Sony FS-2570, FS-1570 manual Sending Distress Relay on Behalf of a Ship in Distress

4 DISTRESS OPERATIONS

4.3Sending Distress Relay on Behalf of a Ship in Distress

4.3.1 Sending distress relay to coast station

You may send the distress relay to a coast station on behalf of a ship in distress in the following cases:

•You are near the ship in distress and the ship in distress cannot transmit the distress alert.

•When the master or person responsible for your ship considers that further assistance is necessary.

In the above cases never use the [DISTRESS] button to transmit the distress relay.

1. Press the [2/DSC] key and then push the [ENTER] knob.

Compose message

	INDIVIDUAL
CALL TYPE	PSTN CALL
STATION ID	TEST CALL
PRIORITY	ALL SHIPS
COM. TYPE	GROUP CALL
COM. FREQ	AREA CALL
	POSITION6
DSC FREQ
GO

	6
	POLLING
	NEUTRAL
	MEDICAL
Rotate [ENTER]	RELAY ALL
knob to scroll.
	RELAY SEL
	DISTRESS

2.Rotate the [ENTER] knob to choose RELAY SEL and then push the [ENTER] knob.

3.Push the [ENTER] knob to open the COAST ID input window.

Compose message

CALL TYPE: RELAY SEL

COAST ID
ID IN DIST		000000000
NATURE:
POS: NO	INFORMATION
COM. TYPE		:	TELEPHONE
DSC FREQ.		:	8414.5 KHZ
		GO TO ALL VIEW

4.Key in COAST ID with the numeric keys and then push the [ENTER] knob.

5.Push the [ENTER] knob to open the ID IN DIST window.

Compose message

CALL TYPE		: RELAY SEL
COAST ID:
		000000000
ID IN DIST
NATURE :	UNDESIGNATED
POS.:	: NO INFORMATION

COM.TYPE : TELEPHONE

DSC FREQ : 8414.5 KHZ

GO TO ALL VIEW

6.Key in ID of ship in distress with the numeric keys and then push the [ENTER] knob. If you do not know the ID, simply push the [ENTER] knob without entering ID.

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