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What international radio signal is used a distressed call?

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What international radio signal is used a distressed call?

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  1. mayday


  2. may day  for radio

    sos     for telegraph

  3. I'm pretty sure that the Russian term - Mayday - is the correct answer.

  4. S.O.S.

    SOS is the commonly used description for the International Morse code distress signal (· · · — — — · · ·). This distress signal was first adopted by the German government in radio regulations effective April 1, 1905, and became the worldwide standard when it was included in the second International Radiotelegraphic Convention, which was signed on November 3, 1906, and became effective on July 1, 1908.

    From the beginning, the SOS distress signal has actually consisted of a continuous sequence of three-dits/three-dahs/three-dits, all run together without letter spacing. In International Morse Code, three dits form the letter S, and three dahs make the letter O, so "SOS" became an easy way to remember the correct order of the dits and dahs. In modern terminology, SOS is a "procedural signal" or "prosign", and the formal way to write it with a bar above the letters, i.e. SOS.

    Previous to SOS was CQD.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CQD

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