Raymarine RAY73 - Distress Calls; Making a Designated Distress Call; Making a Distress Call; Making a Mayday Call

6.2Distresscalls
Makingadesignateddistresscall
WhenmakingaDistresscallyoucanspecifythenature
ofthedistress,ifGNSS(GPS)dataisnotavailableyou
mustalsospecifyyourcoordinates.
Note:
Y
ourradiomusthaveanMMSInumbersavedbefore
DSCfunctionscanbeused.
FromtheDistresscallmenu: Menu>DSCCalls>
Distresscalls
1.Selectadistresstypefromthelist.
•IfyourradioisreceivingavalidGNSS(GPS)
positionthenthedistresstypeandcoordinates
aredisplayedon-screen,otherwiseyouwillbe
promptedtoenteryourpositioncoordinates.
2.Ifprompted,enteryourpositioncoordinatesand
localtimeusingthe
Rotaryknobor ChannelUp
andChannelDownbuttonsonaR aymichandsetto
entertherelevantdetails.
3.Whencompletepressthe OKbutton.
4.Followthestepsfor ‘MakingaDistressCall’ to
transmitthedistress.
Makingadistresscall
Inanemergencyyoucanuseyourunittomakean
automaticDSCdistresscall.
Withthespringloadedcoveropen:
1.Pressandholdthe DIS
TRESSbuttonfor3seconds.
Oncethe DISTRESSbuttonispresseda3second
countdownwillbegin,whenthecountdownreaches
zerotheDSCdistresscallistransmitted.
Thedistresscallisrepeatedautomaticallyuntilitis
acknowledged.
2.Pressandholdthe PTTbutton,thenslowlyand
clearlyspeakthedetailsofthedistressinthe
followingformat:
MA
YDAY,MAYDAY,MAYDAY
Thisis<statenameofvessel3times>
MAYDAY<statenameofvessel1time>
Mypositionis<statelatitudeandlongitude,ortrue
bearinganddistancefromaknownpoint.>
Iam<statenatureofdistresse.g.sinking,onfire
etc.>
Ihave<statenumberofpersonsonboardandany
otherinformation—drifting,flaresfiredetc.>
IREQUIREIMMEDIATEASSISTANCE
OVER
3.Releasethe PTTbutton.
MakingaMaydaycall
InanemergencyyoucanalsomakeaMaydaycall
followingtheinstructionsbelow.
1.Pressthe 16PLUSbutton.
2.Pressandholdthe PTTbutton.
3.Slowlyandclearlyspeakthedetailsofthedistress:
MAYDAY,MAYDAY,MAYDAY
Thisis—statenameofvessel3times
MAYDAY—statenameofvessel1time
Mypositionis—statelatitudeandlongitude,ortrue
bearinganddistancefromaknownpoint
Iam—statenatureofdistresse.g.sinking,onfire
etc.
Ihave—statenumberofpersonsonboardandany
otherinformation—drifting,flaresfiredetc.
IREQUIREIMMEDIATEASSISTANCE
OVER
4.Releasethe
PTTbutton.
5.Ifanacknowledgementisnotreceivedthenrepeat
steps2to4above
.
Cancellingadistresscallbefore
transmission
Tocanceladistresscallbeforeitistransmittedfollow
thestepsbelow:
1.Releasethe
DIS
TRESSbuttonbeforethecountdown
timercompletes.
Whenthebuttonisreleasedyouwillbereturnedto
normaloperation.
Cancellingadistresscallafter
transmission
Adistresscallcanbecancelledafterithasbeen
transmitted.
1.Select Options.
Digitalselectivecalling(DSC)
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