Thursday 21st August 2025
    Difficulty: Hard

    Mayday Mayday (#1,007)

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    "Mayday" is an emergency procedure word used to signal a life-threatening emergency in radio communications. 

    1. The "mayday" procedure word was conceived as a distress call in the early 1920s, for use with which form of transportation?

    2. How should you start a "mayday" call on a marine VHF radio?

    3. What phrase will the Coastguard use to request that the channel be kept clear during the mayday call?

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