Receiving A Dsc Distress Alert - Standard Horizon Eclipse GX1300 Owner's Manual

9.3.2 Receiving a DSC Distress Alert

1. When a DSC distress alert is received, an emergency alarm sounds.
The display will show the MMSI (or name) of the vessel transmitting the
distress.
2. Press any key on the radio to stop the alarm.
3. To immediately switch to channel 16, press the
ACCEPT
soft key.
If a key is not pressed for thirty seconds (by
default; refer to the section "10.3.8 Auto
Channel Switching Time") after a DSC call is
received, the GX1300 will automatically switch
to channel 16 for you to monitor distress
communications.
P A U S E
4. Press the
acknowledgement.
R E S U M E
Press the
acknowledgement.
5. If you want the radio to stay on the channel you were on before receiv-
ing the distress call, press the
6. After accepting the distress call, press the
INFO
soft key to show information of the vessel
in distress.
7. Press the ▲ / ▼ keys to scroll the screen and
see the MMSI (or name), nature of distress,
and GPS position of the vessel in distress.
If the received call does not include position
data, the LCD will show " NO POSITION ".
Q U I T
9. Press the
operation mode.
When there is an unread distress alert, " " icon will appear on the
display. You may review the unread distress alert from the DSC log,
refer to the section "9.12.2 Reviewing a Logged DSC Distress Call."
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soft key to suspend the
soft key to resume the
QUIT
soft key to return to radio
NOTE
ACCEPT
BUSY
25W
USA
DISTRESS PAUSE
soft key.
DIST: 366901234
RX DISTRESS
YAESU
UNDESIGNATED
NOT ACKNOWLEDGED
SINCE: 00:05
PAUSE QUIT
16
MEM
P
RESUME QUIT
RX DISTRESS
YAESU
UNDESIGNATED
NOT ACKNOWLEDGED
SINCE: 00:05
INFO INFO QUIT
RX DISTRESS
DIST INFO
YAESU
UNDESIGNATED
BACK QUIT
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