Instruction Manual

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Receiving a Distress Call
WARNING
If a distress call is received, make sure to inform the ship's captain or officer in charge.
Doing so may save the lives of the crew and passengers on the ship in distress.
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When a distress call is received, the message will be displayed.
The ALM light will start blinking, and an alarm will sound growing louder gradually.
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Press the CANCEL key to stop the alarm, and then press ENT and keep watch on
CH16.
Keep watch on CH16 for at least 5 minutes, and notify the coast station as appropriate.
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When responding due to watching on CH16 and coordinating with the coast station,
select the menu of 4.1 Received distress list and send the acknowledgement. After
sending it, commence distress traffic via radiotelephony on CH16 as follows.
z Say "MAYDAY",
z Repeat the identity (MMSI) of the ship in distress 3 times,
z Say "This is",
z Repeat the identity (MMSI) of your ship 3 times,
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Say "RECEIVED MAYDAY".
Station1 TIME 23:59(UTC)
POS 89ﾟ59'S
EXT 179ﾟ59'W
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CH
SQL
CH70
CH
SW
[ITU]
Received distress message
Type :Distress.......
From :431001234......
Nature :Fire...........
Position :12ﾟ34.5678'N...
123ﾟ45.6789'E..
UTC :12:14..........
Station1 TIME 23:59(UTC)
16
CH70
Press CANCEL to silence alarm.
CH
[ITU]
Received distress message
From :431001234......
Nature :Fire...........
Position :12ﾟ34.5678'N...
123ﾟ45.6789'E..
UTC :12:14..........
EOS :EOS
Station1 TIME 23:59(UTC)
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CH70
[OK/CH16 watch] [Cancel]
CH
[ITU]