Owner's Manual

Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra
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Operating Your Radio
Abort The Distress Call Process:
If the Distress button is pressed by mistake:
a. Press the EXIT soft key to return to Standby mode.
The Distress alarm sounds to conrm that the message is
transmitted. At the end of the transmission, the radio
maintains a watch on Channel 16 and Channel 70 for an
acknowledgement. Press any button to turn Off the alarm.
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If an acknowledgement is received, the Distress alarm
sounds again and the responding party’s MMSI number
displays on the LCD.
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If no acknowledgement is received, the radio resends
the message at approximately four (4) minute intervals
until an acknowledgement is received or the Distress
call is aborted.
Cancelling a Distress Call
At anytime Before receiving a Distress Call Acknowledgement,
the Distress can be canceled.
1.
From the WAIT FOR ACK screen, press the CANC soft key.
2. From the DISTRESS CANCEL screen, conrm cancelling
the Distress Call by pressing the YES soft key.
3. After the Distress Call Cancel message has been sent,
press the CONT key.
4. After the Distress Cancel has been sent, your are required
to follow-up with a VOICE CANCEL containing the
following information:
“ALL STATIONS” SAY 3 TIMES
“This is (SHIP NAME), (CALL SIGN), (SHIP MMSI #),
(POSITION)” CANCEL MY DISTRESS ALERT OF “(DATE,
UTC TIME)”
5. After completing the VOICE CANCEL procedure, press the
DONE soft key to return to the radio idle screen.
Advanced Operation
canc
transmit in 4:11
wait for ack
!! distress !!
rsnd paus info
canc
transmit in 3:05
wait for ack
!! distress !!
rsnd paus info
back yes
cancel distress ?
distress cancel
Soft Keys
cont
transmitted
distrss cancel
rept done
"this is (ship
say 3 times
"all stations"
voice cancel req