wireless

Would it be possible to create / use wireless drones to explore the interior of the wreck? Clearly, size and power management would be important, and I am assuming that the images and other data collected would only be available when the drone returned to the mothership. Presumably, with the...

It has been suggested in an (admittedly poor quality) book that I am reading that John Phillips and John Durrant knew each other. Is there evidence to back up that claim? To see if it was true, I've been searching Google, but at this point have been unable to find anything. You may know more on...

Could Marconi's wireless transmissions have caused an additional deviation in the ship's compass, more than the usual north south, east west deviation? The reason I ask is, I came across testimony during the British Wreck Commissioner's Inquiry, where it was briefly mentioned that the ship's...

Seems like a losing proposition for a tramp steamer like Californian to even have a Marconi station. They had no passengers to generate message revenue on the Titanic incident voyage, and even if they had passengers the max amount was 47, and that 47 would not be high rollers who could afford to...

Seems like it would have made sense to have one Marconi operator and room just for passenger messages and a separate Marconi operator and room on the bridge for navigation messages. "Mixing" nonsense passenger vanity messages with navigation messages was a terrible and insane idea that played a...

Hi! I'm working on a novel, and I was wondering if there was any situation in which the marconi operators, specifically Phillips, would interact with the first class passengers? I know the marconi room was very close to the first class entrance, but I don't know how the hallways were structured...

In the "Last signals" film that Tom Lynskey made a few years back, Harold Bride tries to climb through the skylight via a ladder. Did they actually have a ladder in the wireless room, or is it just creative license?

Back in the day, Cunard ships also included amateur "ham" radio equipment, and any licensed amateur radio operator could operate the amateur radio equipment upon showing their government-issued license. Queen Mary 1 has the station onboard and it was operational until the ship was closed to the...

When the Titanic sank, the wireless operator aboard the only nearby ship dozed through its distress calls. But Cyril Evans, who manned the telegraph equipment on the SS Californian, could not have saved the victims of the sinking, expert analysis has concluded...

I'm a new member and maybe just haven't figured out how to best use this (incredible) site. I'm writing a manuscript for a children's book. I have found multiple sources that sort of interpret the radio calls to/from the Titanic. However, I need to find a reliable source stating the actual...

Hi! A question I have is, how does everything in the Marconi Room, work? The purpose of each equipment? What is the purpose of the Silent Room? I know some stuff, like the Panel with the handles, they cranked the power up when Titanic was losing power. But how does it work? Jack Phillips and...

It is well known that at 11:07 on Sunday 14th April 1912, Cyril Evans, the wireless operator of the Californian sent the following message to the Titanic: “MGY this is MWL. We are stopped and surrounded by ice.” Phillips on Titanic was busy working Cape Race (MCE) at the time, and told Evans...

It seems exceedingly hard to locate sources for these two particulars when it comes to Britannic. For the other two we have: Olympic: signal letters HSRP, callsign MKC Titanic: signal letters HVMP, callsign MGY Does anyone know what Britannic’s callsign and signal letters were?

I found this while I was metal detecting in Scotland. It's a Marconi Wireless Telegraph Operators Button. Appears to be in Gold Gilt? Dug up about 6 inches depth in some woodland where I also found a lot of WWI relics. The loop is intact and it is in great condition considering it is an original.

Were "Q Codes" in use by Marconi Operators in 1912 ? There was a discussion about the use of "DDD" and "QRT" previously. As I interpret it, "DDD", as Phillips sent it, meant "To Californian ! YOU stop sending immediately ! I am working Cape Race !" Evans received the "DDD" and there was no...

I saw that Phillips and Bride were sometimes (including in this sub-forum title) referred to as Wireless "Officers". But in fact, were they treated on par with the ship's other officers? For example, how did their accommodation compare? Did they eat with the ship's officers? What toilet...

Thanks to the invention of the modern wireless telegraph the Titanic was able to send about Menssagens oceando to other ship for help the night of the wreck. The letters were known more distress call CQD and SOS letters with these five letters were to assistecia ship of the Titanic. The Baltic...

Did the wireless officers ever send any speed updates or messages about getting to New York early over the wireless?

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I have a question that I cant remember the answer to and Ive searched for a few mins with no luck for the answer on here. I am looking for what Hz Titanic`s wireless system operated on as in the signal output that other ships would have heard. I thought it was 50 or 60 but when I tried it in...