Receiving Dsc Calls (Distress); D Receiving A Distress Call - Icom IC-M803 Instruction Manual

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DSC OPERATION

■ Receiving DSC calls (Distress)

The transceiver receives Distress calls, Distress
Acknowledgments, and Distress Cancel calls.
When you receive a call, an Emergency Alarm sounds.
NOTE: continuously blinks while transceiver
has DSC call or an unread DSC message in the
Received Call Log. (p. 54)

D Receiving a Distress call

IMPORTANT!
Distress call reception should stop after one
sequence because the coast station should send
back an Acknowledgment to the vessel. If the Distress
call continues, even after the coast station sends back
an Acknowledgment, the vessel in distress may not
receive it.
When a Distress call is received:
• The emergency alarm sounds until you turn it OFF.
• "Received Distress" is displayed.
1. Push
L When "Accept after 10 sec." or "Ignore after 10 sec."
is selected in "CH Auto Switch" setting, the countdown
is displayed on the bottom of the window. (p. 58)
After 10 seconds have passed since
pushed, the screen will move to the DSC Task screen,
or return to the Main screen.
2. Push the Software Key below the intended
operation.
: Ignores the call and returns to the Main
screen.
: Puts the RX task on hold, and returns
to the Main screen.
: Pauses the countdown.
: Enters the DSC Task mode
immediately.
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to turn OFF the alarm.
• One of the Emergency Frequencies is automatically
selected. Monitor it because a coast station may
require assistance.
• Rotate [CH/GRP] to confirm the call contents.
L See pages 27 and 28 for details of the Software Key
functions in the DSC Task mode.
3. Push
the Main screen.
TIP: When you push
countdown will be paused. Push
to restart the countdown.
is
Rotate
, and then to return to
in step 2, the