3's :-D
Gabbos 1 year ago 2
wow i was wrong huh, i guess they just made it say save our souls so people would remember a lot easier. that was a great video i learned a lot keep them coming!
TheMoviebuff77 1 year ago
(posted @ 0:48) SOS originally meant "Save Our Ship" later people refer to it as meaning "Save Our Souls", I have also heard it refered to as "Sibling Over Shoulder" no clue what the last one means.
MRJSNLA1 1 year ago
save our souls!
TheMoviebuff77 1 year ago