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IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
If your vessel requres assstance, contact other vessels and
the Coast Guard by sendng a dstress call on Channel 16.
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USING CHANNEL 16
DISTRESS CALL PROCEDURE
1. “MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY.”
2. “THIS IS ...........................” (name of vessel)
3. Your call sgn or other ndcaton of the ves-
sel.
4. “LOCATED AT ..................... ” (your poston)
5. The nature of the dstress and assstance
requred.
6. Any other nformaton whch mght facltate
the rescue.
RECOMMENDATION
CLEAN THE TRANSCEIVER THOROUGHLY WITH FRESH
WATER after exposure to saltwater, and dry t before opera-
ton. Otherwse, the transcever’s keys, swtches and control-
lers may become noperable due to salt crystallzaton.
NOTE: DO NOT wash the transcever n water f there s any
reason to suspect the waterproofing may not be effectve.
For example, n cases where the battery pack rubber seal s
damaged, the transcever/battery pack s cracked or broken,
or has been dropped, or when the battery pack s detached
from the transcever.
MIC
/SP
