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9.3 DISTRESS ALERT
The
GX1100E
is capable of transmitting and receiving DSC Distress messages
to all DSC radios. The
GX1100E
may be connected to a GPS to also transmit
the Latitude and Longitude of the vessel.
9.3.1 Transmitting a Distress Alert
NOTE
To be able to transmit a Distress Alert an MMSI number must be pro-
grammed, refer to section “
9.2.2 Programming the MMSI
.”
In order for your vessels location to be transmitted either connect a GPS to the
GX1100E
(refer to section “
6.4 ACCESSORY CABLE
”) or manually input your
postion (refer to section “
9.11 MANUAL INPUTTING OF THE GPS LOCA-
TION
”).
1. Lift the red spring loaded DISTRESS cover, then
press and hold the [
DISTRESS
] key. The “
DIS-
DIS-
DIS-
DIS-
DIS-
TRESS
TRESS
TRESS
TRESS
TRESS
” menu will appear on the LCD and the ra-
dios display will count down (
3S
3S
3S
3S
3S
Æ
2S
2S
2S
2S
2S
Æ
1S
1S
1S
1S
1S
) and
then transmit the Distress Alert. The backlight of
the LCD and keypad flashes while the radios dis-
play is countdown.
2. The transceiver will watch for a DSC acknowledg-
ment transmission on CH70 and also receive calls
on CH16.
3. If an acknowledgement is received, select chan-
nel 16 and advise your distress situation.
4. If no acknowledgment is received, the Distress
Alert is repeated at approximately 4 minute inter-
vals until a DSC acknowledgment is received.
5. When a DSC Distress acknowledgment is re-
ceived, a DSC Distress Alarm sounds and channel 16 is automatically se-
lected. The LCD shows the MMSI of the ship responding to your distress.
RECEIVED ACK:
acknowledgment signal is received.
RECEIVED RLY ACK: relay acknowledgment signal is received from another
vessel or coast station.
6. To cancel the DSC Distress Alarm signal from the speaker, press any key.
