Sending Distress Relay To Area Ships - Furuno FS-5075 Operator's Manual

13. Rotate the ENTER knob to select appropriate frequency and then press the ENTER
knob.
14. Rotate the ENTER knob to select GO TO CALL and then press the ENTER knob. The
distress relay is transmitted to the coast station. The screen changes to one for
transmitting. After transmitting, the screen for waiting DISTRESS RELAY INDIVIDUAL
ACK appears. The elapsed time since transmitting is displayed.
When you receive the distress relay individual acknowledgement from the coast station, the
audio alarm sounds and the icon flashes in red. The pop-up message "RELAY INDIVIDUAL
ACK received! [CANCEL]: Stop alarm" appears. Press the CANCEL key to silence the alarm
and stop the flashing of the icon. The pop-up message disappears. Communicate with the
coast station by telephone, over the frequency specified. To quit the distress receiving
procedure, select QUIT and then press the ENTER knob.
4.3.2

Sending distress relay to area ships

Use this procedure to send the distress relay to area ships.
1. Press the DISTRESS MSG key and the OTHER DSC MSG key simultaneously to open
the composing screen for the distress relay individual.
2. Rotate the ENTER knob to select MSG TYPE and then press the ENTER knob.
3. Rotate the ENTER knob to select RELAY AREA and then press the ENTER knob.
4. Rotate the ENTER knob to select CR or LL and then press the ENTER knob.
5. Set the area with the numeric keys. The geographical area call is for sending a call to all
ships within the area you designate in your geographical area call. In the figure below,
for example, the call will be sent to all ships within 24-34°N, 135-140°W (LL) and 34°N,
140°W, range: 500 NM (CR).
Reference point
(For example,
34° 00N 140° 00W)
34° 00N 140° 00W 0500NM
6. Rotate the ENTER knob to select DISTRESS ID and then press the ENTER knob.
7. Enter the ID of the ship in distress and then press the ENTER knob.
8. Rotate the ENTER knob to select NATURE and then press the ENTER knob.
9. Rotate the ENTER knob to select nature of distress and then press the ENTER knob.
10. Rotate the ENTER knob to select LAT or LON and then press the ENTER knob.
11. Use the numeric keys to enter latitude (or longitude) of the ship in distress. (If necessary,
switch coordinates: 1 key to switch to North (East for longitude); 2 key to switch to South
(West for longitude).) Press the ENTER knob.
12. Rotate the ENTER knob to select COMM MODE and then press the ENTER knob.
500NM
CR (CIRCLE)
4. DISTRESS OPERATIONS
Reference point
(For example,
34° N 140° W)
140° W
34° N 140° W 10°
34° N
10°
24° N
5°
135° W
LL (QUAD)
5°
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