Section 6 - Distress Calls
WARNING
A valid USER MMSI must be entered into this radio before these DSC functions can be used. See
6-1 Sending a Distress Call
DISTRESS CALL >FIRE
FLOODING
COLLISION
DISTRESS CALL >PIRACY HOLD DISTRESS 2 SECONDS..
DISTRESS CALL SENT! WAIT..
PRESS EXIT
TO CANCEL...
1.Open the red cover labelled DISTRESS.
If time is available to specify the nature of the distress, go to step 2. Otherwise, go directly to step 3.
2.Press the DISTRESS key to display the following categories. Scroll to the category that describes your situation, then press ENT:
UNDESIGNATED | (Undesignated) |
FIRE | (Fire) |
FLOODING | (Flooding) |
COLLISION | (Collision) |
GROUNDING | (Grounding) |
LISTING | (Listing) |
SINKING | (Sinking) |
ADRIFT | (Adrift) |
ABANDONING | (Abandoning) |
PIRACY | (Piracy) |
OVER BOARD | (Over Board) |
3.Hold down the DISTRESS key for about 3 seconds, until you see the distress call sent message (DISTRESS CALL SENT!) on the screen. The whole display starts to flash and beep loudly.
The distress call repeats five times continuously. It then repeats randomly every 3.5 to 4.5 minutes until a distress acknowledgement (DISTRESS ACK) is received from a search and rescue authority or until you cancel the distress call manually.
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