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Distressrelayssentbyotherstations
WhenaCoastStationoranothervessel,hasreceived,
andacknowledgedaDSCdistressalertitmaytransmit
adistressalertrelaytoothervesselsintheimmediate
area.
Distressrelayssentfromotherstationscanbereceived
bytheradio.
Theradiocannotre-sendadistressrelayautomatically.
Ifrequiredyoucanrelayadistressrelaymessage
manually.
Ifadistressrelayissentspecificallytotheradiothen
itcanbeacknowledged,otherwiseacknowledgement
isnotrequired.
Acknowledgingadistressrelaysenttoyourvessel
Ifadistressrelayisspecificallysenttoyourvesselthis
willbebecausethesenderdeemsyoutobeinaposition
toassistintherescue.Thedistressrelayinformationis
displayedonscreen.
Whenadistressrelayisreceived:
1.Select
Showinfofromtheoptionstoreviewthe
relevantdetails.
2.Ifthedistressrelaywassentindividuallytoyou,select
Accepttosendadistressrelayacknowledgement.
3.Ensuretheradioistunedtochannel16.
Note:Distressrelaycallscanonlybeacknowledged
automaticallywhensentindividuallytoyou.
6.3Urgencycalls
Makinganurgencycall
Anurgencycallshouldbeusedwhenthereisdanger
toavehicleorpersonthatdoesnotrequireimmediate
assistance
.Urgencycallsaretransmittedtoallstations.
Fromthe
Allshipscallmenu: Menu>DSCCalls>All
shipscall.
1.Select Urgency.
2.Selectthechannelforsubsequentcommunication.
Thecallistransmitted.Oncethecallhasbeen
successfullytransmitted‘Sent’isdisplayedonscreen
andthechannelischangedtothespecifiedchannel.
3.Pressthe
OKbutton.
4.Pressandholdthe PTTbuttonandspeakthe
followingmessage:
PANPAN,PANPAN,PANPAN
ALLSTATIONS,ALLSTATIONS,ALLSTATIONS
Thisis—MMSIofyourvessel,nameofyourvessel
repeated3times,callsignofyourvessel.
Position—Y ourvessel’sposition.
Reasonforcall—Statethereasonforthecalland
includeallinformationwhichwillassistintherescue.
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Receivinganurgencycall
Whenanurgencycallisreceived:
1.Select
Showinfofromtheoptionstoreviewrelevant
calldetails.
2.SelectAcceptatanytimetoacceptthecall.
Ifautochannelchangeisturnedonthenthechannel
willautomaticallychangeafter10seconds.
Theradioisre-tunedtothespecifiedchannel.
3.Listenfortheurgencycallmessage.
6.4Safetycalls
Makingasafetycall
Safetycallsshouldbeusedwhenthereisan
importantnavigationalwarningormeteorological
forecast/broadcast.Safetyalertscanalsobeusedfor
communicationsduringsearchandrescueoperations.
Fromthe
Allshipscallmenu: Menu>DSCCalls>All
shipscall.
1.Select Safety.
2.Selectthechannelforsubsequentcommunication.
Thecallistransmitted.Oncethecallhasbeen
successfullytransmitted‘Sent’isdisplayedonscreen
andthechannelischangedtothespecifiedchannel.
3.Pressthe
OKbutton.
4.Pressandholdthe PTTbuttonandspeakthe
followingmessage:
SECURITE,SECURITE,SECURITE
ALLS
TATIONS,ALLSTATIONS,ALLSTATIONS
Thisis—MMSIofyourvessel,nameofyourvessel
repeated3times,callsignofyourvessel.
Position—Y ourvessel’sposition.
Reasonforcall—statethereasonforthesafetycall.
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Receivingasafetycall
Whenasafetycallisreceived:
1.Select Showinfofromtheoptionstoreviewrelevant
calldetails.
2.SelectAcceptatanytimetoacceptthecall.
Ifautochannelchangeisturnedonthenthechannel
willautomaticallychangeafter10seconds.
Theradioisre-tunedtothespecifiedchannel.
3.Listenforthesafetycallmessage.
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