Urgency Calls - Raymarine Ray260 User Manual

Acknowledging a distress relay sent to your vessel
If a distress relay is specifically sent to your vessel this will be
because the sender deems you to be in a position to assist in the
rescue. The distress relay information is displayed on-screen.
HI HI
DISTRESS] 00'01 DISTRESS]
RELAY RELAY
FROM: 1234 56789 UNDESIGNAT ED
ORIG: 1122 33445 LAT: 12 34.5678N
PAUSE 1/5 OK
P
HI HI
DISTRESS] 00'04 DISTRESS]
RELAY RELAY
AUTO TUNING AUTO TUNING
AFTER 10 S EC IS OPERATE D
OK PAUSE 4/5 OK
P
1
HI
DISTRESS]
RELAY
ACK IS
REQUIRED
3
OK
HI HI
SEND ACK] 00'06 SEND ACK]
DISTRESS R ELAY
TO: 123456 789 CALLING...
PRESS SEND
SEND
HI
SEND ACK
DISTRESS R ELAY
WAS SENT
OK
1. Sequence when auto channel change is turned on.
2. Sequence when auto channel change is turned off.
3. Sequence when individual reply is turned off.
4. Sequence when individual reply is turned on.
When a distress relay is received:
1. Select the RIGHT soft button to cycle through the information
pages.
2. If the distress relay was sent individually to you select OK at
any time to acknowledge the distress relay.
3. Ensure the radio is tuned to channel 16.
Note: Distress relay calls can only be acknowledged
automatically when sent individually to you.
Digital selective calling (DSC)
HI
00'02 DISTRESS] 00'03
RELAY
LON: 123 45.6789W
UTC: 12:34
PAUSE 2/5 OK PAUSE
P
HI
00'11 DISTRESS] 00'04
RELAY
CH REQ:001 6
PRESS [ OK ]
PAUSE 4/5 OK PAUSE
P
2
00'05
PAUSE 5/5
P
4
HI
SEND ACK
DISTRESS R ELAY
WAS SENT
AUTOMATICA LLY
OK

7.3 Urgency calls

Making an urgency call
An urgency call should be used when there is danger to a
vehicle or person that does not require immediate assistance.
Urgency calls are transmitted to all stations.
HI
- - - - DSC M ENU- - - -
3/5
P
INDIVIDUAL
DISTRESS
ALL SHIP
HI
4/5
P
ALL SHIP
URGENCY
SELECT CHA NNEL
CH: 0016
BACK SEND
HI
ALL SHIP
URGENCY
CALLING...
BACK
From the DSC menu:
1. Select ALL SHIP.
2. Select URGENCY.
3. If required use the Channel Up and Channel Down buttons
to select the relevant channel for subsequent communication.
The default channel is 16.
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4. Select OK to confirm the channel.
5. Select SEND to send the DSC urgency announcement.
6. Wait for the TX COMPLETE message to be displayed
on-screen and then select OK.
The channel is now changed to the chosen channel.
7. Press and hold the PTT button and speak the following
message:
PAN PAN, PAN PAN, PAN PAN
ALL STATIONS, ALL STATIONS, ALL STATIONS
This is <MMSI of your vessel, name of your vessel repeated
3 times, call sign of your vessel>
Position <Your vessel's position>
Reason for call <State the reason for the call and include all
information which will assist in the rescue.
OVER
Receiving an urgency call
If you receive an urgency call from another station the details
are displayed on-screen.
When an urgency call is received:
1. Press the RIGHT soft button to cycle through the information
pages.
2. Select OK at any time to accept the urgency call.
If auto channel change is turned on then the channel will
automatically change after 10 seconds.
The radio is re-tuned to channel 16.
3. Listen on channel 16 for the urgency message.
HI HI
ALL SHIP ALL SHIP
SAFETY URGENCY
URGENCY SELECT CHA NNEL
BACK CH: 0016
OK BACK
HI
ALL SHIP
URGENCY
NOT DEFAULT CH
CH: 0072
BACK SEND
HI HI
ALL SHIP INT
0016
URGENCY
TX COMPLETE
CH CHG TO: 0016
CHANNEL NAME
OK 0 0 0 1 A
BACK
OK
82° 34.5N
123° 45.6W
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0 0 2 8 A 0 0 8 8 A
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