I wish I knew cw

[Elijah]

Here's something interesting I found 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxRN2nP_9dA

KR4ESH

[Ray Albers]

Sorry, but interesting as it may be, it is absolutely not authentic!  First of all, the tones we hear in the youtube video are like modern CW tones, albeit lower pitch than we normally listen to. Radio in those days was spark - so the tones were a buzz -  Bzzzz Bzzzz. Second, in the first few seconds it says "Titanic to ..."  Absolutely wrong! They would not have spelled out "Titanic" in Morse code! The call sign of the Titanic was MGY   (I believe the "M" was for Marconi - at that time, the Marconi company ran the wireless aboard ships.) On the Titanic, the radio (wireless) ops were not part of the Titanic crew - they were employees of the Marconi company (albeit they were still subject to orders of the ship's captain).

Sorry to be so critical - good of you to be interested and to forward the link, but I would not want anyone to think that this is an accurate portrayal of what actually happened.

73

Ray

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[Elijah]

I knew that the tones didn't sound like an S-P tx but I didn't know that the recording said titanic instead of MGY 

[Ray Albers]

actually, it didn't - I misspoke! I just played  it again and I see that although the text said Titanic, the CW did say MGY! I think the poster was trying to make it more readable for non-cw ops.

 Sorry gang, I should have made sure my brain was running before putting my mouth in gear!  On the whole, it probably is pretty accurate - and yeah it is interesting. 

73

Ray K2HYD