1.5Interpreting Call Displays

This paragraph provides the information necessary for interpreting receive and send calls.

1.5.1Receive calls

Below are sample distress and individual receive calls. Content of other receive calls is similar to that of the individual call.

Distress call

* Received message *

JUL-23-1999-23:59

ECC: OK

DISTRESS CALL

 

SHIP IN DIST:

123 56789

 

NATURE: UNDESIGNATED

POS: 12˚ 123˚ 5E AT 12:34

TELEPHONE

 

42182.0 KHZ

ANSWER34N

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALL VIEW

 

 

[ENT] to

 

 

 

 

5switch.

Date and time of message

ECC (Error Check Character): OK or NG (No Good) Category (Distress call)

Ship in Distress (ID No. of ship in distress)

Nature of Distress (Undesignated, Fire, Flooding,

Collision, Grounding, Listing, Sinking, Disable,

Abandoning, Piracy, Man Overboard, EPIRB emission) Position of ship in distress

Working frequency to use

5* Received message *

END OF SEQUENCE: EOS

 

 

End of sequence (EOS for distress)

 

 

ERROR-CHECK: OK

 

 

 

Error check (OK or NG)

 

 

 

DSC FREQUENCY

: 2187.5 KHZ

 

 

DSC frequency used to transmit distress call

 

 

GO TO EASY VIEW

or 6to switch.

* Received message *

FORMAT : DISTRESS

SELF-IDENTITY : 123456789

NATURE OF DISTRESS:

UNDESIGNATED DISTRESS

DISTRESS COORDINATES: 12˚34N 123˚45E AT 12:34

TELECOMMAND: J3E TELEPHONE 5

Format (distress)

ID no. of ship in distress

Nature of distress (problem with ship in distress, see above)

Distress coordinates (position of ship in distress)

Telecommand (class of emission)

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