Acknowledgingadistressrelaysenttoyourvessel
Ifadistressrelayisspecicallysenttoyourvesselthiswillbe
becausethesenderdeemsyoutobeinapositiontoassistinthe
rescue.Thedistressrelayinformationisdisplayedon-screen.
1.Sequencewhenautochannelchangeisturnedon.
2.Sequencewhenautochannelchangeisturnedoff.
3.Sequencewhenindividualreplyisturnedoff.
4.Sequencewhenindividualreplyisturnedon.
Whenadistressrelayisreceived:
1.SelecttheRIGHTsoftbuttontocyclethroughtheinformation
pages.
2.IfthedistressrelaywassentindividuallytoyouselectOKat
anytimetoacknowledgethedistressrelay.
3.Ensuretheradioistunedtochannel16.
Note:Distressrelaycallscanonlybeacknowledged
automaticallywhensentindividuallytoyou.
7.3Urgencycalls
Makinganurgencycall
Anurgencycallshouldbeusedwhenthereisdangertoa
vehicleorpersonthatdoesnotrequireimmediateassistance.
Urgencycallsaretransmittedtoallstations.
FromtheDSCmenu:
1.SelectALLSHIP.
2.SelectURGENCY.
3.IfrequiredusetheChannelUpandChannelDownbuttons
toselecttherelevantchannelforsubsequentcommunication.
Thedefaultchannelis16.
4.SelectOKtoconrmthechannel.
5.SelectSENDtosendtheDSCurgencyannouncement.
6.WaitfortheTXCOMPLETEmessagetobedisplayed
on-screenandthenselectOK.
Thechannelisnowchangedtothechosenchannel.
7.PressandholdthePTTbuttonandspeakthefollowing
message:
PANPAN,PANPAN,PANPAN
ALLSTATIONS,ALLSTATIONS,ALLSTATIONS
Thisis<MMSIofyourvessel,nameofyourvesselrepeated
3times,callsignofyourvessel>
Position<Yourvessel’sposition>
Reasonforcall<Statethereasonforthecallandincludeall
informationwhichwillassistintherescue.
OVER
Receivinganurgencycall
Ifyoureceiveanurgencycallfromanotherstationthedetails
aredisplayedon-screen.
Whenanurgencycallisreceived:
1.PresstheRIGHTsoftbuttontocyclethroughtheinformation
pages.
2.SelectOKatanytimetoaccepttheurgencycall.
Ifautochannelchangeisturnedonthenthechannelwill
automaticallychangeafter10seconds.
Theradioisre-tunedtochannel16.
3.Listenonchannel16fortheurgencymessage.
Digitalselectivecalling(DSC)
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