DSC Regulations

Item

Action initiated

Regulations

by:

 

 

 

 

 

Initiation of

Coast

With delay of 1 min to 2 3/4 min (2 min 45

acknowledgement of distress

 

sec) after receipt of distress call.

call transmitted on MF or HF

 

 

band.

 

 

 

 

 

Initiation of

Ship

Wait 3 min for distress acknowledge (DIST

acknowledgement of distress

 

ACK) signal from coast station.

call transmitted on MF or

 

 

VHF band.

 

3 minutes later

(When believing that no

 

 

coast station is likely to be

 

• First: by radiotelephone

able to acknowledge it.)

 

• Second: by DSC

 

 

(If acknowledgement by

 

 

radiotelephone is unsuccessful,

 

 

use DSC.)

 

 

 

Retransmission (Repetition)

Ship

At a random delay between 3 1/2 and 4 1/2

of distress alert (until

 

min from the first distress call.

acknowledged).

 

 

 

 

 

Distress relay call on HF

Ship

Wait 3 min for distress acknowledge (DIST

band

 

ACK) signal from coast station.

 

 

If no acknowledgement is received within 3

 

 

min, no disteress relay call from other ship

 

 

is received and no voice distress

 

 

communications from other station is

 

 

received, transmit a distress relay call to the

 

 

appopriate coast station.

 

 

 

Retransmission of Individual

Ship

Wait 5 min for acknowledgement (ACK

Call.

 

BQ) signal after transmission of individual

 

 

call (ACK RQ).

 

 

If no ACK BQ signal is received within 5

 

 

min, you may retransmit the message.

 

 

Then, wait 15 min for ACK BQ signal.

 

 

 

Reply to Individual Call.

Coast

With delay of 5 seconds to 4 1/2 min after

(ACK BQ transmission)

 

receipt of Individual Call.

 

 

 

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Furuno RC-1500-1T manual DSC Regulations

RC-1500-1T specifications

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