Receiving Distress Alerts; Distress Calls; Distress Acknowledgement; Distress Acknowledgement To A Call From Your Radio - Raymarine Ray240 User Manual

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2.5 Receiving distress alerts

Distress calls

When your radio receives a distress call, it displays the message:
and sounds an audible two-tone alarm. Your action should be, either:
• Press MENU, and accept the call. The alarm is cancelled and the radio will
automatically re-tune to Channel 16.
or
• Press LAST/WX (LAST/PRIV), and reject the call, if for example you are
unable to offer any assistance. The alarm is cancelled and the call is
logged.

Distress acknowledgement

When your radio receives a distress acknowledgement as a result of a distress call
transmitted by you or another vessel, your radio responds in the following way:

Distress acknowledgement to a call from your radio

If an acknowledgement is received to a distress call transmitted by your radio, it
responds by:
• cancelling automatic re-transmission of the distress alert.
• displaying a message showing the replying vessels MMSI and position.
Your action should be to press MENU. The radio automatically re-tunes to
Channel 16 and monitors it.
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