Operation 
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  Receiving distress alerts   
When a distress alert is received from another ship, displays the event immediately with the 
specific two-tone alert sound. 
WARNING
 
If a distress alert is received, make sure to inform the ship's captain or 
officer in charge.    Doing so may save the lives of the crews and passengers 
on the ship in distress.   
■ Procedure ■ 
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When a distress alert is received, the BAM 
alert is displayed. ENT button is pressed to 
close BAM alert display and distress message 
is displayed.   
 The ALM lamp starts blinking, and the receiving 
alert gradually grows louder. However, the aural 
alert keeps silence if the distress position is not 
within 500nm, and is not in the polar areas 
(greater than 70°N/S). 
 If no procedure exists, starts operating the 
received message automatically.  
 
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Press the CANCEL key or ENT to stop the 
alert. Then the screen at right is displayed.   
 Keep watch for at least 5 minutes. Notify 
the coast station as appropriate.   
 If received the same distress alert on another 
frequency again, the right lower screen is 
displayed. Then pressing ENT on Accept or 
leaving 10 seconds changes the frequency to 
8291.00 kHz for the radiotelephone mode or 
8376.50 kHz for the telex mode. 
 Press FUNC key or ENT* to move the focused 
screen to the operation control screen and select 
the following options to handle the procedure. 
* If the A mark is not displayed, press ENT to 
activate this procedure. 
ACK ....... Sends the acknowledgement to the distress alert. 
RLY ....... Sends the distress relay. 
INF ........ Indicates the received distress message. 
FRQ....... Changes the watchkeeping frequency. 
HLD ....... Makes the procedure on hold. 
END....... Terminates the procedure. 
 
-  The distress acknowledgement is normally sent from a coast station. However 
after consulting with the RCC or a coast station and being directed, it is 
possible to acknowledge the ship in distress from your own ship. 
-  If the distress alert is not received at 2187.50 kHz, the acknowledgement is 
inhibited and cannot be sent. 
Note 
TEL
ID 431001234        :   +
Pos 89゚59.0123'N
  179゚59.6789'E@23:59   
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RX
 
2182.00
 
kHz
TX
 
2182.00
 
kHz
WKR 2 4 6 8 12 16
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 DST ALT
RxID:123456789
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Press CANCEL to stop buzzer.
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DISTRESS ALT
 Waiting for ACK(00.2min)
 Single-FRQ: 2187.50kHz  
TEL   :Rx 2182.00/Tx 2182.00kHz
RxID :123456789|
TEL
ID 431001234        :   +
Pos 89゚59.0123'N
  179゚59.6789'E@23:59    
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RX
 
2182.00
 
kHz
TX
 
2182.00
 
kHz
WKR 2 4 6 8 12 16
A
  DST ALT
| DISTRESS ALT
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Single- FRQ  2187 .50 KHz
Waiting to send ACK
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TE L   : Rx   2182 .00 / Tx    2182 .00 KHz
[ ACK ][ RLY ][ INF ][ FRQ ][ HLD ][ END ]
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