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#17: Distress Signal  Titanic Fact #17: Distress Signal
Titanic's radio operators, Jack Phillips and Harold Bride  Much
ado is made about how others ships in the area couldn’t hear
Titanic’s distress signal or the only people on those ships who
could understand Morse code were asleep (see Titanic Fact # 10.)
However, due to very clear weather, an amateur radio enthusiast
at the top of a tall building in New York City was able to hear
the calls. Unfortunately, there was absolutely nothing he could
do to get help to the Titanic in time.  Stop back tommorrow
for the final Titanic Fact and mark your calendar for Titanic:
100 Years Later at the Fairmount Branch on April 12 at 6:30 p.m
April 11, 20120 comments