Several vessels are at an anchorage. You wish to communicate with the vessel bearing 046°T from you but do not know the vessels call letters. Which flag hoist should NOT be used to establish communications?

Question

Several vessels are at an anchorage. You wish to communicate with the vessel bearing 046&deg;T from you but do not know the vessels call letters. Which flag hoist should NOT be used to establish communications?

Accepted Answer

Option C: RQ A046. International Code of Signals procedures dictate that signaling a specific bearing alongside an identity or call sign utilizes designated prefix groups; however, combining 'RQ' (meaning 'I should like to communicate with...') with a relative bearing 'A046' is improper syntax for flag hoists.

Several vessels are at an anchorage. You wish to communicate with the vessel bearing 046&deg;T from you but do not know the vessels call letters. Which flag hoist should NOT be used to establish communications?

Several vessels are at an anchorage. You wish to communicate with the vessel bearing 046°T from you but do not know the vessels call letters. Which flag hoist should NOT be used to establish communications?