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HX851E
Transmitting a DSC Distress Alert with Nature of Distress
The
HX851E
is capable of transmitting a DSC Distress Alert with the following
“Nature of Distress” categories:
Undesignated, Fire, Flooding, Collision, Grounding, Capsizing, Sinking,
Adrift, Abandoning, Piracy, and MOB.
1. Lift the red DISTRESS rubber cover on the right side
of the transceiver and press the [
DISTRESS
] key. The
“
DISTRESS ALERT
” menu will appear on the display.
2. Press the [
] / [
] key to select the desired “Nature of
Distress” category.
3. When the
HX851E
internal GPS receiver has a fix, skip
to step 4. When the
HX851E
internal GPS receiver is
either disabled or is not receiving a fix, you may enter in
your coordinates and send them manually as detailed below.
a. Press the [
CALL
(
ENT
)
MENU
] key twice. The dis-
play will be as shown in the illustration on the right.
b. Enter your local time by the 24-hour system on the
UTC time with the [
] / [
] / [
CALL
(
ENT
)
MENU
] /
[
H/L
(
)] key.
c. Enter the Latitude/Longitude of your vessel loca-
tion with the [
] / [
] / [
CALL
(
ENT
)
MENU
] /
[
H/L
(
)] key.
d. To store the data entered, press and hold the [
CALL
(
ENT
)
MENU
] key.
4. Press and hold the [
DISTRESS
] key. The radios dis-
play will count down (3-2-1), and afterwards the
HX851E
will transmit the DSC Distress Alert on chan-
nel 70. The backlight of the display and keypad flashes
while the radios display counts down. When the Dis-
tress signal is being sent, the
TX/BUSY
indicator will
grow red.
5. The transceiver “shadow-watches” for a transmission
between Channel 16 and Channel 70 until an acknowl-
edgment signal is received. The display will be shown
in the illustration on the right.
6. If no acknowledgment is received, the distress call is
repeated in 4 minute intervals until an acknowledgment is received.
7. When a DSC Distress acknowledgment is received, a distress alarm sounds
and channel 16 is automatically selected. The display shows the MMSI of
the ship responding to your distress.
