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<big>Pulled from: William Breniman's 1929 article:</big><br>
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<font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font size="+1">One more item of
interest
that might be Mentioned in closing is that at the time of the <i><b>Titanic</b>
</i>disaster there were only four radio equipped American ships, each
carrying
one operator at a salary of $45.00 per month. These were the SS. <b><i>St.
Paul</i></b><i>, </i>SS. St. <i><b>Louis</b>, </i>SS.<i> <b>Philadelphia</b>
</i>and SS. <i><b>New York</b>.</i></font></font><br>
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<big>I am not sure what $45.00 per month in 1912 works out to in
today's dollars. Then there was the cost of the equipment. Just saying.<br>
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To paraphrase Mark Twain (who said be was channeling Benjamin
Disraeli): <i>"There are decisions and damned decisions." </i><br>
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jsquared</big><br>
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On 2014-04-18 21:13, Andrew Mercer wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:56aa1abef5de316d17f7ea81ed296500@andrewmercer.net"
type="cite">This year is the anniversary of the Newfoundland sealing
disaster of 1914 where due to lack of advanced communication, 132 men
were stranded on the ice in the middle of the Atlantic for more than 48
hours. 78 of these men perished before they could be rescued.
Apparently at the time, radios on ships were recommended but not
required and due to the cost, the ships involved with stranding these
men, did not equip their ships with them.
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Newfoundland#1914_Newfoundland_Sealing_Disaster">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Newfoundland#1914_Newfoundland_Sealing_Disaster</a>
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Andrew Mercer
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.andrewmercer.net">www.andrewmercer.net</a>
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On 2014-04-16 13:30, John Johnson wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">Prompted by another discussion about RF
technology, I thought I would,
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somewhat close to the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic,
<br>
mention the impact the event had on the adoption of Radio technology.
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And on Search and Rescue in the North Atlantic and, as well, on
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hazards caused by icebergs in the same area.
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