RS86/RS87 VHF
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4.3.7 Distress Alert acknowledgment
If an acknowledgment is received for a Distress Alert sent (nor-
mally from a coast station or rescue co-ordination center), the
radio will sound an incoming call alarm.
The display will flash between “DISTRESS ACKNOWLEDG”
and the MMSI of the vessel in distress, or your MMSI if the
Distress Alert was sent by the RS86/RS87 and the Distress Alert
transmission sent has been canceled.
If the vessel’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 4.17).
06
D I STRESS S
ACKNOWLEDG
INT
FORK I NG 0
ROBERTA00
Fig 4.17 - Distress acknowledgment received
Note The MMSI/name displayed will be that of the vessel in distress,
not the station that has acknowledged the call.
Press O
K to accept the acknowledgment and automatically
switch to channel 16, or O
N/C to ignore the call.
Note Distress Alert calls always use Ch16 as the working channel.
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