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Marine transceiver

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IN CASE OF EMERGENCY

If your vessel requres assstance, contact other vessels and

the Coast Guard by sendng a dstress call on Channel 16.

 USING CHANNEL 16

DISTRESS CALL PROCEDURE

1. "MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY."

2. "THIS IS

�� " (name of vessel)

3. Say your call sgn or other ndcaton of the

vessel.

4. "LOCATED AT �� " (your poston)

5. State the nature of the dstress and asss-

tance requred.

6. Gve any other nformaton whch mght facl-

tate the rescue.

RECOMMENDATION

CLEAN THE TRANSCEIVER THOROUGHLY WITH FRESH

WATER after exposure to saltwater, and dry t before opera-

ton. Otherwse, the transcever's keys, swtches and control-

lers may become noperable due to salt crystallzaton.

NOTE: DO NOT wash the transcever n water f there s any

reason to suspect the waterproofing may not be effectve. For

example, n cases where the transcever/battery pack s cracked

or broken, or has been dropped, or when the battery pack s de-

tached from the transcever.

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