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Radio English. Practical English 2. Day 12. Emergency Urgency Security/Safety Part Two! This topic will take three days. Review. MAYDAY is for grave and imminent danger .

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  1. Radio English Practical English 2

  2. Day 12 • Emergency • Urgency • Security/Safety • Part Two! This topic will take three days.

  3. Review • MAYDAY is for grave and imminent danger. • PAN-PAN (pronounced PAHN-PAHN) is for an urgentsituation. The ship is in danger, but it is not necessarily grave or imminent. • SECURITY (pronounced SAY-CU-RI-TAY) is for a saftey/security warning, such as meteorological events.

  4. New PROWORDS • MAYDAY RELAY • You hear the MAYDAY transmission, and you relay it to the Coast Guard • SILENCE MAYDAY • You demand radio silence due to the MAYDAY situation.

  5. MAYDAY RELAY • MAYDAY RELAY spoken 3 times. • ALL STATIONS or coast station name (as appropriate) spoken 3 times. • THIS IS…(your station’s name) spoken 3 times • The call sign of the distress vessel • Transmit original distress message as completely as possible

  6. MAYDAY RELAY example MAYDAY RELAY MAYDAY RELAY MAYDAY RELAY ALL STATIONS ALL STATIONS ALL STATIONS THIS IS BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRDBLACKBIRD SIX-NINER CHARLIE FOXTROT MAYDAY SWAMPER WHISKEY LIMA THREE THREETHREE HER POSITION IS TWO MILES ONE-TWO-SIX DEGREES TRUE FROM WINDY POINT THREE PERSONS ON BOARD SHE LOST POWER AND THE SEAS ARE ROUGH SHE IS A FOUR-TWO FOOT CABIN CRUISER WHITE HULL WITH BLUE TRIM SHE REQUESTS IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE – OVER.

  7. IMPOSING MAYDAY SILENCE • Repeat the interfering station’s call sign (or ALL STATIONS) three times • THIS IS (your call sign) • Transmit SILENCE MAYDAY three times • End with PROWORD “OUT” • Because NO ONE should answer.

  8. IMPOSING MAYDAY SILENCE example ALL STATIONS ALL STATIONS ALL STATIONS THIS IS BLACKBIRD SIX NINER CHARLIE FOXTROT SILENCE MAYDAY SILENCE MAYDAY SILENCE MAYDAY OUT

  9. LIFTING SILENCE MAYDAY • Speak MAYDAY 3 times • Address message to ALL STATIONS 3 times • THIS IS…(your call sign) • State TIME in ZULU • Name and call sign of distressed vessel • SILENCE FINISHED (pronounced SEE-LONCE FEE-NEE) • PROWORD “OUT” • We use OUT even though people can start talking again.

  10. LIFTING SILENCE MAYDAY example MAYDAY MAYDAYMAYDAY ALL STATIONS ALL STATIONS ALL STATIONS THIS IS BLACKBIRD SIX NINER CHARLIE FOXTROT TIME ONE-FIVE-ZERO-ZERO ZULU SWAMPER WHISKEY LIMA THREE THREETHREE SILENCE FINISHED SILENCE FINISHED SILENCE FINISHED OUT

  11. QUESTIONS? Next week is the last new lesson.

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