Sec. 80.326  Notification of resumption of normal working.

    (a) When distress traffic has ceased, or when complete silence is no 
longer necessary on a frequency which has been used for distress 
traffic, the station which has controlled this traffic must transmit on 
that frequency a message addressed ``to all stations'' indicating that 
normal working may be resumed.
    (1) In radiotelegraphy, this message consists of:
    (i) The distress signal SOS;
    (ii) The call ``to all stations'' (CQ), sent three times;
    (iii) The word DE;

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    (iv) The call sign of the station sending the message;
    (v) The time of handing in the message;
    (vi) The name and call sign of the mobile station which was in 
distress;
    (vii) The service abbreviation QUM.
    (2) In radiotelephony, this message consists of:
    (i) The distress signal MAYDAY;
    (ii) The call ``Hello all stations'', spoken three times;
    (iii) The words THIS IS;
    (iv) The call sign or other identification of the station sending 
the message;
    (v) The time of handing in of the message;
    (vi) The name and call sign of the mobile station which was in 
distress;
    (vii) The words SEELONCE FEENEE OR PRU-DONCE.
    (b) Until they receive the foregoing message indicating that normal 
or limited working may be resumed, all stations which are aware of the 
distress traffic, and which are not taking part in it, are forbidden to 
transmit on the frequencies on which the distress traffic is taking 
place.