Make A Specified Distress Call - Raymarine Ray240 User Manual

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How do I

....make a specified Distress call?

STEP 1
STEP 3
STEP 5
Transmitting the
activating automatic
STEP 6
V0:10
SQ:05
25W
RX
LISTEN
SLIDE DOWN COVER
DISTRESS
DISTRESS DISTRESS DISTRESS DISTRESS
PRESS and
HOLD for 5 SECONDS
DISTRESS
Distress and
distress mode
16
auto DISTRESS TX
FOR
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
AND SEND VOICE
MAYDAY MESSAGE
STEP 2
DISTRESS
STEP 4
55 60 5
DISTRESS
10
50
45 15
40 20
35
25
30
MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY
This is.... (repeat name of vessel 3 times)
MAYDAY.... (name of vessel spoken once)
MY POSITION IS.... (latitude and longitude) or
true bearing and distance from a known point).
IF YOU DON'T KNOW, DON'T GUESS.
I AM.... (sinking, on fire, etc)
I HAVE.... (number of persons on board and
any other information - drifting, flares fired, etc)
I REQUIRE IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE
OVER
RELEASE THE PTT SWITCH
DISTRESS
Fire/Explosion
Flooding
Collision
Grounding
Listing
Sinking
Disabled/Adrift
Undesignated
Abandoning ship
Piracy
Man Overboard
5 SECOND
5
countdown commences
and display backlight
flashes