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The "mayday" procedure word was conceived as a distress call in the early 1920s by Frederick Stanley Mockford, officer-in-charge of radio at Croydon Airport, England.He had been asked to think of a word that would indicate distress and would easily be understood by all pilots and ground staff in an emergency.
A Mayday message consists of the word "mayday" spoken three times in succession, which is the distress signal, followed by the distress message, which should include: Name of the vessel or ship in distress; Its position (actual, last known, or estimated expressed in lat/long or in distance/bearing from a specific location)
Fishermen rely on mayday calls for emergency help at sea —know how to make one when needed.
Radio silence can be used in nautical and aeronautical communications to allow faint distress calls to be heard (see Mayday). In the latter case, the controlling station can order other stations to stop transmitting with the proword "Seelonce Seelonce Seelonce". (The word uses an approximation of the French pronunciation of the word silence ...
Mayday is used internationally as the official SOS/distress call for voice. It means that the caller, their vessel or a person aboard the vessel is in grave and imminent danger, send immediate assistance. This call takes priority over all other calls. [14] The correct format for a Mayday call is as follows:
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Emergency traffic, clear the channel. CB code for Mayday for trucks and police cars. 3s and 8s Well wishes to a fellow driver. Borrowed from amateur radio telegraphy codes "73" (best regards) and "88" (hugs and kisses). 10-36 The correct time ("Can I get a 10-36?"). 10-41 Driver is signing on or changed the channel on their radio. 10-42