2. DSC DISTRESS COMMUNICATION
1.Press the CANCEL or ENT key to silence the alarm. The following message appears.
**Received Message **
MAY10/’04 08:03 ECC : OK
DISTRESS
ID IN DIST : 123456789
NATURE : UNDESIGNATED
POS : 12 ° 34’N 123° 45’E
AT : 12 : 34
SIMP TP
PRESS ENT TO ACK
2.If you do not receive DIST ACK from coast station within five minutes and your vessel meets requirements (see previous page) for transmitting DIST ACK, press the ENT key, and then press the CALL key more than three seconds to transmit the DIST ACK.
**Send Message **
DISTRESS ACK
TO : 123456789
TCmd : DISTRESS ACK
NATURE : UNDESIGNATED
POS : 12 ° 34’N 123° 45’E
AT : 12 : 34
SIMP TP
PRESS CALL TO SEND
After transmitting the DIST ACK, the standby display appears.
After transmitting DIST ACK
Begin search and rescue operations for the vessel in distress, communicating with the vessel over CH16 (automatically set). Relay distress alert to coast station by DSC following the instruction in the next paragraph. Finally, follow the instructions of the coast station.
