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4. W h e n a D S C d i s t r e s s a c k n o w l e d g m e n t i s
received, a distress alarm sounds and Channel
16 is automatically selected. The display shows
the MMSI of the ship responding to your distress.
RECEIVED ACK: acknowledgment signal is
RECEIVED RLY: relay signal is received from
5. Press the PTT switch and state your name, vessel name, number of
persons on board and the distress situation, then say "over" and wait for
a reply from the acknowledging ship.
6. To turn off the distress alarm before the radio retransmits the distress
call, press the
Transmitting a DSC Distress Alert with Nature of Distress
The GX2200 is capable of transmitting a DSC distress alert with the following
"Nature of Distress" categories:
Undesignated, Fire, Flooding, Collision, Grounding, Capsizing, Sinking,
Adrift, Abandoning, Piracy, MOB
1. Press the
appear.
2. Rotate the CH knob to select " DISTRESS ALERT
MSG ".
3. Press the
soft key.) The " DISTRESS ALERT MSG "
menu will appear on the display.
4. Press the
knob to select the desired nature of distress cate-
gory.
Nature of distress categories: Fire, Flood, Colli-
sion, Grounding, Capsizing, Sinking, Adrift, Aban-
doning, Piracy, and MOB.
5. Press the
6. Press and hold the
alert is transmitted.
7. Perform the steps 1 through 6 of the basic opera-
tion described in the previous section.
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received.
a n o t h e r v e s s e l o r c o a s t
station.
key.
16
9
key. The " D S C M e n u " will
CALL
MENU
soft key. (To cancel, press the
soft key, then rotate the CH
soft key.
key until a distress
DISTRESS
!DISTRESS ALERT!
Nature of:Undesignated
Position: 33 37.120
118 09.580
POS Time: 10:00
TX in: 02:25
Wait for ACK
PAUSE CANCEL
!DISTRESS ALERT!
Received Acknowledged
Name:USCG
ID:101234 567
Since: 00:15
OK
!NATURE OF!
UNDESIGNATED
Fire
Flooding
Collision
Grounding
Capsizing
QUIT
SELECT
!NATURE OF!
Undesignated
FIRE
Flooding
Collision
Grounding
Capsizing
QUIT
SELECT
GX2200
N
W