Simrad RS87 - Distress Alert Call

Instruction Manual
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4.3.6 Distress Alert call
If a Distress Alert call is received, the radio will sound an in-
coming call alarm.
The display will flash between “DISTRESS ALERT” and the
caller’s MMSI along with the nature of the distress details.
If the caller’s MMSI is stored in the MMSI directory (see sec-
tion 5.2), the display will show the name stored instead of the
MMSI number (Fig 4.16).
06
D I STRESS S
ALERT CALL
INT
S I NK I NG 0
3453428599
Fig 4.16 - Incoming Distress Alert call
Press O
K
to accept the call and automatically switch to channel
16, or ON/C to reject the call.
The full details of the Distress Alert may be viewed in the call
log (see section 4.4).
Note Distress Alert calls always use Ch16 as the working channel.