Icom IC-M802 Instruction Manual page 27

D D Regular distress call
Transmit a distress call after selecting "
in the DSC menu.
q Push [DSC] to select DSC watch mode.
w Push [MODE set] to select the DSC menu.
[DSC]
[CANCEL/CALL] [CH]
e Rotate [CH] to select "
[ENT].
Ç
r Rotate [CH] to select the desired nature then push
[ENT].
Ç
t Verify the position and UTC time data, then push
[ENT].
• When no position and time data is applied to [GPS],
your position and UTC time should be input in this step.
"
[MODE ] [ENT]
SET
[F] [FREQ/CH]
," then push
NEVER USE THE DISTRESS CALL WHEN YOUR
SHIP IS NOT IN AN EMERGENCY. DISTRESS
CALLS CAN BE USED ONLY WHEN IMMEDIATE
HELP IS NEEDED.
y Rotate [CH] to select the desired distress fre-
quency, then push [ENT].
• After pushing [ENT], return to the DSC menu as shown
in step q.
Ç
u Lift up the distress switch cover, push [DISTRESS]
for 5 sec. to transmit the distress call.
• The distress call is transmitted on the emergency fre-
quency selected in step y.
i After transmitting the call, the transceiver is set to
the phone emergency frequency automatically.
• The DSC receiver circuit is still working to receive an
acknowledgement call on the previous frequency.
• The distress call transmission and acknowledgement
reception are performed on the all distress frequencies
(2187.5, 4207.5, 6312.0, 8414.5, 12577.0 and
16804.5 kHz) in sequence when "
" is selected in step y.
o When receiving an acknowledgement, push [CAN-
CEL/CALL] to stop the alarm then reply to the con-
nected station via the transceiver's microphone.
• The acknowledgement is memorized into the RX mem-
ory channel. (p. 38)
CALL PROCEDURE
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