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Which radio call signals a very urgent safety message that is less serious than a MAYDAY?

PAN PAN, said three times.

  1. PAN PAN ✔
  2. SECURITE
  3. ROGER

Why: PAN PAN signals a very urgent message about the safety of a vessel or person. It outranks everything except a MAYDAY. Save MAYDAY for grave and imminent danger.

Huh, didn't know that: SECURITE, also said three times, warns of a navigation safety or weather message.

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Sources

  1. 47 CFR 80.327 Urgency signals and messages https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-80/subpart-G/section-80.327
  2. 47 CFR 80.327 Urgency signals and messages https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-80/subpart-G/section-80.327
  3. 47 CFR 80.329 Safety signals and messages https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-80/subpart-G/section-80.329

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