Uniden UM725GBT Owner's Manual page 2

MAKING A DISTRESS CALL
Lift the red cover. Press and hold the
for three seconds. Your radio
DISTRESS key
transmits your ship's location every few
minutes until you receive a response.
NOTE: If the radio displays Enter User MMSI, cancel the
automatic distress call and make a normal voice distress
call.
Making a Voice Distress Call
Speak slowly - clearly - calmly.
For future reference, write your ship's name & call sign here:
1. Make sure your radio is on.
2. Press the
display does not show 16, press the
3. Press the
4. Say "THIS IS {name of your ship (three times)} and call sign/ship registration
number (once)."
5. Repeat "MAYDAY {name of your ship}" once.
6. Tell where you are: (what navigational aids or landmarks are near, or read
the latitude and longitude from your GPS).
7. State the nature of your distress (e.g. are you sinking, medical emergency,
man overboard, on fire, adrift, etc. ).
8. State the type of assistance you need (medical, towing, pumps, etc.).
9. Give number of persons aboard and conditions of any injured persons.
10. Estimate present seaworthiness of your ship (e.g. how immediate is the
danger due to flooding or fire or proximity to shore).
11. Briefly describe your ship, giving ship name (e.g. "Blue Duck is 32 foot
cabin cruiser, white hull, blue deck house").
12. Say: "I WILL BE LISTENING ON CHANNEL 16."
13. End message by saying "THIS IS {name or call sign of your ship}, OVER."
14. Release the
If you do not get an answer after 30 seconds, repeat your call, beginning at step 3, above.
to switch to Channel 16 (156.8 MHz). (If the corner of the
16/P key
PUSH-TO-TALK key
PUSH-TO-TALK key
again until it does.)
16/P key
and say: "MAYDAY -- MAYDAY -- MAYDAY."
and listen.
Lift the red cover and press the
DISTRESS button underneath