Distress Alert Transmission With Nature Of Distress - Furuno 9ZWFM8800S Operator's Manual

3. Press the ENT key. The standby display with CH16 and Hi appears.
4. Provide the following information to the coast station, using a handset on the
transceiver unit or remote stations (if connected):
Distress call
(1) Speak slowly and distinctly, "MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY," pronounced as
the French expression "m'aider."
(2) This is; "the name of your vessel and call sign" three times.
Then, begin the distress communications, which consists of:
Distress communications
(1) Position in latitude and longitude;
(2) The nature of the distress;
(3) The kind of assistance desired;
(4) Any other information which might facilitate rescue, for example, length, color,
and type of vessel, number of persons on board.
(5) Indicate the end of message by saying "Over."
Some countries do not have sea area "A." In this case "ACK" from the coast
station does not arrive over DSC. A ship nearby will contact the vessel in
distress over CH16. After transmitting the distress alert, conduct voice
distress communications as shown above.
Note: To return to normal mode, turn off the power and on again.
2.2 Distress Alert Transmission with Nature of
Distress
If you want to transmit the distress alert with nature of distress specified, do as
follows:
1. Open the DISTRESS key cover and press the DISTRESS key momentarily.
The alarm sounds and the red lamp in the key blinks and after releasing the
key within three seconds the alarm stops and the red lamp goes off. The
following screen appears.
** Compose Message **
CALL TYPE : DISTRESS
NATURE : UNDESIGNATED
UNDESIGNATED
POS : 12 °
34N 123
Fire
AT : 12 : 34
Flooding
SIMP TP
Collision
Grounding
G
Listing
2. DSC DISTRESS COMMUNICATION
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