3.DISTRESS OPERATIONS

3.1Sending Distress Alert

3.1.1Sending distress alert by DISTRESS button

GMDSS ships carry a DSC terminal with which to transmit the distress alert in the event of a life endangering situation onboard ship. A coast station receives the distress alert and sends the distress alert acknowledge message to the ship in distress. Then, voice or telex communications between the ship in distress and coast station begins, via the radiotelephone.

Transmission of the distress alert and receiving of distress alert acknowledgement are completely automatic - simply press the [DISTRESS] button to initiate the sequence.

1.Open the DISTRESS button cover and press and hold down the [DISTRESS] button more than three 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 and position, time, and DSC frequency used to transmit the alert.

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 three seconds. You can release the button at that time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distress button

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pressed!

 

 

Nature of Distress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NATURE: UNDESIGNATED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Position, Time

 

 

 

POS: 12˚34N 123˚45E AT 12:34

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TELEPHONE

2182.0 KHZ

 

DSC Distress

 

 

 

DSC FREQ :

2187.5 KHZ

 

 

 

 

Frequency used

 

 

KEEP PRESSED FOR 3S

 

to transmit the

 

 

 

 

 

distress alert

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

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Furuno RC-1500-1T manual Sending Distress Alert, Sending distress alert by Distress button
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