Initially, there were a variety of rescue distress signals used throughout the world, including "CQD," "SOE" and "NC." However, in 1906, sending out "SOS" in a continuous stream was suggested and ...

You know it’s a distress signal, but what does “SOS” actually stand for? A lot of people think it’s an abbreviation for “save ...

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 ...

Did you know that when the International Radio Telegraphic Convention of 1906 first adopted SOS as a universal Morse code distress signal (three dots, three dashes, three dots, with no spaces ...

But they said they had seen photographs showing the distress signal taken at the time the pair ran into trouble. "We can see from the photo that it's the same location and the same SOS," Senior ...

The family activated the Emergency SOS via satellite feature on their iPhone for help, and the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office received their distress signal at 7:30 p.m. The family had set off ...

“Once a hiker hits the SOS button in the app or his emergency ... Signal Radar’s technology can detect distress signals from the HKSOS app in complex terrain or areas without cellular network ...