Icom DS-100 instruction manual Call Procedure

■Distress call/Simple operation

CALL PROCEDURE 2

eAfter transmitting the call, the transceiver is set to the

A distress call should be transmitted if, in the opnion of the Master, the ship or a person is in distress and requires imme- diate assistance.

A distress call should include the ship’s position and time. They are included automatically when a GPS receiver is con- nected. If no GPS is connected, input them, if possible.

NEVER: USE THE DISTRESS CALL WHEN YOUR SHIP IS NOT IN AN EMERGENCY. DIS- TRESS CALL CAN BE USED ONLY WHEN IM- MEDIATE HELP IS NEEDED.

phone frequency (ch 16) au- tomatically.

•The controller is still waiting on ch 70 for an acknowledgment call.

rWhen receiving the acknowl- edgment, reply to the con- nected station via the transceiver’s microphone as described on the page at right.

Distress alert Completed

Now waiting for acknowledgemnt

<CLR→Exit>

NOTE:

qConfirm any distress call is

not being received.

wLift up the switch cover, pushing and holding the [DISTRESS] button for 5 sec. to transmit the distress call.

<Push and hold [DISTRESS] for 5 sec>

Nature of distress: Undesignated

GPS : UTC 15:22 12°34’N 123°45’W

• Distress alert (simple operation) contains (default);

Kinds of distress: Undesignated distress

Position data: According to the displayed information.

- GPS or manual input position data held for 23.5 hrs.

• Distress call repeats every 3.5–4.5 min., until receiving an ‘ac-

knowledgement’

• Beep (Pi,Pi) sounds with the max. volume every 1 sec.

•A DSC channel (ch 70) is auto- matically selected and the dis- tress call is transmitted.

•If you have the time, select the nature of the distress and con- tents.

•If no GPS is connected, your location and UTC time should be input.

• Push [DISTRESS] button to transmit a renewed distress call, if de-

sired.

• Push [CLR] to cancel the ‘Call repeat’ mode.

The ‘cancel acknowledgement’ is automatically transmitted when the [CLR] key is pushed.

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