Making A Voice Distress Call - Uniden UM385 Owner's Manual

Lift the red cover. Press and hold the
MAKING A DISTRESS CALL
transmits your boat's location every few minutes until you receive a response.
the radio displays Enter User MMSI, cancel the automatic distress call and make a
# NOTE: IF
normal voice distress call.

MAKING A VOICE DISTRESS CALL

SPEAK SLOWLY — CLEARLY — CALMLY.
For future reference, write your boat's name & call sign here:
1. Make sure your radio is on.
2. On the microphone, press the
(If the corner of the display does not show 16, press the
does.)
3. Press the
PUSH TO TALK
4. Say "
MAYDAY – MAYDAY."
5. Say "
THIS IS {name or call sign of your boat}
6. Tell where you are: (what navigational aids or landmarks are near, or read the
MAYDAY {name or call sign of your boat}.
latitude and longitude from your GPS).
7. State the nature of your distress, e.g. are you sinking, medical emergency, man
overboard, on fire, adrift, etc.
8. Give number of persons aboard and conditions of any injured persons.
9. Estimate present seaworthiness of your ship (e.g. how immediate is the danger due
to flooding or fire or proximity to shore).
10. Briefly describe your ship (length, type, color, hull).
11. Say: "
12. End message by saying "
I WILL BE LISTENING ON CHANNEL 16.
13. Release the
PUSH TO TALK
If you do not get an answer after 30 seconds, repeat your call, beginning at
step 3, above.
DISTRESS
Lift the red cover
and press the
button.
DISTRESS
button to switch to Channel 16 (156.8 MHz).
16/9-TRI
button on the microphone and say:
."
"
"
button and listen.
THIS IS {name or call sign of your boat}, OVER.
button for three seconds. Your radio
16/9-TRI
MAYDAY –
button again until it
"