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  1. T

    Any differences in design of Olympic and Titanic's wireless rooms

    If this has been answered elsewhere, I apologize- Im wondering- were the Titanic and Olympic's wirless rooms, and adjoining silent rooms, etc, identical in design at the time of the Titanic sinking; or did these rooms differ due to modifications on the Titanic? The wireless room on Olympic...
  2. T

    The couple that visted the wireless shack near the end

    According to Bride's testimony, not long before he and Phillips abandoned the cabin, a couple came into the wireless shack, and he gave the woman a glass of water. Was this woman Rosa Abbott? Thanks and regards Tarn Stephanos
  3. J

    Amerika Wireless Message

    Urgh I am work without my notes and am desperately trying to remember what happened to the wireless from the Amerika can anyone help before I drive myself crazy with this (Am actually very ashamed I cannot remember lol)
  4. L

    Did the Wireless Operators Know

    This is a question I have been wondering about for some time, and one for which I have never come up with an answer: Did Titanic's radio operators know there was a mystery ship 10 miles away, and did they try to contact it? Were they aware that the Californian should have been nearby or did...
  5. R

    Wireless Messages

    Dear All, Maybe I'm just late or slack but the URL below to the Marconi archive site is a new one to me. There are many, many messages to & from Titanic's people that I've never heard of and certainly never seen. The page allows you to view images of the actual messages and print them. Apart...
  6. M

    Carpathia Apprentice Wireless Operator

    Does anyone know about an apprentice wireless operator who was aboard the Carpathia with Cottam when the Titanic message came through?
  7. M

    Wireless questions help needed

    Hey all! I would really appreciate it if anyone had ANY knowledge concerning these questions: 1. Did Jack Phillips and Harold Bride know each other before boarding the Titanic at Belfast? I have read that they didn't and then again that they had been friends since 1911, when Carpathia...
  8. Tracy Smith

    Wireless question

    Can anyone tell me how the ship ID letters were devised for wireless transmission: MGY, MWL, MKC, and the like. Was this done by the Marconi company or by the shipping lines themselves? They were obviously not completely random, as I suspect the "M" indicated that the ship was of British...
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