Sending Distress Relay On Behalf Of A Ship In Distress; Sending Distress Relay To Coast Station - Furuno FS-5070 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.
Note: In the above cases, never use the DISTRESS button.
1. Press the DSC key.
Select Message
GENERAL
RELAY AREA
INDIVIDUAL
PSTN MESSAGE
RELAY COAST
TEST MESSAGE
DISTRESS
GROUP MESSAGE
AREA MESSAGE
SPECIAL
POSITION
MMSI 123456789
POS 12 34.5678N
123 45.6789E
2. Rotate the ENTER knob to choose RELAY COAST and then push the ENTER knob.
3. Push the ENTER knob to open the COAST ID window.
MANUAL
SELECT
4. Rotate the ENTER knob to choose MANUAL or SELECT.
When you choose SELECT, a list of file names and ID numbers stored at MESSAGE
menu appears (For details, see Chapter 6.) In this case you can choose a file name with
ID number desired, and then push the ENTER knob and then go to step 6. When
choosing MANUAL, go to step 5.
Compose msg.
MSG TYPE: RELAY COAST
COAST ID
SHIP ID IN D
00*******
NATURE: UNDESIGNATED
POS: NO INFORMATION
COMM MODE :
DSC FREQ. :
5. Key in COAST ID with the numeric keys and then push the ENTER knob.
4-14
DISTRESS
UTC 01:53
EPFS 01:54
TELEPHONE
8414.5 kHz
GO TO VIEW