Receiving A Distress Alert - Standard Horizon Eclipse DSC+ GX1100S Owner's Manual

Cancel a Distress Alert
The GX1100S has the capa-
bility to transmit a DSC Dis-
tress cancel call by, pressing
the [ CLR ( WX )] key, then
press the [ ENT ] key.

11.3.2 Receiving a Distress Alert

1. When a Distress Alert is received, an emergency alarm sounds.
The display will show the MMSI (or name) of the
vessel transmitting the Distress and the radio au-
tomatically switches to channel 16.
2. Press any key to stop the alarm.
3. Press the [ ( DOWN )] key to change the display
to show the "Nature of Distress" and position of
the vessel.
4 If the position of the vessel distress data does not
include position, the LCD will show "NO POSITION
When there is an unread Distress Alert, " " icon will appear on the
display. You may review the unread Distress Alert from the DSC Log,
refer to section "11.6.2 Reviewing Received Calls Logged into the
Call Waiting Directory."
You must continue monitoring channel 16 as a coast station may re-
quire assistance in the rescue attempt.
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