Furuno FS-75 User Manual

Instructions for Canceling Distress Alert
Procedure Sample message
VHF DSC
1. Switch off transmitter (transmitter and
DSC terminal) immediately.
2. Switch equipment on and set to Ch 16.
3. Make broadcast to "All Stations" giving
your vessel's name, callsign and DSC
number, and cancel the false distress
alert.
All Stations, All Stations, All Stations
This is NAME, CALLSIGN,
DSC NUMBER, POSITION.
Cancel my distress alert of
DATE, TIME, UTC.
=Master, NAME, CALLSIGN.
DSC NUMBER, DATE, TIME UTC.
MF DSC
1. Switch off equipment (transmitter and
DSC terminal) immediately.
2. Switch equipment on and tune for
Radiotelephony transmission on
2182 kHz.
3. Make broadcast to "All Stations" giving
the vessel's name, callsign and DSC
number, and cancel the false distress
alert.
All Stations, All Stations, All Stations
This is NAME, CALLSIGN,
DSC NUMBER, POSITION.
Cancel my distress alert of
DATE, TIME, UTC
=Master, NAME, CALLSIGN.
DSC NUMBER, DATE, TIME UTC.
HF DSC
Same as for MF but the alert must be cancelled on all the frequency bands on which it
was transmitted. Hence, the transmitter should be tuned consecutively to the
radiotelephony distress frequencies in the 4, 6, 8, 12 and 16 MHz bands, as necessary.
Inmarsat C
Notify the appropriate RCC to cancel the
alert by sending a distress priority message
via the same CES through which the false
distress alert was sent.
NAME, CALLSIGN, IDENTITY NUMBER,
POSITION,
Cancel my Iinmarsat-C
distress alert of DATE, TIME, UTC
=Master +
EPIRB
If for any reason, an EPIRB is activated accidentally, the ship should contact the nearest
coast station or an appropriate coast earth station or RCC and cancel the distress alert.
* Notwithstanding the above, a ship may use any means available to inform the
appropriate authorities that a false distress alert has been transmitted and should be
cancelled.
* No action will normally be taken against any ship or mariner for reporting and
canceling a false distress alert. However, in view of the serious consequences of false
alert, and the strict ban on their transmission, Governments may prosecute in cases of
repeated violations.

Furuno FS-75 Specifications

General

Brand	Furuno
Model	FS-75
Category	Marine Equipment
Language	English