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NICHOLLS'S SEAMANSHIP AND NAUTICAL KNOWLEDGE

when morsed is repeated by the receiving ship and acknowledged by
the transmitting ship making C, meaning correct, before carrying on
with the next group.

Component
F
Transmitting ship makes
Receiving ship makes

Call
A A A A A A etc.
TTTTT etc.

Break sign
Wr
iT?

PRB
PRB

C

Coded
KMO
EMC

message
C

AAG F
AACF

G

Ending
AR
R

Example 2.—Coded Message as Morsed*
The signalling of the message in Example 2 would appear in Morse
in tie following order, the signals in brackets being those of the receiving
ship.
A A A A A A Ts
BT BT PRB PR
B C K M C KM G ,
MM mmmf MM w MM • MM « MM MM MM MM • MM • (mmt m MM MM MM MM m MM m]
C A A 0 F A A C F .
<7 AR R
MM • MM • m MM M MM • (m MM M)
Call (Answer) Break sign (Break sign) PRB "International
Code of Signals" (P R B) Correct K M C "Owners have agreed to
discharge cargo ^(KMG) Correct AAOF "Aden" (A A GF
Correct Ending (Received)