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IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
If your vessel requires assistance, contact other vessels and
the Coast Guard by sending a Distress call on Channel 16.
Or, make your Distress call using digital selective calling on
Channel 70.
USING CHANNEL 16
DISTRESS CALL PROCEDURE
1. “MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY.”
2. “THIS IS ...............” (name of vessel).
3. Say your call sign or other description of the vessel (AND
9 digit DSC ID if you have one).
4. “LOCATED AT ...............” (your position).
5. State the nature of the distress and assistance required.
6. Give any other information which might facilitate the res-
cue.
USING DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING (Ch 70)
DISTRESS CALL PROCEDURE
1. While lifting up the key cover, hold down [DISTRESS]
for 3 seconds until you hear 3 short beeps and then one
long beep.
2. Wait for an acknowledgment on Channel 70 from a coast
station.
•Afterthe acknowledgement is received,Channel16 isauto-
matically selected.
3. Hold down [PTT], then transmit the appropriate informa-
tion as listed above.
COUNTRY CODE LIST
• ISO 3166-1
Country Codes Country Codes
1 Austria AT 18 Liechtenstein LI
2 Belgium BE 19 Lithuania LT
3 Bulgaria BG 20 Luxembourg LU
4 Croatia HR 21 Malta MT
5 Czech Republic CZ 22 Netherlands NL
6 Cyprus CY 23 Norway NO
7 Denmark DK 24 Poland PL
8 Estonia EE 25 Portugal PT
9 Finland FI 26 Romania RO
10 France FR 27 Slovakia SK
11 Germany DE 28 Slovenia SI
12 Greece GR 29 Spain ES
13 Hungary HU 30 Sweden SE
14 Iceland IS 31 Switzerland CH
15 Ireland IE 32 Turkey TR
16 Italy IT 3 3 United Kingdom GB
17 Latvia LV
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