3.4Receiving Distress Relay All Ships from Ship

When you receive a distress relay continue monitoring distress and safety frequencies over the SSB radiotelephone.

1.The audio alarm sounds and the display looks like the one below when a distress relay all ships call is received.

Distress relay all call received.

FROM SHIP:

234567890

SHIP IN DIST:

123456789

NATURE: UNDESIGNATED

POS: 12 34N 123 45E AT 12:34

TELEPHONE

NO INFO

 

 

 

STOP ALARM

 

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

* Received message *

JUL-23-1999-23:59

ECC: OK

DISTRESS RELAY ALL

FROM SHIP:

234567890

SHIP IN DIST:

123456789

NATURE: UNDESIGNATED

POS: 12 34N 123 45E AT 12:34

TELEPHONE

NO INFO

GO TO ALL VIEW

3. Watch distress/safety frequency.

3.5Receiving Distress Relay from Coast Station

When you receive a distress relay continue monitoring distress and safety frequencies over the SSB radiotelephone.

1.The audio alarm sounds and the display looks like the one in the left-hand figure below when a distress relay is received from a coast station. Press the [CANCEL] key to silence the alarm, and the display changes as in the right-hand figure below.

Distress relay all call received.

FROM COAST:

001234567

SHIP IN DIST:

123456789

NATURE: UNDESIGNATED

POS: 12 34N 123 45E AT 12:34

TELEPHONE

NO INFO

 

 

 

STOP ALARM

 

 

 

* Received message *

Press the

JUL-23-1999-23:59

ECC: OK

DISTRESS RELAY ALL

[CANCEL] key.

FROM COAST:

001234567

 

 

SHIP IN DIST:

123456789

 

 

 

 

NATURE: UNDESIGNATED

 

 

POS: 12 34N 123 45E AT 12:34

 

 

TELEPHONE

NO INFO

GO TO ALL VIEW

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RC-1500-1T specifications

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