Furuno RC-1800T - Distress Alert Received on HF Band

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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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JUL-23-1999-23:59 ECC: OK
DISTRESS CALL
ANSWER
SHIP IN DIST:
123456789
NATURE: UNDESIGNATED
POS:
12˚34N 123˚45E AT 12:34
TELEPHONE
8414.5 KHZ
34
ALL VIEW
3.
If you do not receive the distress acknowledge from a coast station and you have
received the distress alert more than twice,
press $ to choose ANSWER and press the
[ENT] key to send the distress acknowledge signal to the ship in distress.
4. Press the [ENT] key to open the CALL TYPE menu.
The option ACKNOWLEDGE
does not appear in the following cases:
a) Distress alert received on HF band.
b) If, on MF band, more than 2 min. 45 sec.
elapses after the distress alert is received.
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Send message
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GO TO ALL VIEW
DSC FREQ : 2187.5 KHZ
COAST
SHIP IN DIST: 987654321
CALL TYPE: INDIVIDUAL
DISTRESS RELAY
RELAY COAST
ACKNOWLEDGE
RELAY ALL
COAS
5. Select ACKNOWLEDGE and press the [ENT] key. The following display appears.
CALL TYPE : ALL SHIPS
DISTRESS ACKNOWLEDGE
SHIP IN DIST :
123456789
DSC FREQ :
2187.5 KHZ
GO TO ALL VIEW
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Send message
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6. Press the [CALL] key to send the distress acknowledge call to the ship in distress. Note that
the distress acknowledge is immediately sent when the time elapsed between reception and
transmission of it is more than one minute. If the [CALL] key is pressed before one minute
has elapsed a timer appears and counts down the time remaining before the call is sent.
SHIP IN DIST : 123456789
Distress acknowledge
call in progress!
DSC FREQ : 2187.5 KHZ
GO TO ALL VIEW