Sending Distress Relay On Behalf Of A Ship In Distress; Sending Distress Relay To Coast Station - Furuno FS-1570 Operator's Manual

4 DISTRESS OPERATIONS
4.3 Sending Distress Relay on Behalf of a Ship in
Distress

4.3.1 Sending distress relay to coast station

You may send the distress relay to a coast station on behalf of a ship in distress in the
following cases:
• You are near the ship in distress and the ship in distress cannot transmit the distress
alert.
• When the master or person responsible for your ship considers that further assistance
is necessary.
In the above cases never use the [DISTRESS] button to transmit the distress relay.
1. Press the [2/DSC] key and then push the [ENTER] knob.
Compose message
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INDIVIDUAL
PSTN CALL
: All ships
CALL TYPE
TEST CALL
: Safety
STATION ID
ALL SHIPS
: Telephone
PRIORITY
GROUP CALL
: 2187.5 kHz
COM. TYPE
AREA CALL
$
COM. FREQ
POSITION
DSC FREQ
2. Rotate the [ENTER] knob to choose RELAY SEL and then push the [ENTER] knob.
3. Push the [ENTER] knob to open the COAST ID input window.
Compose message
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CALL TYPE: RELAY SEL
COAST ID
ID IN DIST
000000000
NATURE: UNDESIGNATED
POS: NO INFORMATION
COM. TYPE :
DSC FREQ. :
GO TO ALL VIEW
4. Key in COAST ID with the numeric keys and then push the [ENTER] knob.
5. Push the [ENTER] knob to open the ID IN DIST window.
Compose message
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: RELAY SEL
CALL TYPE
COAST ID: : ---------
000000000
ID IN DIST
NATURE : UNDESIGNATED
: NO INFORMATION
POS.:
COM.TYPE :
DSC FREQ :
GO TO ALL VIEW
6. Key in ID of ship in distress with the numeric keys and then push the [ENTER] knob. If
you do not know the ID, simply push the [ENTER] knob without entering ID.
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TELEPHONE
8414.5 KHZ
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TELEPHONE
8414.5 KHZ
Rotate [ENTER] knob to scroll.
POLLING
NEUTRAL
MEDICAL
RELAY ALL
RELAY SEL
DISTRESS