Distress

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Note: You must set the user MMSI in order to send a Distress call. Please see the POLARIS Owner’s Manual on page 40 to set the MMSI.

This feature will allow you to transmit a Distress call.

1.In order to transmit a Distress call, press and hold DISTRESS for

5 seconds. Then, the following screen appears and select SEND or CANCEL. If you select CANCEL, the display returns to the channel display screen.

2.Press H/L/SELECT to send.

3.The Distress call is transmitted and it waits for about 210 - 270 seconds. This is continued internally . The transceiver alert will be sounding, and it also "shadow-watches" for a transmission between CH16 and CH70 until an acknowledgment signal is received from the Coast Guard shore station.

4.To cancel the Distress call, press H/L/SELECT.

5.When the WHAM receives a Distress call, the following screen appears. If an acknowledgment is not received, the Distress call is repeated until an acknowledgment is received from the Coast Guard shore station.

DISTRESS

SEND 70 CANCEL

DISTRESS ACK

WAITING

CANCEL

DISTRESS

06/15 10:30A 70

JUNE BRAWLEY FIRE

Note: If the POLARIS receives a Distress call, it will also be displayed on the WHAM LCD display. An emergency alert will sound. The name will be displayed if it is the name registered in the directory. Otherwise, sender’s MMSI is displayed. Latitude, longitude, and time information will also be displayed only on the POLARIS, if the GPS module is carried in the vessel that transmitted a DSC Distress call.