an_old_friend wrote:

wonder what they do with transmision "ayday...ayday
...ayday...b9wdy...lling...ayday" the dots being static, something liek
sorry ole boy we migh help you when you fix your radio

The first thing I'd notice is that there were no static dots in front of
the first "ayday". I'd thus assume that it was you, actually yelling
"adyday".

Indeed If truely stuck and needing help but with a big batery Id just
send ...---...--- and hope for the best at interavals as long that
battery would still make sparks but Dave and prehaps a good many other
MMM would not help me

Why not admit that you'd have no idea whether anyone was coming with
assistance since you couldn't read the response? It might help if you
mixed your distress call with information about your estimated position.
Then you and your big battery could hope for the best.

Dave K8MN