Distress Alert Received On Hf Band - Furuno FS-1575 Operator's Manual

4. DSC DISTRESS OPERATIONS
2. If you do not receive the distress acknowledge call from a coast station and you
have received the distress alert more than twice, contact the ship in distress over
radiotelephone.
3. Rotate the ENTER knob to select [ACK] in the user options area then push the
knob. The following message appears on the screen.
4. Rotate the ENTER knob to select [Yes] then push the knob to transmit the distress
acknowledge call to the ship in distress. The screen changes as below.
Note: You can not edit the message for the distress acknowledge call.
4.2.2

Distress alert received on HF band

If you receive a distress alert on the HF band, the audio alarm sounds and the LED
flashes in red. The icon for DISTRESS receiving (
pop-up message "DISTRESS ALERT message received! [CANCEL]: Stop alarm" ap-
pears on the screen. Press the CANCEL key to silence the audio alarm and stop the
flashing of the LED. The screen for receiving the distress alert appears. Wait for the
distress acknowledge call from a coast station. If you do not receive the distress ac-
knowledge call from a coast station, which usually takes about five minutes from the
time of receiving a distress alert, follow the flow chart in this section to determine your
action.
• Watch on the distress frequency.
4-8
[ SENDING ]
D I STRESS ACK
°
09 12.1234' N/ 123
TX 2187.5 kHz
TX 2182.0 / RX 2182.00 kHz
[ ACKNOWLEDGED]
[ SENDING ]
D I STRESS ACK
°
09 12.1234' N/ 123
TX 2187.5 kHz
RELAY ACK
2187.5 / RX 2187.50 kHz
FROM : 987654321
°
45.1234' W / 12 : 34
2182.0
00H01M18S
FROM : 987654321
°
45.1234' W / 12 : 34
2182.0
HOLD QUIT
CHANGE
) appears in the tab area and the