Distress Alert Received On Hf Band - Furuno FS-1570 Operator's Manual

6. Press the [CALL] key, and the message "Category distress transmit sure?" appears.
Continue press the key until the message "Distress acknowledge call in progress
appears, to transmit the distress acknowledge call to the ship in distress.

4.2.2 Distress alert received on HF band

If you receive a distress alert on the HF band, the ALARM lamp lights and the audio alarm
sounds. Press the [CANCEL] key to silence the audio alarm. Wait for the distress
acknowledge from a coast station. If you do not receive the distress acknowledge within
five minutes, follow the instructions below to determine your course of action.
Watch on the distress frequency.
Relay the distress alert in the following cases:
- You have not received a distress acknowledge call from a coast station within five
minutes after receiving a distress call.
- You have not received a distress relay from other ship.
- You cannot receive distress communications from other ship over radiotelephone.
- If it is clear the ship or persons in distress are not in the vicinity and/or other crafts are
better placed to assist, superfluous communications which could interfere with search
and rescue activities should be avoided. Details should be recorded in the appropriate
log book.
- The ship relaying the distress alert should establish communications with the station
controlling the distress as directed and render such assistance as required and
appropriate.
[CALL] key
pressed
3 seconds
4 DISTRESS OPERATIONS
TIME TO GO 4S
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