Furuno RC-1500-1T Operator's Manual page 62

Procedure when distress alert is received
Distress alert received.
Press [CANCEL] key to
silence alarm.
Confirm contents of distress
message; monitor 2182 kHz.
Did you receive
acknowledge from coast
station (RCC) with 1 min.
to 2 min. 45 sec.?
Yes
Press [CANCEL] to silence
alarm.
Confirm contents of distress
message.
Can your ship
search and
rescue?
No
Continue watch on 2182 kHz to
await instructions from coast
station (RCC). Watch until you hear
SEELONCE FINI, meaning
completion of distress communi-
cations.
Note: If you receive a distress alert over
HF band, wait five minutes. Then, only if
you do not receive the distress acknowledge
from a coast station, relay distress message
to a coast station.
3-8
No
DSC distress alert
continues.
Are you
near ship
in distress?
No
Yes
Contact ship in distress
over telephone (2182 kHz)
and head to ship in distress.
Contact
coast station
(RCC).
If your ship can search and rescue
Yes
the ship in distress, call the ship by
telephone (2182 kHz).
Reply
received from
ship in distress?
No
If the distress alert continues
send distress acknowledge
to ship in distress by DSC.
Go to ship in distress.
Send distress relay to coast station (RCC) by
DSC telephone or telex.
For example, relay DSC distress alert over
HF band (8414.5 kHz). After relaying
distress alert, wait for acknowledgement from
coast station.
(For all ships call, wait over radiotelephone;
for individual call wait over DSC.)
Continue
Yes
communications.