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Regular Call
The nature of the distress should be included in the Distress call.
1. Press [MENU] to enter the DSC menu.
2. Press [▲] or [▼] to select “DISTRESS”, then press [ENT].
3. Press [▲] or [▼] to select the nature of the distress, then press
[ENT].
‘UNDESIGNATED’, ‘EXPLOSION’, ‘FLOODING’, ‘COLLISION’,
‘GROUNDING’, ‘CAPSIZING’, ‘SINKING’, ‘ADRIFT (Disable
adrift)’, ‘ABANDONING (Abandoning ship)’, ‘PIRACY (Piracy
attack)’, and ‘MOB (Man overboard)’ are available.
Notice:
When a GPS receiver is connected, steps 4 and 5 (Current
position/time programming) do not appear. Go to step 6.
4. Press [▲] or [▼] to set your latitude data, then press [ENT] to set
your longitude data.
Press [CH/WX] or [16] to move the cursor forward or backward.
Press [▲] or [▼] to edit N(North Latitude) or S(South Latitude)
when the cursor is on the ‘N’ or ‘S’ position;
Press [▲] or [▼] to edit W(West Longitude) or E(East
Longitude) when the cursor is on the ‘W’ or ‘E’ position.
Press [CLR] to cancel and exit the setting.
5. After setting the longitude data, press [ENT] to set the current UTC
time using [▲] or [▼], then press [ENT]
Press [CH/WX] or [16] to move the cursor forward or backward.
Press [CLR] to cancel and exit the setting.
6. Press and hold [DISTRESS] for 3 seconds to transmit the Distress
call.
While pressing and holding [DISTRESS], the key backlighting
blinks.
Emergency channel (Channel 70) is automatically selected and
the Distress call is transmitted.
Press [CLR] to cancel and exit the state.
7. After transmitting the Distress call, the transceiver waits for an
acknowledgment call.
The Distress call is automatically transmitted every 3.5 to 4.5
minutes.
“DSC REPEAT” scrolls in the channel comment display on
Channel 16.
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