User's Manual

4.3.8 Distress Relay call

The Distress Relay facility enables an incoming Distress Alert

call to be passed onwards via boats within receiving distance of

the call, thus increasing the potential range of the Distress Alert

call.

If a Distress Relay call is received, the radio will sound an

incoming call alarm.

The display will ﬂash between displaying “Distress Relay”

and the vessel’s MMSI (Fig 4.17) -

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D I STRESS S

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Fig 4.17 - Incoming Distress Relay

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.

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

distress, not the vessel that relayed the call.

Press Ok to accept the call, automatically switch to channel 16

or On/C to reject the call.