Question

the wireless ship act of 1910 required all u.s. ocean-going ships to be installed with radios. what did the act fail to require until after the infamous titanic sunk in 1912?

Answer 1

The act did not allocate radio frequencies, and as a result, interference over the airwaves remained a major problem in wireless communications. It also did not mandate the priority of distress and aid calls from the sea, nor did it require that radio operators be licensed, additionally, it failed to address the practical problem of how one radio operator on a ship could monitor radio transmissions at all times. As a result of these flaws, the 1910 law spurred numerous bills in Congress between its enactment and the sinking of the Titanic in April 1912.