Furuno FM-8700 manual Wait for relay ack

For All Ships Call only

(When selecting "R/A" in call type.)

(from previous page)

DISTRESS RELAY ALL Dist ship ID:

* Call in progress *

DISTRESS RELAY ALL

(Distress ship ID appears on second line.)

(Transmitting distress relay to all ships/coast station.)

Distress alert transmitted (relayed) for about 3 seconds.

Returns to standby display.

Watch on CH16, following instructions of a coast station.

Only for individual Call

(When selecting R/S in call type.)

* Wait for relay ack *					Wait for relay ack
Dist:			4.8	min	screen
ID of vessel
in distress		Counts down from
		five minutes.			If acknowledged within
					five min., press the
	If not acknowledged,				[ENT] key
					successively to view
* No ack call received *					contents of receive
					message from coast
					station.

Watch on CH16, following instructions of a coast station.

Press the [CANCEL] key to return to the standby display. Then, relay distress call by all ships call, contact coast station, and search and rescue vessel in distress.

After relaying the alert, you must conduct search and rescue for the vessel in distress, following instructions of coast station.

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