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MAKING A DISTRESS CALL
Lift the red cover. Press and hold the
DISTRESS
key for three
seconds. Your radio transmits your ship’s location every few
minutes until you receive a response.
Lift the red cover
and press the white
DISTRESS button
underneath.
Making a Voice Distress Call
Speak slowly - clearly - calmly.
For future reference, write your ship’s name & call sign here:
1. Make sure your radio is on.
2. Press the
16/P
key to switch to Channel 16 (156.8 MHz). (If the corner of the display does not show
16, press the
16/P
key again until it does.)
3. Press the
PUSH-TO-TALK
key and say: “
MAYDAY -- MAYDAY -- MAYDAY
.”
4. Say “
THIS IS {name of your ship (three times)} and call sign/ship registration number (once).”
5. Repeat “
MAYDAY {name of your ship}”
once.
6. Tell where you are: (what navigational aids or landmarks are near, or read the latitude and longitude
from your GPS).
7. State the nature of your distress (e.g. are you sinking, medical emergency, man overboard, on fire,
adrift, etc. ).
8. State the type of assistance you need (medical, towing, pumps, etc.).
9. Give number of persons aboard and conditions of any injured persons.
10. Estimate present seaworthiness of your ship (e.g. how immediate is the danger due to flooding or fire
or proximity to shore).
11. Briefly describe your ship, giving ship name (e.g. “Blue Duck is 32 foot cabin cruiser, white hull, blue
deck house”).
12. Say: “
I WILL BE LISTENING ON CHANNEL 16.
”
13. End message by saying “
THIS IS {name or call sign of your ship}, OVER.”
14. Release the
PUSH-TO-TALK key
and listen.
NOTE: If you do not get an answer after 30 seconds, repeat your call, beginning at step 3, above.