Raymarine Ray240 User Manual page 4

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How to make a Mayday call
Step 1
16
16/9
V0:10
SQ:05
25W
RX
Step 2
Press
RAY240
and LAST/
WX
CH
16/9
Hold MEM
SCAN
SQ
PTT
1
2
ABC
4
5
GHI
JKL
7
8
PQRS
TUV
*
0
THEN
SLOWLY and CLEARLY
Step 3
V0:10
SQ:05
25W
RX
MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY
This is.... (name of vessel, spoken 3 times)
MAYDAY
This is....(name of vessel spoken once)
MENU MY POSITION IS....(latitude and longitude.
OK
1/25
or true bearing and distance from a known
WATCH
point - IF YOU DON'T KNOW, DON'T GUESS).
3
DEF
6
MNO
9
WXYZ
I AM....(sinking, on fire, etc)
I HAVE.... (number of persons on board and
any other information - drifting, flares fired, etc)
I REQUIRE IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE
OVER
RELEASE THE PTT SWITCH
16
FOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND INSTRUCTIONS
IF AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IS NOT RECEIVED
D6790_1 THEN REPEAT THE DISTRESS CALL