Furuno FELCOM 15 - Distress Message

6. DISTRESS OPERATIONS
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6.3 Distress Message
The distress alert provides the minimum distress information: own vessel’s ID,
speed, course, L/L position and nature of distress. After receiving the distress
alert acknowledgment from an LES and you are not pressed for time, you may
send a distress message as below to provide more detailed information.
1. Press the [F1] key followed by the [1] key to display the editor screen.
2. Type distress message. Below is an example.
MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY
THIS IS
I NEED HELP
Ship's name
: Type of assistance required
Sample distress message
3. Press the [F3] key.
4. Press the [1] key to choose Transmit Message. The screen should look
something like the illustration below.
25 Char. [ Line 2/ 2 Col. 1 ]
<[1] UNTITLED1>
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*
--------- + --------- + --------- + --------- + --------- + --------- + --------- <
[Insert ]
Transmit
1. Transmit Message
2. Cancel
3. Request Delivery Status
Transmit Message
Normal
Message now being edited Size 63
TELEX
Priority
Message File
Station Name Cost ********.** (US$)
Destination Type
Prefix Code
Country/Ocean Code
Station ID
Modem Type
Address
Subject
Attach File
LES ID
Option
Confirmation
Send Delay
Delivery Delay
Code
[ TRANSMIT ]
ON
00:00
Immediate
IA5
Transmit message screen
5. Priority is selected; press the [Enter] key to open the priority options window.
6. Press the [↓] key to choose Distress.
7. Press the [Enter] key to close the window.
8. Press the [↓] key to choose LES ID.
9. Press the [Enter] key to open the LES list.
10. Press the [↓] or [↑] key to choose the LES where the distress message is to
be transmitted, preferably the one where the distress alert was transmitted.
11. Press the [Enter] key to close the LES list.
12. Press the [↓] key to place the cursor on TRANSMIT.