Midland Radio RG2W, RG2B manual Listing L. Sinking M. Adrift

I.LISTING L. SINKING M. ADRIFT

4.To send out the distress call hold down the DISTRESS-button for 5 seconds. An acoustic alert will emit and the distress call will be carried out on channel 70 even when the channel is in use.

5.After the distress call, the transceiver will simultaneously check channel 70 and channel 16 on a receipt of DSC confirmation and meanwhile appears following:

6.At this point:

−If the distress call is received and confirmed by another DSC radio station, the acoustic alarm will stop sounding and the display will return to

normal use in VHF mode on channel 16, sending	T
on high transmission power.

−If no confirmation is received, the device will re-send the distress call at intermissions of 3.5 – 4.5 minutes (even with channel 70 in use), until a confirmation is received or until the user manually cancels the call through the C- button.

IBy pressing button 16, the transceiver will return to normal VHF operation, but the call will not be cancelled and the person who responded to the call may not have called off rescue operations.

2If, at step 4, the user stops pressing the DISTRESS button before 5 seconds have elapsed, the distress call will not be sent. To exit and return to VHF mode, press button

16.

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The acoustic alarm will only stop definitively once the transceiver has received confirmation from the receiver of the call.

It is possible to arrest the acoustic alarm by pressing the button C or 16.

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