Sending A Distress Call With Nature Of Distress - Standard Horizon SPECTRUM GX2350S Owner's Manual

6.3 SENDING A DISTRESS CALL WITH NATURE
OF DISTRESS
The NATURE OF on type of distress call can be selected and transmitted.
The distress call automatically includes the vessels DSC MMSID and Lat/
Lon position. The vessels position will be sent only if the transceiver is
properly connected to an operating GPS receiver.
>DISTRESS
NATURE OF
CANCEL
EXIT
DISTRESS
>NATURE OF
CANCEL
EXIT
>FIRE
FLOODING
COLLISION
GROUNDING
4. Turn the Channel Selector knob or press the UP or DOWN key on
microphone to select the NATURE OF DISTRESS. To send a
DISTRESS CALL with NATURE OF DISTRESS, press and hold
CALL/SET key until the distress signal is sent.
FIRE
WAITING
6. If no acknowledgment is received, the distress call is repeated in 4
minute intervals until an acknowledgment is received.
To cancel this, turn power OFF then ON again.
7. When a distress acknowledgment is received, emergency alarm
sounds and channel 16 is automatically selected.
8. To cancel the alarm, press any key.
GX2350S
1. R e m o v e t h e c o v e r a n d p r e s s t h e r e d
DISTRESS key. The distress call menu will
appear.
A
2. Turn the Channel Selector knob or press the
UP or DOWN key on the microphone to select
A the nature of distress ( NATURE OF).
3. Press the CALL/SET key.
The dot-matrix area of LCD will be as shown in
the illustration on the left.
A
5. After a message has been sent, the transceiver
"shadow-watches" between CH16 and CH70
u n t i l a n a c k n o w l e d g m e n t i s r e c e i v e d .
(Example: Fire is sent.)
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