Kane County Standard | 1934-11-09 | Page 4 | SOS to be Replaced by other Letters

SOS to be replaced by other letters the lamillar distress signal SOS BOS Is to bo be replaced by a continUO ILS tillious series of the iho letter vj T that that it at a time of emergency it would bo be easier for rad radiomen lomen to send out it a continuous borlis of tho the loiter letter T Is it series of dashes than 08 which its as la is well known consists of 0 three lots dots three dashes three dots lyllae made the alio change really necessary however was the adoption of the matl dis distress treis signal ignal receiver chich will only inter rcpt a long regular flow of dashes entirely ignoring everything avory thing else lit in the ether the object la Is to aboa in with distress ines messages sages liy by extraneous inetter such ay as at and broadcasting which disguise tile tho SOS