JRC JSS-2500 - Receiving Distress Alerts

Operation
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3 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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IG
RX 2182.00 kHz
TX 2182.00 kHz
WKR 2 4 6 8 12 16
A
DST ALT
RxID:123456789
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Press CANCEL to stop buzzer.
G PS
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M ENU
A
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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IG
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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00
. 3 min )
TE L : Rx 2182 .00 / Tx 2182 .00 KHz
[ ACK ][ RLY ][ INF ][ FRQ ][ HLD ][ END ]
G PS
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M ENU
A