Simrad RS86 Manual page 42

RS86/RS87 VHF
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Use the V OL ▲ or V
Nature of distress categories and press O
• Undefined (default)
• Abandoning
• Piracy
• MOB
• Fire
• Flooding
• Collision
• Grounding
• Listing
• Sinking
• Adrift
Press and hold the D
down – the large digits will count down from 5 to 1 before initi-
ating the Distress Alert – the display will show "SENDING
ALERT" (Fig 4.10).
INT
Fig 4.10 - Sending a Distress Alert
The Distress Alert call can be aborted if the D
leased at any time before the 5-second countdown has ended.
Press O /C to return to normal radio operation.
N
The Distress Alert call sent includes the vessel's MMSI, the
nature of the distress as specified, the time the call was sent,
and the current position of the vessel (if the appropriate naviga-
tional receiver is connected to the radio, or a manual position
has been entered; see section 6.4).
The radio will switch to monitoring channel 16 and the display
will show "AWAITING ACKNOWLEDG" until an acknowl-
edgment is received. The radio will automatically repeat the
alert approximately every 4 minutes until either an acknowledg-
ment is received, or O
that the Distress Alert is canceled manually by pressing O
unless you are requested to do so by the rescue authorities).
OL ▼ keys to scroll through the available
key to begin the 5-second count-
ISTRESS
--
SEND I NGAAA
ALER T BBBBB
/C is pressed (it is not recommended
N
to confirm selection:
K
key is re-
ISTRESS
/C,
N
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