13. Press the [CANCEL] key to silence the audio alarm, and the display below appears.

* Received message *

JUL-23-1999-23:59 ECC:OK

DISTRESS RELAY ACK

FROM COAST : 001234567

SHIP IN DIST : 123456789

NATURE : UNDESIGNATED

12° 34N 123° 45E AT 12:34

TELEPHONE 8414.5KHZ

GO TO ALL VIEW

Sending the distress acknowledge to ship in distress

Transmit the distress acknowledge signal to the ship in distress only when you do not receive it from a coast station and you are able to aid the ship in distress. First, transmit the distress acknowledge to the ship in distress by telephone. This will stop transmission of the distress alert.

1.The audio alarm sounds and the display shows the message "Distress call received." when your ship receives a distress call.

Distress

call received.

SHIP IN DIST:

123456789

NATURE: UNDESIGNATED

POS: 12˚34N 123˚45E AT 12:34

TELEPHONE

2182.0 KHZ

 

 

 

STOP ALARM

 

2. Press the [CANCEL] key to silence the audio alarm, and the display changes as below.

* Received message *

JUL-23-1999-23:59

 

ECC: OK

DISTRESS CALL

 

 

 

SHIP IN DIST:

123456789

 

NATURE: UNDESIGNATED

POS: 12˚ 4N 123˚

5E AT 12:34

TELEPHONE348414.5 KHZ

 

 

 

 

ANSWER

 

 

 

 

ALL VIEW

3.If you do not receive the distress acknowledge from a coast station and you have

received the distress alert more than twice, press to choose ANSWER and press the [ENT] key to send the distress acknowledge signal to the ship in distress.

4. Press the [ENT] key to open the CALL TYPE menu.

*** Send message ***

CALL TYPE: ALL SHIPS

RELAY ALL

SHIP RELAY COAST

ACKNOWLEDGE

DSC FREQ :

2187.5 KHZ

GO TO ALL VIEW

The option ACKNOWLEDGE

does not appear in the following cases:

a)Distress alert received on HF band.

b)If, on MF band, more than 2 min. 45 sec. elapses after the distress alert is received.

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RC-1500-1T specifications

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