Icom IC-M505 instruction manual Push Distress for 5 sec. to transmit the distress call

When a GPS receiver (NMEA0183 ver. 2.0 or 3.01) is con-

nected, go to step y. Because the following steps (r and t; Current position/time programming) do not appear.

rThe position information appears. Set your position (lati- tude and longitude) data by rotating [CHANNEL].

•Push [16•C] or [DIAL•DUAL/GRP] to move the cursor forward or backward, respectively.

•Rotate [CHANNEL] to edit N; North latitude or S; South latitude when the cursor is on the ‘N’ or ‘S’ position, and W; West longi- tude or E; East longitude when the cursor is on the ‘W’ or ‘E’ po- sition.

•Push [CLR] for 1 sec. to clear the latitude/longitude data.

•Push [CLR] to cancel and return to the DSC menu.

--DSC Menu--

Input Position

Latitude

__°__.___N Null

Longitude

__°__.___W Null

<CLR 1sec˘Null Data>

<CLR˘Exit / ENT˘OK>

tAfter setting the position data, push [CHANNEL•ENTER] to set the current UTC time. Set the current UTC time by rotating [CHANNEL], then push [CHANNEL•ENTER].

•Push [16•C] or [DIAL•DUAL/GRP] to move the cursor forward or backward, respectively.

•Push [CLR] for 1 sec. to clear the UTC time data.

•Push [CLR] to cancel and return to the DSC menu.

DSC OPERATION 6

		--DSC Menu--
Input UTC Time
	_	_:__	Null
<CLR 1sec˘Null Data>
<CLR˘Exit / ENT˘OK>
y Push [DISTRESS] for 5 sec. to transmit the distress call.				6

• While pushing [DISTRESS], the key backlighting blinks.

uAfter transmitting the distress call, the transceiver waits for an acknowledgment call on Channel 70.

•The distress call is automatically transmitted every 3.5 to 4.5 min.

•After 2 sec., the transceiver is set to Channel 16 automatically.

Distress Call

TX Complete

Now Waiting for ACK

<CLR˘Cancel ACK>

25W INT

TAG

After 2 sec. Wait ACK

<CLR˘

Cancel ACK> CALLING

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