Goto Section: 80.313 | 80.317 | Table of Contents
FCC 80.314
Revised as of October 2, 2015
Goto Year:2014 |
2016
§ 80.314 Distress communications.
(a) The international radiotelephone distress signal consists of the word
MAYDAY, pronounced as the French expression “m'aider”.
(b) These distress signals indicate that a mobile station is threatened by
grave and imminent danger and requests immediate assistance.
(c) The radiotelephone distress call consists of:
(1) The distress signal MAYDAY spoken three times;
(2) The words THIS IS;
(3) The call sign (or name, if no call sign assigned) of the mobile station
in distress, spoken three times;
(4) Particulars of the station's position;
(5) The nature of the distress;
(6) The kind of assistance desired; and
(7) Any other information which might facilitate rescue, for example, the
length, color, and type of vessel, or number of persons on board.
(d) The procedures for canceling false distress alerts are contained in
§ 80.335.
[ 51 FR 31213 , Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 68 FR 46968 , Aug. 7, 2003; 73 FR 4485 , Jan. 25, 2008]
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Goto Section: 80.313 | 80.317
Goto Year: 2014 |
2016
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