
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
If your vessel requres assstance, contact other vessels and
the Coast Guard by sendng a Dstress call on Channel 16.
USING CHANNEL 16
DISTRESS CALL PROCEDURE
1. “MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY.”
2. “THIS IS ...............” (name of vessel).
3. Say your call sgn or other ndcaton of the vessel (AND
9-dgt DSC ID f you have one).
4. “LOCATED AT ...............” (your poston).
5. State the nature of the dstress and assstance requred.
6. Gve any other nformaton whch mght facltate the
rescue.
Or, transmt your Dstress call usng dgtal selectve callng
on Channel 70.
USING DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING
(Ch 70)
DISTRESS CALL PROCEDURE
1. Whle lftng up the key cover, push and hold
[DISTRESS]
for 5 sec. untl you hear 5 short beeps
change to one long beep.
2. Wat for an acknowledgment on Channel 70 from a
coast staton.
• After the acknowledgement s receved, Channel 16 s auto-
matcally selected.
3. Push and hold
[PTT]
, then transmt the approprate
nformaton as lsted above.
NOTE
A WARNING STICKER
s suppled wth the transcever.
To comply wth FCC regulatons, ths stcker must be affixed n
such a locaton as to be readly seen from the operatng con-
trols of the rado as n the dagram below. Make sure the cho-
sen locaton s clean and dry before applyng the stcker.
EXAMPLE
WARNING
STICKER