Transmitting; Receiving Acknowledgement; Cancelling A Distress Call Made In Error - Raymarine Ray55E Owner's Handbook Manual

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To conform with regulations of the Basel Agreement for radiotelephone service on
Note:
inland waterways, DSC functions are disabled when ATIS is active. See "ATIS Function" on
page 65.

Transmitting

After the Distress transmission, the radio is automatically set to channel 16 at
high power to listen for and respond to voice replies from Search and Rescue
authorities or other vessels that may have received your Distress Call.
To mute the alarm:
Press CLEAR.
To manually cancel the automatic Distress resend:
Press CLEAR a second time.
The Distress Call is resent randomly every 3.5 – 4.5 minutes until an
acknowledgement is received or the call is manually cancelled.

Receiving Acknowledgement

After the call is sent, the radio waits for acknowledgement. The display stops
flashing and the alarm sounds continuously until muted or an ACK is received.
16
DISTRES CALL
AWAIT ACK
I
N
AUTO
T
B B
TRANSMIT
DISTRESS
END

Cancelling a Distress Call Made in Error

If the countdown has not been completed, release the DISTRESS key before the
countdown has completed.
If the countdown has completed and the distress call has been sent in error, you
should make an announcement as soon as possible that the distress situation
does not exist.
1. Immediately press CLEAR two times to cancel the Distress Call. The radio
returns to the state before the Distress Call.
2. Press the 16/PLUS key. The radio switches to the Priority Channel.
3. Make a broadcast to all stations giving your ship's name, call sign and MMSI
number and cancel the false distress alert. For example:
"All Stations, All Stations, All Stations. This is NAME, CALL SIGN, MMSI ID,
POSITION. Cancel my distress alert of DATE, TIME, NAME, CALL SIGN."
16
DISTRESS ACK
FROM:
I
001234567
N
T
B B
ORIGINATOR:
232123456
DISTRESS
Ray218E and Ray55E Marine VHF Radios
16
I
N
T
DISTRESS
OK
DISTRES ACK
UNDESIG
26 06.0098N
B B
080 04.8589W
12:45UTC
OK