Here’s What SOS Really Means and Where the Term Came From
Nope, the SOS meaning is not "save our ship." Not even close. Here's what SOS means and how to use the term today.
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Wireless Signals
In 1912 the wireless operators aboard the "Titanic," Harold Bride and Jack Phillips, called for help using both SOS and CQD distress signals. After the sinking of the "Titanic," the United ...