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Received RE A AC : Relay acknowledgment signal is received from another
vessel or coast station.
9. Press the PTT switch and state your name, vessel name, number of persons on
board and the distress situation, then say over. ait for a reply from the acknowl-
edging ship.
10. To conclude both voice communications and the distress alert sequence, press
the O soft key.
How to transmit a DSC Distress Alert with man al position o inp t
If no position data is available at the time of distress, insert the latitude and longitude
position of your vessel manually in the DSC Distress Alert.
1. Press the CALL/M N key to show the DSC Menu .
2. Rotate the CH knob to select Distress Alert MS
then press the SE ECT soft key.
3. Press the POS/TM soft key.
4. Enter the latitude and longitude of your vessel and
your local time in 24-hour notation, using the numeric
keys ( to 9/ key).
To select North (N) press the 6/D key, South (S)
press the 7/S RM key, East (E) press the 3/SCAN
key, or est ( ) press the 9/ key. ou may back-
space the cursor by pressing the AC soft key.
5. Press and hold the ENT soft key for two seconds to
save the position entered.
6. ift the red spring-loaded DISTRESS cover.
7. Press and hold the D STR SS key (approx. 3 sec-
onds). The unit beeps and the display counts down the
time remaining until the distress alert is sent. The
backlight of the display and numeric keys flash while
the display counts down the time remaining.
. hen the distress signal is sent, the transceiver
watches for a transmission between CH16 and
CH70 until an acknowledgment signal is received. The
display shows aiting for AC while the equipment
waits for acknowledgement. If no acknowledgment is
received, the distress call is repeated in 3.5 - 4.5-
minute intervals until an acknowledgment is received.
Note: To turn off the distress alarm until the radio retransmits the distress call,
press the 16/9 key.
9. hen you receive the DSC distress acknowledgment,
a distress alarm sounds and CH16 is automatically se-
lected. The display shows the MMSI of the ship re-
sponding to your distress and the applicable
acknowledgement message.
Received DISTRESS AC : Acknowledgment signal is received.
Received RE A AC : Relay acknowledgment signal is received from another
vessel or coast station.
Received DISTRESS ACK
Acknowledged
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