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Transmitting a Distress Alert with Nature of Distress
The GX1100E is capable of transmitting a Distress Alert with the following “Na-
ture of Distress” categories:
Undesignated, Fire, Flooding, Collision, Grounding, Capsizing, Sinking,
Adrift, Abandoning, Piracy, Mob
1. Lift the red spring loaded DISTRESS cover and
press the [ DISTRESS
] key. The “
DISTRESS ”
menu will appear on the LCD.
2. Press the [ ENT
] key.
3. Press the [ S
(
UP
)] / [
T
(
DOWN
)] keys to select
the desired nature of distress category, then press
the [
ENT
] key.
4. Press and hold the [ DISTRESS
] key. The radios
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 display
is countdown.
5. The transceiver will watch for a DSC acknowledg-
ment transmission on CH70 and also receive calls
on CH16.
6. If an acknowledgement is received, select chan-
nel 16 and advise your distress situation.
7. If no acknowledgment is received, the Distress
Alert is repeated in 4 minute intervals until a DSC
acknowledgment is received.
8. When a DSC Distress acknowledgment is re-
ceived, a distress alarm sounds and channel 16 is
automatically selected. 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.
9. To cancel the DSC distress alarm signal from the speaker, press any key.
Cancel a Distress Alert
In order to cancel the repeat
call function of the DSC, press
the [
CLR
(
WX
)] key, then
press the [ ENT
] key.