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2. When the distress signal is sent, the transceiver listens on
CH70 until an acknowledgment signal is received.
3. If no acknowledgment is received, the Distress Alert is
repeated in 4-minute intervals until the Distress Alert
Acknowledgment is received.
4. When the Distress Alert Acknowledgment is received, a
distress alarm sounds and Channel 16 is automatically
selected. The display shows the MMSI of the ship respond-
ing to your distress.
5. Press the PTT button and state your name, vessel name,
number of persons on board and the distress situation, then
say "over" and wait for a reply from the acknowledging ship.
6. To turn the distress alarm OFF before the radio retransmits
the Distress Alert, press the [16/S] key or the [QUIT] soft
key.
Transmitting the Distress Alert with Nature of Distress
The HX890 is capable of transmitting the Distress Alert with the following "Nature
of Distress" categories:
Undesignated, Fire/Explosion, Flooding, Collision, Grounding, Capsizing,
Sinking, Adrift, Abandoning, Piracy, Man Overboard
Press
key
(
1. Press the [NATURE] soft key. The "NATURE
OF" menu will appear on the display.
2. Press the [CH▼]/[CH▲] key to select the
desired nature of distress category, then
press the [SELECT] soft key.
3. Press and hold the DISTRESS key until a
Distress Alert is transmitted.
Transmitting the Distress Alert by Manually Inputting Location and Time
In case the HX890 fails to get a GPS position fix, you may manually input the
latitude and longitude, and the time to transmit the Distress Alert.
Press
key
(
36
/
/
/
key)
/
/
/
key)
SELECT
DIST ALERT MSG
(
key)
DIST ALERT MSG
NATURE OF:
POSITION:
BACK
SELECT
DIST ALERT MSG
(
key)
!!DISTRESS!!
UNDESIGNATED
POS:
TIME:
Transmitting
!!DISTRESS!!
UNDESIGNATED
POS:
TIME:
TX IN:
Waiting for ACK
PAUSE CANCEL
!!DISTRESS!!
RX ACKNOWLEDGED
SINCE:
(
/
key)
UNDESIGNATED
24 ° 25.9755
N
118 ° 59.4566
E
DIST ALERT MSG
12:56
TIME:
UTC
[DISTRESS]
Hold for 3sec.
UNDESIGNATED
NATURE
POS/TM
FIRE.EXPLSION
BACK
(
/
key)
24 ° 25.9755
N
118 ° 59.4566
W
12:56
UTC
24 ° 25.9755
N
118 ° 59.4566
W
12:56
UTC
00:15
007654321
USCG CA
00:10
OK
SELECT
(
key)
NATURE OF
FLOODING
COLLISION
GROUNDIND
SELECT
SELECT
(
key)
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