Section 6 - Distress Calls; Send A Distress Call - Lowrance Link-2 User Manual

Section 6 - Distress calls

Note: You must have entered a valid user MMSI to send and receive DSC DISTRESS calls.

6-1 Send a Distress call

DISTRESS CALL DISTRESS CALL
►UNDEFINED ►UNDEFINED
FIRE HOLD DISTRESS
FLOODING 3 SECONDS...
1. Open the red cover labelled DISTRESS.
If time is available to specify the nature of the distress, go to step 2. Otherwise, go
directly to step 3.
2. Press and release the DISTRESS key to display the following categories. Press +/- button
or rotate the CH knob to select the category that describes your situation then press
ENT.
• UNDEFINED
(Undefined)
• FIRE
(Fire)
• FLOODING
(Flooding)
• COLLISION
(Collision)
• GROUNDING
(Grounding)
• LISTING
(Listing)
• SINKING
(Sinking)
• ADRIFT
(Adrift)
• ABANDONING
(Abandoning)
• PIRACY
(Piracy)
• OVER BOARD
(Overboard)
3. Press and hold down the DISTRESS key for about 3 seconds, until you see the distress
call sending message (DISTRESS CALL SENDING) on the screen. The whole display starts
to flash and beep loudly.
4. After the Distress Call is sent, the radio waits for an acknowledgment.
• The Distress call is automatically transmitted every 3.5 to 4.5 minutes, until an
acknowledgement is received ("Call repeat" mode).
• Press / ▲ to display the transmitted Distress call information.
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DISTRESS CALL
SENT! WAIT...
PRESS EXIT
TO CANCEL
5. You now have the following options: RESEND, PAUSE, CANCEL:
To RESEND the call, press RESEND soft key to enter "HOLD DISTRESS 3 SECONDS TO
6.
SEND" screen. Hold down DISTRESS key for 3s to resend the call or press EXIT soft key to
return to waiting for an acknowledgement call.
To PAUSE the call, press PAUSE soft key to pause the "Call repeat" mode, press EXIT soft
7.
key to resume the same call.
To CANCEL the call, press CANCEL soft key to enter "DISTRESS CALL SEND CANCEL"
8.
screen.
• Press NO soft key to return to waiting for an acknowledgement call.
• Press YES soft key to send the DISTRESS CANCEL call. Then press PTT to report your situation
using the handset mic, after the report, press EXIT to return to the normal operating mode.
After receiving the acknowledgment, press SILENC soft key then reply using the
9.
microphone, or press EXIT key to quit the current distress acknowledgment.
Note: Prior to receiving an acknowledgement, the distress alert call cannot immediately be
terminated by you, it can only be cancelled by completing the distress call cancel process as
described above (step 8).
8-2 Receiving a Distress Call (DISTRESS!)
DISTRESS
UNDEFINED
123456789
82°50.123'N
▼
00:01
An alert sounds when a distress call (DISTRESS!) is received.
Press SILENC soft key to silence the alert. You do not need to send an
1.
acknowledgement.
2. The radio automatically selects CH16 after 10 seconds if no user intervention, or press
ACCEPT soft-key to change to CH16 immediately.
3. Press +/- button or rotate the CH knob to view details of the distress call. Details
include the user MMSI and nature of the emergency (if specified), also the time and the
location (if specified). If the location and time are not specified, these are replaced with
sequences of 9s and 8s respectively.
• The radio is capable of receiving enhanced LL position data if the vessel transmitting the
distress call is sending this. This provides the position of the distressed vessel to within
20 m (60 ft).
4. Press PTT to establish voice contact or press EXIT key to quit the DISTRESS RECEIVE call.
Note: The call data is stored in the Distress Log and location data (DSC & DSE) sentence will
be output on the NMEA0183 port for indication on a connected chart-plotter / MFD.
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