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As incorporated in RR-2016

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Recommendation ITU-R M.1172-0

Mandatory (1995)

Miscellaneous abbreviations and signals to be used for radiocommunications in the maritime mobile service

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Version history

Version evolution

The number in each cell (e.g. −9) is the Recommendation's revision number — the “-9” in ITU-R M.585-9, not a negative value. So −8 → −9 means the binding reference moved from the 8th to the 9th revision.

RR-2008 -0
RR-2012 -0
RR-2016 -0
RR-2020 -0
RR-2024 -0

Incorporated into the RR by

RR provisions, footnotes and Resolutions that incorporate this Recommendation

Provision

19.48

Bands and services are derived from the footnotes of the Radio Regulations as they stand, so they are shown only on the edition in force.

Scope

there is a need to describe miscellaneous abbreviations and signals to be used in the maritime mobile service,

Recommends

  1. that the use of miscellaneous abbreviations and signals for radiocommunications in the maritime mobile service be in accordance with Annex 1.

Source: ITU Radio Regulations, editions of 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024. The English, French and Spanish texts are each taken from the official edition in that language, not translated from one another. Sources and citation.