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If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
"Cecil Moore" wrote in message news Al Klein wrote: Cecil Moore wrote: If CW had not existed at the time, how would things have turned out differently? If the present GPS-based system had existed at the time, how would things have turned out? Since The radio operator of the Titanic knew exactly where they were, GPS would have made absolutely no difference. If radio hadn't existed, everyone aboard would have died. I'm talking about the emergency GPS-based system now in operation. Other ships are automatically notified of emergencies and given headings for reaching the emergency location. If the Titanic and California had been so equipped, the California could probably have gotten there before the Titanic sank. The GPS-based emergency system doesn't go to sleep like the California's CW operator did. I believe the California also ignored a flare from the Titanic thinking it was just part of the maiden voyage celebration. If radio had not existed, the next passing ship would have rescued any survivors. That's the way it was for centuries before the invention of radio. There were often survivors in lifeboats waiting to be picked up in the shipping lanes. Well-equipped lifeboats could survive for weeks in calm waters as did the ejected sailors of "Bounty" fame. The men put off the Bounty did not survive with ease but only through very hard work and the superb seamanship and leadership of Captain Bligh. Although he was an absolute ass while in command of the Bounty, but his performance was superb during that time. And life boats floating in the shipping lanes could capsize in rough weather or drift out of the shipping lanes. We will never know how many people died at sea in such boats after surviving the loss of the ship. The various technological improvements, including radio, have been important in improving the survival odds. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE |
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