Theradiocannotre-sendadistressrelayautomatically
.Ifrequiredyoucanrelayadistressrelay
messagemanually.
Ifadistressrelayissentspecificallytotheradiothenitcanbeacknowledged,otherwise
acknowledgementisnotrequired.
Acknowledgingadistressrelaysenttoyourvessel
Ifadistressrelayisspecificallysenttoyourvesselthiswillbebecausethesenderdeemsyoutobe
inapositiontoassistintherescue.Thedistressrelayinformationisdisplayedonscreen.
Whenadistressrelayisreceived:
1.Select
Showinfofromtheoptionstoreviewtherelevantdetails.
2.Ifthedistressrelaywassentindividuallytoyou,select
Accepttosendadistressrelay
acknowledgement.
3.Ensuretheradioistunedtochannel16.
Note:Distressrelaycallscanonlybeacknowledgedautomaticallywhensentindividuallytoyou.
7 .3Urgencycalls
Makinganurgencycall
Anurgencycallshouldbeusedwhenthereisdangertoavehicleorpersonthatdoesnotrequire
immediateassistance.Urgencycallsaretransmittedtoallstations.
Fromthe Allshipscallmenu: Menu>DSCCalls>Allshipscall.
1.SelectUrgency.
2.Selectthechannelforsubsequentcommunication.
Thecallistransmitted.Oncethecallhasbeensuccessfullytransmitted‘Sent’isdisplayed
onscreenandthechannelischangedtothespecifiedchannel.
3.Pressthe
OKbutton.
4.Pressandholdthe PTTbuttonandspeakthefollowingmessage:
PANPAN,PANPAN,PANPAN
ALLSTATIONS,ALLSTATIONS,ALLSTATIONS
Thisis—MMSIofyourvessel,nameofyourvesselrepeated3times,callsignofyourvessel.
Position—Y ourvessel’sposition.
Reasonforcall—Statethereasonforthecallandincludeallinformationwhichwillassistin
therescue.
OVER
Receivinganurgencycall
Whenanurgencycallisreceived:
1.Select
Showinfofromtheoptionstoreviewrelevantcalldetails.
2.SelectAcceptatanytimetoacceptthecall.
Ifautochannelchangeisturnedonthenthechannelwillautomaticallychangeafter10seconds.
Theradioisre-tunedtothespecifiedchannel.
3.Listenfortheurgencycallmessage.
7.4Safetycalls
Makingasafetycall
Safetycallsshouldbeusedwhenthereisanimportantnavigationalwarningormeteorological
forecast/broadcast.Safetyalertscanalsobeusedforcommunicationsduringsearchandrescue
operations.
Fromthe
Allshipscallmenu: Menu>DSCCalls>Allshipscall.
1.SelectSafety.
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