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A word meaning grave and imminent danger.
Also known as: Distress call
Sometimes confused with: M'aidez
The spoken radio distress signal, used three times to declare grave and imminent danger.
Declares grave and imminent danger requiring immediate assistance.
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Spoken three times because a single instance can be lost in noise or clipped by a transmitter, and the repetition also distinguishes a genuine call from the word appearing in ordinary speech.
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Ranked above pan-pan for urgency and sécurité for safety information, so the three words form a graded scale of the same kind as the racing flags and the sailing sound signals.
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The word spoken three times in succession at the head of the transmission, written in capital letters in a log, and followed by the station's identification.