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Title: How a 5W Morse code radio saved the crew of the Italia Airship in 1928.
Post by: gil on August 30, 2013, 11:58:49 PM

Amazing story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airship_Italia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airship_Italia)

Full movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtyTTqysJKA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtyTTqysJKA)
Skip to 14:25.

Gil.

Title: Re: How a 5W Morse code radio saved the crew of the Italia Airship in 1928.
Post by: KC9TNH on September 03, 2013, 10:15:17 AM

Thanks for posting; a stark, albeit unfortunate, contrast to what happened with the Prinsendam (http://www.qsl.net/n1ea/).

QuoteNo attempt was made to keep a radio watch, and it is notable that Guglielmo Marconi, who monitored the messages from the base ship later said:

"No wonder that on the Citta di Milano the SOS of the survivors could not be picked up by radio operators. They simply were not paying attention to her signals.".[1]

Unconscionable.

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General Category => Morse Code => Topic started by: gil on August 30, 2013, 11:58:49 PM