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In charge was 25 year old John (Jack) G. Phillips (left), with 21 year old Harold Bride (right) as the deputy or second R/O.
Titanic's Radio Call sign.-MGY
Titanic was assigned the call sign MUC in January 1912. Some time after January, Titanic's call sign was changed to MGY - this was previously assigned to the US vessel Yale.
As the dominant marine radio company of the time, Marconi allocated their own call signs, most of which began with the letter M - these basically identified a Marconi installation, regardless of its location or the country of registration of the vessel in which it was installed.
Call sign allocation was eventually standardized at the London radio conference of 1912 (post Titanic), with prefixes being allocated on an international basis. UK coast stations and ships thenceforth used the letters G or M as the first letter of their call signs. US ships and stations used K, N and W, German stations and ships used D, Italians I, French F, etc.
In the 36 hours between leaving Southampton and the collision, the Titanic's R/O's received and sent 250 passenger telegrams.
Titanic
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These books were printed in 1912
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#48 ELLSWORTH, Charles B. ex W1TU, W2TQ. "Charley" b.30 Nov 1892. sk 1968. 1st 2 way 1908. Started with the Canadian Marconi Co., in 1911 Was one of the operators at Cape Race, Newfoundland, MCR, when the RMS Titanic sank on April 14th 1912. The CQD from MGY, the Titanic was heard off Cape Race and traffic was handled. During WW1 he was Chief Radioman at NBD, Bar Harbour, Maine. He received a letter of commendation from the President Wilson for traffic handing with the USS George Washington, July 1919, when the President was aboard.
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This sheet music was written 1912 in memory of the Titanic disaster.
