1912: RADIO NEEDS A REFORMATION

ONE OF THE PROBLEMS OF DIGGING IN MY "HAMILTON SCRAPBOOK" IS GETTING HOOKED ON THE CONTENTS OF A SPECIFIC FOLDER; IN THIS CASE THE "RADIO" FOLDER. RADIO PLAYED A CRITICAL PART IN THE APRIL, 1912 TITANIC DISASTER .
THEN AS NOW, MORSE CODE WAS A RELIABLE METHOD OF COMMUNICATION. EXCEPT FOR A NUMBER OF AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS WHO STILL LOVE AND RESPECT MORSE CODE, THE CRAFT IS USED LESS AND LESS IN EVERYDAY COMMUNICATIONS. SATELLITES, CELL PHONES AND OTHER MODERN MODES OF COMMUNICATION HAVE PLACED IT ON THE SHELF TO GATHER COBWEBS . HOWEVER, IT WOULD STILL BE SUPERIOR TO THE NEW HI TECH APPLIANCES SHOULD THERE BE A CRIPPLING DISASTER.

AN INTERESTING ASIDE:

TODAY THE SIGNAL FOR A DISTRESS CALL IS "SOS."

BACK IN THE EARLY YEARS OF RADIO IT WAS "CQD."