Goto Section: 80.321 | 80.323 | Table of Contents

FCC 80.322
Revised as of October 1, 2019
Goto Year:2018 | 2020
  § 80.322   Form of acknowledgement.

   (a) The acknowledgement of receipt of a radiotelegraph distress message
   is transmitted in the following form:

   (1) The distress signal SOS;

   (2) The call sign of the station sending the distress message, sent
   three times;

   (3) The word DE;

   (4) The call sign of the station acknowledging receipt, sent three
   times;

   (5) The group RRR;

   (6) The message signal SOS.

   (b) The acknowledgement of receipt of a radiotelephone distress message
   is transmitted in the following form:

   (1) The distress signal MAYDAY;

   (2) The call sign or other identification of the station sending the
   distress message, spoken three times;

   (3) The words THIS IS;

   (4) The call sign or other identification of the station acknowledging
   receipt, spoken three times;

   (5) The word RECEIVED;

   (6) The distress signal MAYDAY.

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Goto Section: 80.321 | 80.323

Goto Year: 2018 | 2020
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