Receiving Distress Calls - JRC JSS-2250 Instruction Manual

Operation
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Receiving distress calls

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When a distress call is received from another ship, the message is immediately displayed with the
specific two-tone alarm sound that is different from a routine or safety call.
If a distress call is received, make sure to inform the ship's captain or officer
in charge.
ship in distress.
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Procedure
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1 .
When a distress call is received, the
distress message is displayed.
The ALM lamp starts blinking, and the call
alarm gradually grows louder. However, the
aural alarm keeps silence if the distress
position is not within 500nm, and is not in
the polar areas (greater than 70°N/S).
The example message contains the
following information.
- Message type:
Caller's MMSI:
-
-
Nature of distress:
-
Position & time:
- Communication mode: Radiotelephone
- Sequence process:
Reception frequency*: 2187.5 kHz
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* Scroll to view
2 2 . .
2 .
Press the CANCEL
the alarm, and the screen at right is
displayed.
Turn the jog dial to scroll the received
message. When the last line of the message
is reached the cursor moves to Accept.
3 3 . .
3 .
Press ENT while Accept is selected to
set the specified communication mode's
distress/safety frequency to the band the
distress message was received on. The
status display is displayed to watch the
distress communications.
Keep watch for at least 5 minutes. Notify the
coast station as appropriate.
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WARNING
Doing so may save the lives of the crews and passengers on the
Distress call
431001234
Man overboard
North latitude
12° 34.0000'
East longitude
123° 45.0000'
23:57
End of sequence
key or ENT to stop
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TEL
2182.0
RX
2182.0
TX
S I G
W K R s c a n b a n d s :
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( E X T )
kHz
kHz