D Regular Call - Icom IC-M604A Instruction Manual

r After receiving the acknowledgment, reply using the
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➥ A distress alert contains (default);
• Kind of distress : Undesignated distress
• Position data : The latest GPS or manual input position
data is held for 23.5 hours, or until the
transceiver is turned OFF.
➥ The Distress call is repeated every 3.5 to 4.5 minutes,
until receiving an 'acknowledgement.' ('Call repeat' mode)
➥ Push [DISTRESS] to transmit a renewed Distress call,
if required.
➥ Push [CLR] to cancel the 'Call repeat' mode.
➥ "??" may blink instead of position and time displays
when the GPS data is invalid, or has not been
manually updated for 4 hours.
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The nature of the Distress call should be included in the
Distress call.
q Enter "Distress Setting" in the DSC menu.
DSC Menu ➪ Distress Setting
(Push [MENU]) (Rotate [SELECTOR], then push [ENT].)
w Rotate [SELECTOR] to select the nature of the distress,
then push [ENT].
• 'Undesignated,' 'Explosion,' 'Flooding,' 'Collision,' 'Grounding,'
'Capsizing,' 'Sinking,' 'Adrift (Disable adrift),' 'Abandoning
(Abandoning ship),' 'Piracy (Piracy attack)' and 'MOB (Man
overboard)' are selectable.
• The nature of the distress is stored for 10 minutes after a
selection is made.
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When a GPS receiver (NMEA0183 ver. 2.0 or 3.01) is
connected, steps e and r (Current position/time
programming) are not displayed. Go to step t.
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