Furuno FS-5070 manual Distress Operations

Displays number of seconds to continue pressing the DISTRESS button to transmit the distress alert.

The display changes as below. It takes about 40 to 60 seconds to transmit the distress alert, and the number of seconds until transmission is completed is shown at the bottom of the

display. At this time the output power

Distress alertof the radiotelephone is

message in progress!automatically set to maximum.

NATURE: UNDESIGNATED

POS: 12°34.0000N 123°45.0000E AT 12:34

TELEPHONE 2182.0 kHz

4. DISTRESS OPERATIONS

4.1.1Sending distress alert by DISTRESS button, nature of distress not specified

1.Open the DISTRESS button cover and press and hold down the DISTRESS button more than four seconds. The button flashes in red and the buzzer sounds rapidly. The display shows the contents of the distress alert call: your ship’s nature of distress, position, time and the DSC frequency over which the alert has been transmitted.

The number of seconds to continue pressing the DISTRESS button appear at the bottom of the display. The buzzer sounds continuously and the lamp in the button lights when the button has been pressed four seconds. You can release the button at that time.

Nature of Distress Position, Time

DSC Frequency used to transmit the distress alert

Distress button pressed!

	NATURE: UNDESIGNATED
POS: 12°34.0000 N
	123°45.0000E	AT 12:34
TELEPHONE		2182.0 kHz
DSC FREQ :		2187.5kHz

KEEP PRESSED FOR 2S

DSC FREQ :	2187.5 kHz
TIME TO GO :	38S

Time to go until distress

alert is completely transmitted.

After the distress alert has been sent, the display changes as below and the audio alarm is stopped. Wait to receive the distress acknowledge call from a coast station, which usually takes 1 to 2 min 45 seconds. (The DISTRESS button remains lit until the equipment receives the distress acknowledge call from a coast station.) When waiting the distress acknowledge, the timer counts down the number of minutes before next retransmission, from 3.5 to 4.5 minutes, randomly set.

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