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Uploaded by on Dec 24, 2007

The final radiotelegraph transmissions from the Titanic. This recording is in all likelihood a simulation, but its exact origin is not known. It is notable for the authentic-sounding rotary spark gap tone and also for the code speed-- rather quick for a hand key! A video of the keying waveform is provided for further analysis.

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  • Titanic didnt use SOS. they used CQD

  • @howardkevinm

    It is documented that Titanic used both "SOS" and "CQD" during the course of the distress.

  • What program did you do it in?

  • @shrek228

    The waveform display is from an old program, Cool Edit Pro.

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  • Rest In Pieces titanic!

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  • good old jack philips... he could send 35 WPMS but why does it sound like this? i thought they came in beeps

  • I used to work in a warehouse when I was a youth. Also working there was an old man who was our cleaner. Nobody used to pay him respect because he was old and a cleaner. People just ignored him. One time I sat down with him at dinner and got to know him. He was a morse operator in WW2. I started looking at him differently after that. The speed at which those operators work is mind boggling, and I have nothing but respect for those who have done it. From that point on I looked up to him.

  • Yes, the Titanic used both "S.O.S" and "C.Q.D" because the senior wireless operator, 25 year old John George "Jack" Phillips, was sinding the "C.Q.D" signal, but while in the process, his assitant operator, 22 year old Harold Sydney Bride, told him to "Send S.O.S, it's the new call, and it may be your last chance to send it!" Harold said jokely. Oh and by the way, Jack Phillips sent this distress call. Sadly, Phillips died but Bride lived. Google their names for more info on how they died.

  • this is so sad this is the last exsisting sound of the titanic

  • Matei saudade do meu tempo de radiotelegrafista. Very good 73

  • @RobloxVideo25

    old man

  • @howardkevinm In fact, if I'm not wrong, Titanic radio operators were the first ones in using the SOS. :)

  • i had chills when i heard that.

  • what OM?

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