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Ham Operators Saved Lives Aboard the Titanic
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KSPR News
By
Joanna Small
Story Created:
Apr 11, 2009 at 9:40 PM CDT
Story Updated:
Apr 11, 2009 at 11:48 PM CDT
When the Titanic went down almost exactly 97 years ago to the day in 1912 more than 1,500 people perished.
But 706 survived, and maybe solely thanks to a Marconi radio used to signal for help.
Saturday Ham radio operators everywhere flocked to the Titantic Museum in Branson to commemorate the brave acts of their predecessors, many who died sending an S.O.S.
And it may surprise you, but this technology did not go down with the Titanic.
“Ham radio is used in auxiliary communication on ships and other community areas where commercial might fail, for instance cell phones. If cell phones go down that's when Hams go into operation under emergency conditions, primarily Morse code and phone would be the operational methods,” explains Al Gallow, a Ham radio operator.
The commemoration will continue every April until we reach the 100-year mark in three years.
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