Receiving Dsc Calls (Distress); D Receiving A Distress Call - Icom IC-M804 Instruction Manual

■ Receiving DSC calls (Distress)

The transceiver receives Distress calls, Distress
Acknowledgments, Distress Cancel calls, Distress
Relay calls, and Distress Relay Acknowledgments.
When you receive a call, an Emergency Alarm sounds.
continuously blinks while the transceiver
NOTE:
has a DSC call or an unread DSC message in the
Received Call Log. (p. 46)

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
have received it.
When a Distress call is received:
• The emergency alarm sounds until you turn it OFF.
• "Received Distress" is displayed.
1. Push to turn OFF the alarm.
Alarm Off
L When "Accept after 10 sec." or "Ignore after 10
sec." is selected in the CH Auto Switch setting, the
countdown is displayed on the bottom of the window.
(p. 50)
After 10 seconds have passed since Alarm Off
was 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
Ignore
Main screen.
: Puts the RX task on hold and returns
Hold
to the Main screen.
: Pauses the countdown.
Pause
: Enters the DSC Task mode
Accept
immediately.
• One of the Emergency Frequencies is automatically
selected. Monitor it because a coast station may
require assistance.
• Rotate [CH/GRP] to confi rm the call contents.
L See page 23 for details of the Software Key
functions in the DSC Task mode.
3. Push
Standby Mode
return to the Main screen.
TIP: When
is pushed in step 2, the
Pause
countdown will be paused. Push
resume the countdown.
6
DSC OPERATION
Rotate
, and then to
OK
to
Resume
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