Furuno FM-8800D Sending Distress Relay on Behalf of a Ship in Distress, Coast ID Routine, Channel

2. DSC DISTRESS COMMUNICATION

2.6Sending Distress Relay on Behalf of a Ship in Distress

When you should relay a distress alert

You may relay a distress alert in the following conditions:

1)When the station in distress is not itself in a position to transmit the distress message, or

2)When the master or person responsible for the vessel not in distress, or the person responsible for the coast station, considers that further help is necessary.

DO NOT press the DISTRESS key to relay a distress alert; it is for use when own vessel is in distress.

2.6.1Sending distress relay to coast station

1. Press the CALL key. The [Compose message] screen appears.

** Compose Message **

CALL TYPE : COAST CALL

COAST ID : 00

ROUTINE

TCmd1 : SIMPLEX TP

TCmd2 : NO INFO

CHANNEL : 10

2.Press the ENT key. The CALL TYPE selection window appears.

3.Rotate the CH knob￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿(or￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿press￿￿￿￿up / down arrow￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿key)￿￿￿to￿￿￿￿￿choose RELAY SEL.

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