As part of its 2018 Guest Speaker Series, The Fair Lawn Amateur Radio Club September program featured a look back at an overlooked part of radio history virtually unknown on this side of the Atlantic Ocean. The embedded video is abridged, and the Production Rights and Copyright belong to Discovery Channel, 1998; it is HERE for its Educational Significance and documentation of History. It is of the QRT (Going SIlent & Secured) of CW (Morse Code) 500 KHz (Wireless Telegraphy) on the UK airways and surrounding Ground Stations. It includes pictures, images and original message document transmitted by the TITANIC.

What did early radio sound like? Our speaker starts with the history of the 500kHz system and the early Marconi stations. The discussion includes some interesting ships and examples of distress communications. The program concludes with the actual final CW transmissions between English, Irish and other European stations. The presentation includes both visuals and video to help tell the story of this aspect of early radio communication.

Now retired, Dr. Cohen works to establish ham radio related programs with school children, the Emergency Response Team established with NPARC, communications and space programs at elementary and high schools in New Jersey, and organizing communications for public events such as street fairs, road races, OEM exercises, Ham Radio summer camps, and others.

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