Raymarine RAY73 - Urgency Calls; Safety Calls

Ifadistressrelayissentspecificallytotheradiothenitcanbeacknowledged,otherwise
acknowledgementisnotrequired.
Acknowledgingadistressrelaysenttoyourvessel
Ifadistressrelayisspecificallysenttoyourvesselthiswillbebecausethesenderdeemsyoutobe
inapositiontoassistintherescue
.Thedistressrelayinformationisdisplayedonscreen.
Whenadistressrelayisreceived:
1.Select
Showinfofromtheoptionstoreviewtherelevantdetails.
2.Ifthedistressrelaywassentindividuallytoyou,select
Accepttosendadistressrelay
acknowledgement.
3.Ensuretheradioistunedtochannel16.
Note:Distressrelaycallscanonlybeacknowledgedautomaticallywhensentindividuallytoyou.
11.3Urgencycalls
Makinganurgencycall
Anurgencycallshouldbeusedwhenthereisdangertoavehicleorpersonthatdoesnotrequire
immediateassistance .Urgencycallsaretransmittedtoallstations.
Fromthe Allshipscallmenu: Menu>DSCCalls>Allshipscall.
1.Select
Urgency.
2.Selectthechannelforsubsequentcommunication.
Thecallistransmitted.Oncethecallhasbeensuccessfullytransmitted‘Sent’isdisplayed
onscreenandthechannelischangedtothespecifiedchannel.
3.Pressthe OKbutton.
4.Pressandholdthe PTTbuttonandspeakthefollowingmessage:
PANPAN,PANPAN,PANPAN
ALLSTATIONS,ALLSTATIONS,ALLSTATIONS
Thisis—MMSIofyourvessel,nameofyourvesselrepeated3times,callsignofyourvessel.
Position—Yourvessel’sposition.
Reasonforcall—Statethereasonforthecallandincludeallinformationwhichwillassistin
therescue.
OVER
Receivinganurgencycall
Whenanurgencycallisreceived:
1.Select
Showinfofromtheoptionstoreviewrelevantcalldetails.
2.SelectAcceptatanytimetoacceptthecall.
Ifautochannelchangeisturnedonthenthechannelwillautomaticallychangeafter10seconds.
Theradioisre-tunedtothespecifiedchannel.
3.Listenfortheurgencycallmessage.
11.4Safetycalls
Makingasafetycall
Safetycallsshouldbeusedwhenthereisanimportantnavigationalwarningormeteorological
forecast/broadcast.Safetyalertscanalsobeusedforcommunicationsduringsearchandrescue
operations.
Fromthe Allshipscallmenu: Menu>DSCCalls>Allshipscall.
1.SelectSafety.
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