■Setting the distress information
The nature of the distress call should be included in the dis- tress call.
qPush [DSC/ENT] to select the DSC menu.
wRotate the channel selector to select “DTRS set” and push [DSC/ENT].
SelÊitem
ÊRCVÊcalls
˘DTRSÊset ÊSet-up
eRotate the channel selector to select the nature of the dis- tress, then push [DSC/ENT].
•‘Undesign (Undesigned),’ ‘Explosion,’ ‘Flooding,’ ‘Collision,’ ‘Grounding,’ ‘Capsizing,’ ‘Sinking,’ ‘Adrift (Disable adrift),’ ‘Aban- doning (Abandoning ship),’ ‘Piracy (Piracy attack),’ ‘MOB (Man overboard)’ and ‘EPIRB (EPIRB emission)’ are available.
SelÊnature
ÊUndesign
˘Explosion
ÊFlooding
DSC OPERATION 6
rThe position information appears. Set the current position, then push [DSC/ENT].
•Rotate the channel selector to select the character.
•Push [CH/WX] to advance the cursor.
•Push [SCAN] to move the cursor backward.
•Push [HI/LO] to clear the position data.
InputÊPOS
LAT:ÊÊ°ÊÊ'
LON:ÊÊÊ°ÊÊ'
Null˘[H/L]
tThe time information appears. Set the current time, then push [DSC/ENT].
•Rotate the channel selector to select the numeral.
•Push [CH/WX] to advance the cursor.
•Push [SCAN] to move the cursor backward.
•Push [HI/LO] to clear the time data.
InputÊtime
UTC:ÊÊ:
Null˘[H/L]
yPush [DISTRESS] for 5 sec. to transmit the distress call.
•Push [DSC/ENT] to exit the condition.
•The selected nature of the distress is stored for 10 minutes.
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