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4 DISTRESS OPERATIONS
4-8
Sending the distress acknowledge call to ship in distress (on MF band)
Transmit the distress acknowledge call to the ship in distress only when you do not
receive it from a coast station and you are able to aid the ship in distress. First, transmit
the distress acknowledge to the ship in distress by telephone. If the DSC call is continuing,
terminate transmission of the distress alert as follows:
1. The audio alarm sounds and the display shows the message “Distress call received.”
when your ship receives a distress call.
DISTRESS CALL
SHIP IN DIST:
123456789
NATURE: UNDESIGNATED
POS:
12°34N 123°45E AT 12:34
TELEPHONE
2182.0 KHZ
Distress
call received.
STOP ALARM
2. Press the [CANCEL] key to silence the audio alarm and the display changes as below.
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Received message
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JAN-23-2002-23:59 ECC: OK
DISTRESS CALL
ANSWER
SHIP IN DIST:
123456789
NATURE: UNDESIGNATED
POS:
12˚34N 123˚45E AT 12:34
TELEPHONE
2182.0 KHZ
ALL VIEW
3. If you do not receive the distress acknowledge call from a coast station and you
have received the distress alert more than twice, contact the ship in distress over
radiotelephone. If the distress alert continues, terminate the alert by rotating the
[ENTER] knob to choose ANSWER, push the [ENTER] knob and then go to step 4 to
send the distress acknowledge call to the ship in distress.
4. Push the [ENTER] knob to open the CALL TYPE menu.
GO TO ALL VIEW
DSC FREQ : 2182.0 KHZ
COAST
ID IN
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Compose message
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CALLTYPE
RELAY COAST
ACKNOWLEDGE
RELAY ALL
5. Rotate the [ENTER] knob to choose ACKNOWLEDGE and then push the [ENTER]
knob. The following display appears.
CALL TYPE : ALL SHIPS
DISTRESS ACKNOWLEDGE
ID IN DIST :
123456789
DSC FREQ :
2182.0 KHZ
GO TO ALL VIEW
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Compose message
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