Raymarine RAY73 User Manual

Oncethe DIS
TRESS DISTRESS
DISTRESS
buttonispresseda3secondcountdownwillbegin,whenthecountdown
reacheszerotheDSCdistresscallistransmitted.
Thedistresscallisrepeatedautomaticallyuntilitisacknowledged.
2.Pressandholdthe
PTTbutton,thenslowlyandclearlyspeakthedetailsofthedistressinthe
followingformat:
MA
YDAY,MAYDAY,MAYDAY
Thisis<statenameofvessel3times>
MAYDAY<statenameofvessel1time>
Mypositionis<statelatitudeandlongitude,ortruebearinganddistancefromaknownpoint.>
Iam<statenatureofdistresse.g.sinking,onfireetc.>
Ihave<statenumberofpersonsonboardandanyotherinformation—drifting,flaresfiredetc.>
IREQUIREIMMEDIATEASSISTANCE
OVER
3.Releasethe
PTTbutton.
MakingaMaydaycall
InanemergencyyoucanalsomakeaMaydaycallfollowingtheinstructionsbelow.
1.Pressthe
16PLUSbutton.
2.Pressandholdthe PTTbutton.
3.Slowlyandclearlyspeakthedetailsofthedistress:
MA
YDAY,MAYDAY,MAYDAY
Thisis—statenameofvessel3times
MAYDAY—statenameofvessel1time
Mypositionis—statelatitudeandlongitude,ortruebearinganddistancefromaknownpoint
Iam—statenatureofdistresse.g.sinking,onfireetc.
Ihave—statenumberofpersonsonboardandanyotherinformation—drifting,flaresfiredetc.
IREQUIREIMMEDIATEASSISTANCE
OVER
4.Releasethe
PTTbutton.
5.Ifanacknowledgementisnotreceivedthenrepeatsteps2to4above.
Cancellingadistresscallbeforetransmission
Tocanceladistresscallbeforeitistransmittedfollowthestepsbelow:
1.Releasethe
DISTRESSbuttonbeforethecountdowntimercompletes.
Whenthebuttonisreleasedyouwillbereturnedtonormaloperation.
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Raymarine RAY73 Specifications

General

Brand	Raymarine
Model	RAY73
Category	Radio
Language	English