On Apr 20, 10:23*pm, Andy Hawkins wrote:
Hi,

In article ,
* * * * * wrote:

A relayed Mayday is likely to be on there too, from memory the call is:

Mayday mayday mayday, G-ABCD have intercepted Mayday from G-WXYZ, I say
again, G-WXYZ.

Nope, your memeory is quite confused. *"I say again" sounds like
Hollywood R/T.

I should probably have made it more clear that I'm in the UK.

Here's CAP413, the definitive guide for R/T in the UK

The relayed Mayday is on page 139.

'I say again' is used in a number of place I seem to remember. The other one
that springs to mind is when ATC instruct an aircraft to abort take off.


Well it's completely redundent, a waste of time and could be confused
with "say again". All you need to do is just repeat the message!
What's I find strange is that the stated format of the mayday ralay
does not follow international conventions. I wonder who wrote it?

This is how it should be:

Mayday relay, mayday relay, mayday relay, (station 3x), Received
mayday (distress station) (distress message reproduced), mayday

Cheers