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 (Il STAT.] MILTILATERAL-TELECOMMINIICATINS-O(T. 2, 1947 (Chapter XV, art. 38, 39 RR) (950951) CHAPTER XV Radiotelegrams ARTICLE 38 Order of Priority of Communications in the Mobile Service 950 The order of priority of communications in the mobile service is as follows: 1st Distress calls, distress messages and distress traffic. 2nd Communications preceded by the urgency sig- nal. 3rd Communications preceded by the safety signal. 4th Communications relative to radio direction- finding bearings. 5th Radiotelegrams relative to the navigation and safe movement of aircraft. 6th Radiotelegrams relative to the navigation, movements, and needs of ships; weather ob- servation messages destined for an official meteorological service. 7th Government radiotelegrams for which priority right has been claimed. 8th Service radiotelegrams relating to the working of the radiocommunication service or to radio- telegrams previously transmitted. 9th All other communications. ARTICLE 39 Indication of the Station of Origin of Radiotelegrams 951 §1. When, because of duplication of names, the name of a station is followed by its call sign, the latter is separated 1925

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