Re: [IRCA] SOS in Morse code on the radio today

[Charles A Taylor <MWDXer@xxxxxxx>]

At 06:43 PM 7/31/2007 -0600, you wrote:
>I was surprised when the broadcast I was listening to today was
>interrupted by several rounds of SOS in Morse code. Turned out to be the
>beginning of an e-Surance spot. It starts out with about 10 seconds of
>code and no other audio. At the end they also mentioned a web site with
>SOS in the address. I can imagine the surprise of someone DXing late at
>night on a noisy channel and hearing just the SOS punch through the
>background noise!
>
>Patrick Griffith, Westminster CO
>Broadcast Technician
>NRC Broadcasting - Denver
>http://community.webtv.net/N0NNK/
>http://community.webtv.net/AM-DXer/
>

Patrick,

It is/was illegal to send a false "mayday" or "SOS," or other
emergency signal.

Of course, they don't know this, but I believe the FCC R&Rs
have that explicitly stated.

Charles



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