Jack Binns - hero of the high seas

BBC news carries a report on the Jack Binns CQD centenary.

The news item says
"A Peterborough man is being feted as a hero 100 years after making the first distress call from sea. Jack Binns's determination and skill saved the lives of 1,500 people and could have had a dramatic effect on the Titanic disaster."

Read the full BBC story at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cambridgeshire/content/articles/2009/
01/21/jack_binns_hero_feature.shtml

Peterborough and District Amateur Radio Club (PADARC)
Operating times for GB0JRB (Jack Robinson Binns)
http://www.radioclubs.net/padarc/
articles.php?articles_id=371

Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society (CARS)
Operating times for GB0MWT (Marconi Wireless Telegraph)
http://www.g0mwt.org.uk/

'CQD' Jack Binns and the sinking of the RMS Republic
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/january2009/
cqd_jack_binns.htm

Jack Binns
http://www.jackbinns.org/