Distress Ack Sent To Another Vessel; Distress Relay From Another Vessel - M-tech MT-500 Owner's Handbook Manual

Distress ACK sent to another vessel

If your MT-500 transceiver intercepts a distress ACK from a coast station, an
alarm sounds and the following screen appears in the display.
Name or ID of
Coast Station
Coast Station ACK to other vessel, page 1
The screen presents time of ACK and Lat/Lon coordinates. The plus sign (+)
indicates there is another page of information available.
• Push the SELECT/ENT knob to toggle between page 1 and page 2.
Name or ID of
Vessel in Distress
Coast Station ACK to other vessel, page 2
The distressed vessel's MMSID and ACK appear on the second page. Main-
tain a listening watch on channel 16 and standby to lend assistance.

Distress Relay from another vessel

If your MT-500 transceiver intercepts a distress relay from another vessel, an
alarm sounds and the following screen appears in the display.
Name or ID of
Vessel sending
message
The screen displays, local time of distress, the MMSID of the vessel sending
the relay message and Lat/Lon coordinates of the vessel in distress. The plus
sign (+) indicates there is another page of information available.
• Push the SELECT/ENT knob to toggle between page 1 and page 2.
Name or ID of
Vessel in Distress
38 MT-500
1:45 UTC +
ID99876543
N 9 06.814
W 8 50.169
EPRIB
Emission.
ID123456789
03 ACK +
4:16 +
P
ID323456789
N 28 29.814
W 82 5 .169
Distress Relay, page 1
EPRIB
Emission.
ID123456789
04 RELAY +
Distress Relay, page 2
USA INT
INT
USA INT
INT