User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Safety summary
- Preface
- Training information (for FCC approved equipment)
- Introduction
- Operation
- Overview
- General use and navigation
- Power on, speaker volume and antenna tuning
- SSB, AM BROADCAST, DSC or TELEX mode
- Radio settings and ITU channel selection
- Entering Rx and Tx frequencies
- Adjusting RF gain
- Soft-key functions
- Position and MMSI Information
- Channel information always available in the display
- Engagement status
- Speaker devices
- Changing the display colors and dim function
- Squelch on/off (soft key)
- Basic MF/HF radio communication
- Watch function
- DSC calls
- Phone book
- Radiotelex
- Replay function
- Setup
- Service & maintenance
- Glossary
- Index
Chapter 2: Operation
18 DSC calls
DSC calls
In this section of the manual you find information on:
• Own Distress — sending, acknowledging and cancelling
• DROBOS — Distress relay on behalf of someone else
• Receiving Distress calls
• DSC calls
• Sessions in the MF/HF radio
• Handling multiple calls — DSC and voice
• Geographical area calls
Own Distress — sending, acknowledging and cancelling
To send a Distress alert
1. Lift the cover of the red Distress button and press and hold the
Distress button for longer than 3 seconds. For short step-by-step
instructions how to proceed when sending a Distress message
see Emergency calls on page vi.
When the Distress signal is sent, SSB, and
Tx appear in the display. A two-seconds
beep tone is heard and the channel that is
currently sent appears in the display.
The MF/HF radio displays one by one the
bands in which the Distress has been
transmitted.
If you inadvertently transmit a DSC
Distress alert press the soft key ANNUL. For detailed instructions how to
cancel all Distress alerts see To cancel own Distress on page 20.
2. Press the soft key FREQ if you want to specify a certain band out of the 6
available as the next distress frequency. Thereafter all 6 distress
frequencies are transmitted.
ANNUL
FREQ
MORE
PAUSE
WAIT FOR ACK: 0:01:50
REPEAT IN: 1:30
D. MMSI:223344556
NAT: UNDESIGNATED
Bands: 2 4 6 8 12 16
2182.0 Rx
2182.0 Tx
SSB DIST
OWN DISTRESS