3. DSC DISTRESS OPERATIONS
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When the distress acknowledge call is received, the audio alarm sounds, the LED
flashes in red, and the icon for DISTRESS transmission ( ) appears. The
screen changes as below.
2. Press the CANCEL key to silence the audio alarm. Then, the LED stops flashing,
and the pop-up message disappears.
3. Communicate with the coast station via radiotelephone, following the instructions
below.
a) Say “MAYDAY” three times.
b) Say “This is ...” name of your ship and call sign three times.
c) Give nature of distress and assistance needed.
d) Give description of your ship (type, color, number of persons onboard, etc.).
3.1.2 How to send a distress alert by DISTRESS key with distress in-
formation edited
If you have a time to prepare the distress information, send the distress alert as fol-
lows:
1. Press the DISTRESS MSG key to display the following screen.
Count up the elasped time
after receiving distress
acknowledge call.
Icon for DISTRESS transmission
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