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OPERATION
4.3 Communicating in DSC (Digital Selective Call) Mode
--DISTRESS CALL EDIT--
CH70 25W
FORMAT
NATURE OF DIST N . E .
DIST-POSITION N . W .
DIST-UTC S . E .
TELECOMMAND S . W .
END OF SEQUENCE
CALL CH
SELECT WITH , & PRESS ENTER .
PRESS CLR TO CANCEL.
--DSC MENU--
CH70 25W
1.DISTRESS CALL EDIT
2.ALL SHIPS CALL EDIT
3.INDIVIDUAL CALL EDIT
4.AUTO/SEMI-AUTO TEL CALL EDIT
5.DISTRESS RELAY
6.DISTRESS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
7.OTHERS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
8.RECEIVED DISTRESS MESSAGE READOUT
9.RECEIVED OTHERS MESSAGE READOUT
SELECT WITH , & PRESS ENTER .
PRESS STOP TO RETURN.
--DISTRESS CALL EDIT--
CH70 25W
FORMAT
NATURE OF DIST N . E .
DIST-POSITION N . W .
DIST-UTC S . E .
TELECOMMAND S . W .
END OF SEQUENCE
CALL CH
SELECT WITH , & PRESS ENTER .
PRESS CLR TO CANCEL.
--DISTRESS CALL EDIT--
CH70 25W
FORMAT :DISTRESS
NATURE OF DIST :UNDESIGNATED DISTRESS
DIST-POSITION :S12.34 W123.45
DIST-UTC :14:59
TELECOMMAND :G3E SIMP TEL
END OF SEQUENCE:EOS
CALL CH :70
SELECT WITH , INPUT NO., &
PRESS ENTER . PRESS DISTRESS TO SEND.
PRESS STOP TO RETURN.
Perform this operation only when there is sufficient time to input the data
manually without incurring personal risk.
A distress call can be made without position data input.
CAUTION
4.3.5
Distress Calls
(Manually Adding Position Data)
When no navigation aid is connected, manually add position and time data to the distress message.
OPERATION
Press
MENU
.
The DSC MENU Display appears and “1. DIS-
TRESS CALL EDIT” is highlighted.
Press
ENTER
.
The DISTRESS CALL EDIT Display appears and
DIST-POSITION is highlighted.
TIP
FORMAT and NATURE OF DIST cannot be
edited.
Press
/
.
The DIST-POSITION window appears and N. E.
is highlighted.
TIP
Press
/
, or
CLR
to go back to step 2.
Select the correct compass values
for Lat/Lon using
/
.
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