Operation 
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  Distress alerts from the menu 
 
During communicating in telex mode, finish it to enable the menu before practicing below. 
The following describes the procedure to send a distress alert with the nature of distress selected 
in the menu. Also, besides manually inputting position and the time information, the subsequent 
communication mode, the transmission method and frequency can be set here. 
Note: Multi-frequency or single frequency can be selected as the transmission method. The 
various methods are shown below.   
  Multi-frequency method: The distress alert message is sent continuously on each 
frequency, 2187.50 kHz, 8414.50 kHz, and at least one 
other distress/safety frequency.   
  Single frequency method: The same distress alert message is sent on one 
distress/safety frequency 5 times continuously. If 2 or 
more distress/safety frequencies are selected, the same 
message is transmitted 5 times continuously in the same 
way on the other frequency after an interval between 3.5 
to 4.5 minutes (variable).   
 
■ Procedure ■ 
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On the status display or operation display, 
while pressing and holding MENU key, press 
3 NR key to open “3. Editing a distress msg”.   
The distress type is displayed as 
Undesignated as a default value. If the 
position information is input automatically by 
a GPS type device, or has already input 
manually, that information is also displayed.   
 
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Press ENT and select the nature of distress.   
The nature of distress is selectable from below.   
Nature of distress  Contents 
Fire Fire, explosion 
Flooding Flooding 
Collision Collision 
Grounding Grounding 
Listing 
Listing, in danger of 
capsizing 
Sinking Sinking 
Disabled Disabled and adrift 
Undesignated Undesignated distress 
Abandoning Abandoning ship 
Piracy attack 
Piracy/armed robbery 
attack 
Man overboard  Man overboard 
 
 
3)Editing a distress msg 
Nature     :[Undesignated ] 
Position    :[NE] 
   :[ 89゚59.0123'N] 
   :[179゚59.6789'E] 
UTC of pos  :[23:59] 
Mode(fixed) :[Radiotelephone] 
Attempt type:[Multi-FRQ ] 
Tx bands    :[2/4/6/8/12/16] 
[Preview]  [Tips]  [Cancel] 
3)Editing a distress msg 
Nature      :[Fire ] 
Position    :[NE] 
   :[ 89゚59.0123'N] 
   :[179゚59.6789'E] 
UTC of pos  :[23:59] 
Mode(fixed) :[Radiotelephone] 
Attempt type:[Multi-FRQ ] 
Tx bands    :[2/4/6/8/12/16] 
[Preview]  [Tips]  [Cancel] 
Attention