Three dots, three dashes, three dots - the world’s most recognized distress signal. But what’s the real story behind “SOS”?

The term SOS is one of the most well-known distress signals used around the world. You might have seen it in movies, on ships, or even in emergency messages, but many people are not aware of what SOS ...

SPRINGFIELD - It is perhaps the most readily recognizable Morse code message. Dot-dot-dot, dash-dash-dash, dot-dot-dot. The three dots, dashes and dots mean SOS, or send help. But Samuel F.B. Morse's ...

Technically “SOS,” doesn’t officially stand for any of these phrases. It’s the international abbreviation for distress—not to be confused with an acronym (see acronym vs. abbreviation for the ...

It may be the ultimate SOS. Morse code is in distress. The language of dots and dashes has been the lingua franca of amateur radio, a vibrant community of technology buffs and hobbyists who have ...

Q: All my life, I thought SOS stood for Save Our Ship, but someone recently told me it’s not an acronym for anything. What is it then? Bernie Delinski writes Just Ask, which runs Wednesdays in the ...

A century-old hobby filled with dots and dashes is embroiled in a debate about its future and what level of training should be expected of those called on to help during local and national emergencies ...

A Federal Communications Commission proposal will modernize the maritime distress and safety system and phase out the use of Morse code. The new system will change international distress ...