User's Manual

4.3.7 Distress Alert acknowledgement

If an acknowledgement is received for a Distress Alert sent

(normally from a coast station or rescue co-ordination centre),

the radio will sound an incoming call alarm.

The display will ﬂash between displaying “Distress

Acknowledg” and the MMSI of the vessel in distress, or your

MMSI if the Distress Alert was sent by the RS87 and the

Distress Alert transmission sent has been cancelled.

If the vessel’s MMSI is stored in the MMSI directory (see sec-

tion 5.2), then the display will show the name stored instead of

the MMSI number (Fig 4.16) -

RS87 VHF

Part No. E04297

D I STRESS S

ACKNOWLEDG

INT

FORK I NG 0

ROBERTA00

Fig 4.16 - Distress Acknowledgment received

NOTE The MMSI / name displayed will be that of the vessel in

distress, not the station that has acknowledged the call.

Press Ok to accept the acknowledgment and automatically

switch to channel 16, or On/C to ignore the call.

NOTE Distress Alert calls always use channel 16 as the working

channel.