Scotty wrote:
the distress signal (...---...) came first, after the
original distress signal (CQD[?]) was deemed to be too
confusing.

Correct Scotty.... they were selected to indicate a distress because,
in Morse code, these letters and their combination create an
unmistakable sound pattern.

It just so happens that the signal represented
SOS. It was later that someone coined the Save Our Ship
phrase. This was on the History Channel a while ago.

Scotty



"Joe" wrote in message
ups.com...
Is that were SOS came from? or was it save our souls?

Joe