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4. DSC DISTRESS OPERATIONS
4-11
When you receive the distress relay individual acknowledgement from the coast sta-
tion, the audio alarm sounds and a pop-up message appears. Press the CANCEL key
to silence the alarm and erase the pop-up message. Communicate with the coast sta-
tion by telephone, over the frequency specified. If you do not receive the distress ac-
knowledgement from a coast station, select [RELAY] then push the ENTER knob to
transmit the distress relay again, over a different frequency.
4.3 How to Send Distress Relay on Behalf of a Ship
in Distress
4.3.1 How to send distress relay to coast station
You can 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 assis-
tance is necessary.
Note: Do not use the DISTRESS key to relay distress.
1. Press the DISTRESS MSG key and the OTHER DSC MSG key simultaneously to
open the composing screen for the distress relay individual.
2. With [TO] selected, push the ENTER knob.
3. Rotate the ENTER knob to select [DIRECT INPUT] or [ADDRESS BOOK DATA]
then push the knob.
[ADDRESS BOOK DATA]: Select an MMSI from the [ADDRESS BOOK] (see
section 6.15) then push the ENTER knob.
[DIRECT INPUT]: Enter the MMSI of the coast station, where to send the distress
relay, with the numeric keys then push the ENTER knob.
4. With [DISTRESS ID] selected, push the ENTER knob.
5. Rotate the ENTER knob to select [DIRECT INPUT] or [NO INFO] then push the
knob. For [DIRECT INPUT], go to step 6. For [NO INFO], go to step 7.
6. Enter the ID (MMSI) of the ship in distress with the numeric keys then push the
ENTER knob.
7. With [NATURE] selected, push the ENTER knob.