Receive And Reply To A Distress Call; Call Back Using The Distress Logs - NorthStar NS100 SS Quickstart Manual And Reference Manual

Receive and reply to a distress call

PORT OPS/VTS RCV:DISTRESS
N 39 27.021' 123451234
E135 12.011' FIRE
T 09:34 UTC ESC->EXIT
IMPORTANT!
You can establish voice
contact with the distressed
vessel, as described
here, but the Coast
Guard is the only agency
allowed to send a distress
acknowledgement.

Call back using the distress logs

DSC CALL DISTRES LOG
ALL SHIPS >DISTRESS
CALL LOG RELAY
>DISTRES LOG
IMPORTANT!
You can establish voice
contact with the distressed
vessel, but ONLY the
Coast Guard is allowed
to send a distress
acknowledgement.
RCV:DISTRESS
N 12.12.121'
E121.12.121'
T 09:36 UTC
When the radio picks up an incoming distress
call:
1. The radio beeps loudly to alert you to the
incoming distress call and the working
channel changes automatically to CH16.
Press any key except PTT or <ESC if you
want to stop the beeps.
At the same time, the LCD screen displays
the BUSY symbol, the category of the
distress, and the MMSID (or buddy name) of
the distressed vessel. After one second, the
LCD display changes to show the position
of the distressed vessel and the time of the
distress transmission.
RCV:RELAY RCV:DISTRES
678678678 N 38 27.021'
FIRE E137 12.011'
ESC->EXIT T 12:27 UTC
The radio has two distress logs that each hold
the details of ten distress calls. The DISTRESS
log stores received distress calls, and the
RELAY log stores relayed distress calls.
You can reply to any of them with an
INDIVIDUAL call back, as follows:
These two screens alternate once every
second, for a maximum of three minutes.
If the vessel's position isn't specified, a series
of dashed lines are shown instead.
2. Press PTT to establish voice contact with the
distressed vessel or press <ESC to maintain a
listening watch on CH16.
The details of the incoming call are stored in the
distress log. If the distress log is full, the oldest
entry is automatically deleted.
1. Press CALL to display the first three options of
the DSC CALL menu.
2. Scroll through the options and move the cursor
to DISTRES LOG. Press >ENT.
3. Press >ENT again to select the received
distress call log
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