Furuno FELCOM 12 manual Distress Communications, Mayday Mayday Mayday Name is, Need Help

Distress Communications

The distress alert provides the minimum distress reporting require- ments: own vessel’s ID, speed, course, L/L position and nature of distress. After receiving the distress alert acknowledgment and you are not pressed for time you may send detailed information as fol- lows:

1.Press [F1] followed by [Enter] to display the editor screen.

2.Prepare distress communication message. Figure 6-7 shows a sample distress message.

MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY

THE NAME IS	Ship’s name
I NEED HELP	: Type of assistance required

Figure 6-7 Sample distress message

3.Press [F3].

4.Press [Enter]. The screen should look something like Figure 6-8. The cursor is on the Priority line.

Transmit

<[1] UNTITLED1>

				Transmit Message
	Priority		Normal
	Message File		Message now being edited		Size	63
	Station Name
	Destination Type		TELEX
	Prefix Code
	Country/Ocean Code
	Station ID
	Modem Type
----	Address
	Subject
	Attach File
	LES ID
	Option
	[ TRANSMIT	]

Figure 6-8 Transmit message screen

5. Press [Enter] to open the selection window.

6. Press [

/

] to select “Distress”.

7. Press [Enter] to close the selection window.

8. Press [

/

] to go the LES ID line.

9.Press [Enter] to open the LES list.

10.Select the LES where the distress alert was transmitted.

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