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VHF Distress Call
- Set the radio channel to VHF 16 (156.800), high power
- Press microphone and speak your 'Distress' or 'Urgency' message slowly and clearly:
- MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY or PAN-PAN, PAN-PAN, PAN-PAN
- THIS IS... (name of vessel)
MAYDAY... (name of vessel, call sign & MMSI)
- MY POSITION IS...
- I AM... (having a medical emergency, sinking, on fire, overwhelmed on a lee shore, etc.)
I HAVE⦠(X persons onboard, any other relevant information such as availability of liferaft, injuries, etc.)
- WE PLAN TO... (put on life jackets, get into the liferaft with handheld VHF, light flares, drop anchor, motor towards X, etc.)
- OVER