Registered: 08/19/03
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Loc: Queens, New York City
Originally Posted By: wildman800
Prior to "SOS" (...---...) being adopted, I believe the signal was "PDQ" (..-.-..--.-) which was much more complicated and took longer to transmit than the easy to remember, "SOS".
Sorry to disagree - it was CQD - CQ in Morse Code is "Calling" - CQD = Calling - Disaster
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