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 Raniornmenarmo CONVENTION. Jem 5, 1912. 1727 ARTICLE XXVIII. 1. As soon as the coastal station has a.nswered, the shipboard sta- bfh”“““·¤¤*¤*°"”“P tion shall furnish it with the follo data in case it has messages to transmit; such data shall like furnished upon request from the coastal station: (a) The approximate distance, in nautical miles, of the vessel from the coastal station; (b) The position of the vessel indicated in a concise form and adapted to the circumstances of the case; (c) Her next ort of call; (d) The numger of radiograms, if they are of normal length, or the number of words, if the messages are unusuall long. The speed of the ship in nautical miles shall algo be given if specially requested by the coastal station. 2. The coastal station shall answer stating, as provided in para- F¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¥·¤¤•¤· graph 1, either the number of radiograms or the number of words to be transmitted to the ship, and also the order of transmission. 3. If the transmission can not take place immediately, the coastal D¤i¤¥°d¤¤¤"*¤¤· station shall inform the station on s ipboard of the approximate length of time that it will be necessary to wait. 4. If a shipboard station caHed can not receive for the moment, it shall inform the station calling of the approximate length of time that it will be necess to wait. 5. In the exchangeudflmessages between two stations on shipboard, E¤¤¤¤¢¤· it shall fall to the station called to fix the order of transmission. Anrrcnn XXIX. When a. coastal station receives calls from several shipeboard sta- mgu¥§¤*·g,¥hg*¤¢ tions, it shall decide the order in which such stations shall admitted to exchange their messages. _ In Hxing this order the coastal station shall be guided exclusively by the necessit of permitting each station concerned to exchange the greatest possible number of radiograms. Anrronn XXX. · Before be ` the exchange of correspondence the coastal sta- P¤¤¤¤1¤¤*v¤¤¤|•· tion shall advise time shipboard station whether the transmission 18 to be effected in the alternate order or bi series (Article XXIII); it shall then begin the transmission or fo ow up the prelimmaries with the signal Z O _. Anrxcuz XXXI. The transmission of the radiogram shall be preceded by the signal ,,,g'I:“m’°°°‘ "'°" — O - O - and terminated by the signal • i • 1 • followed by the name of the sending station and by the signal O  _ In the case of a series of radiograms, the name of the sending station and the signal ¤-• • -·-· shall only be given at the en of the series. Anricnn XXXII. When a radiogram to be transmitted contains more than 40 words, L°’-‘¤ ""’”°'·*- the sending station shall interrupt the transmission by the signal • • - - • • after each series of about 20 words and shall not resume it until after it has obtained from the receiving station a