Furuno DSC-60 Operator's Manual page 43

2. Press the [CANCEL] key to silence the audio alarm, and the display changes as below.
Received message
*
JUL-23-1999-23:59
DISTRESS CALL
SHIP IN DIST:
NATURE: UNDESIGNATED
POS:
12˚34N 123˚45E AT 12:34
TELEPHONE
! "
ANSWER
3. If you do not receive the distress acknowledge from a coast station and you have
received the distress alert more than twice, press $ to choose ANSWER and press the
[ENT] key to send the distress acknowledge signal to the ship in distress.
4. Press the [ENT] key to open the CALL TYPE menu.
Send message
***
CALL TYPE: INDIVIDUAL
RELAY ALL
DISTRESS RELAY
COAST
RELAY COAST
COAS
ACKNOWLEDGE
SHIP IN DIST: 987654321
DSC FREQ :
GO TO ALL VIEW
5. Select ACKNOWLEDGE and press the [ENT] key. The following display appears.
Send message
***
CALL TYPE : ALL SHIPS
DISTRESS ACKNOWLEDGE
SHIP IN DIST :
DSC FREQ :
GO TO ALL VIEW
6. Press the [CALL] key to send the distress acknowledge call to the ship in distress. Note that
the distress acknowledge is immediately sent when the time elapsed between reception and
transmission of it is more than one minute. If the [CALL] key is pressed before one minute
has elapsed a timer appears and counts down the time remaining before the call is sent.
Distress acknowledge
call in progress!
SHIP IN DIST :
DSC FREQ :
2187.5 KHZ
GO TO ALL VIEW
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ECC: OK
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ALL VIEW
The option ACKNOWLEDGE
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does not appear in the following cases:
a) Distress alert received on HF band.
b) If, on MF band, more than 2 min. 45 sec.
elapses after the distress alert is received.
2187.5 KHZ
***
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