Thrane&Thrane SAILOR 6222 VHF DSC User Manual page 39

DROBOSE — Distress Relay on behalf of someone else
To send a distress message on behalf of someone else, do as follows:
1. From top-level standby press the soft key
DROBOS. If it is not in the display, press the
soft key MORE until DROBOS appears.
2. Select one line at a time by pressing and
turning the selector knob.
3. Enter the necessary information using the
selector knob or the keypad:
Relay items
TYPE:
DISTRESS MMSI:
TO:
NATURE:
Select RELAY ALL or RELAY INDIV. If yo select RELAY
INDIV., the field TO appears in the display.
Enter the MMSI number of the vessel in distress, if
known, or else "unknown"
Enter the MMSI number of the coast station you send
the relay to.
Select the nature of distress:
FIRE, EXPLOSION
FLOODING
COLLISION
GROUNDING
LISTING (in danger of capsizing)
SINKING
DISABLED (and adrift)
UNDESIGNATED
ABANDONING (ship)
PIRACY (armed robbery attack)
MAN OVERBOARD
EPIRB
DSC calls
Chapter 2: Operation
EXIT DISTRESS RELAY
Type: RELAY INDIV:
DISTRESS MMSI:
PHBOOK
Unknown
To:
NAT: UNDESIGNATED
LAT: Unknown
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