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Cancelling a Distress Call Made in Error
I f you should send a Distress Call in error, you should make an announcement as soon as possible that the distress situation does not exist.
1.Immediately power off the radio to cancel the Distress Call.
2.Power the radio back on and set to channel 16.
3.Make a broadcast to all stations giving your ship’s name, call sign and MMSI number and cancel the false distress alert.
Sample Announcement to Cancel a Distress Call Made in Error:
“All Stations, All Stations, All Stations. This is NAME, CALL SIGN, MMSI NUMBER, POSITION. Cancel my distress alert of DATE, TIME, NAME, CALL SIGN.”
Receiving a Distress Call
The Ray54 receives distress messages sent by another vessel and/or acknowledgments (ACK) sent by a coast station to another vessel in distress. The radio also receives distress relays. In such cases you should maintain radio silence and a listening watch on channel 16 and standby to lend assistance if requested.
When a Distress Call is received, the Ray54 automatically tunes to channel 16 and sounds the Distress Alarm Tone. (If you have disabled automatic channel changing, as described on page 78, you are first prompted whether to accept the call.)
➤To silence the alarm:
Press any key. Automatic alarm cancellation takes place after 2 minutes.
Two alternating screens appear in the display. When position data and time is included within the signal, it is displayed on the first screen in the text area of the LCD. If invalid GPS or Time data is received, the lat/lon position shows ‘9’ in all digits and the time shows all ‘8’s. The second screen shows the nature of the distress and the time it was sent. The 2 alternating pages of data are recorded in the Distress Call Log.
Maintain radio silence and a listening watch on channel 16 and standby to lend assistance if requested.