How To Send Distress Relay To Ships In Your Area - Furuno FS-1575 Operator's Manual

4. DSC DISTRESS OPERATIONS
8. Rotate the ENTER knob to select nature of distress then push the knob.
9. With [LAT] and [LON/UTC] selected, push the ENTER knob.
10. Rotate the ENTER knob to select [EPFS], [MANUAL] or [NO INFO] then push the
knob. For [MANUAL], go to step 11. For others, go to step 12.
11. Use the numeric keys to enter latitude and longitude of the ship in distress. (If nec-
essary, switch coordinates: 1 key to switch to North (East for longitude); 2 key to
switch to South (West for longitude).) Push the ENTER knob. Also, enter the UTC
time then push the ENTER knob.
12. With [COMM] selected, push the ENTER knob.
13. Rotate the ENTER knob to select [TELEPHONE] or [NBDP-FEC] then push the
knob.
14. With [DSC FREQ] selected, push the ENTER knob.
15. Rotate the ENTER knob to select the frequency then push the knob.
16. With [GO TO CALL] selected, push the ENTER knob. The distress relay is trans-
mitted to the coast station. After transmitting, the WAIT FOR ACK screen appears.
The elapsed time since transmitting is displayed.
When you receive the distress relay individual acknowledgement from the coast sta-
tion, the audio alarm sounds and the pop-up message "RELAY INDIVIDUAL ACK re-
ceived! [CANCEL]: Stop alarm" appears. Press the CANCEL key to silence the alarm
and erase the pop-up message. Communicate with the coast station by telephone,
over the frequency specified. To close the distress receiving session, select [QUIT] in
the user options area then push the ENTER knob.
4.3.2

How to send distress relay to ships in your area

If a coast station directs you to send a distress relay to ships in your area, follow the
procedure below. Do not transmit a distress relay unless directed to do so by a coast
station.
4-12
RELAY INDIVIDUAL MSG
TO
DISTRESS ID : NO INFO
NO INFO/NO INFO/NO INFO
TX 2187.5 kHz
CHANGE RESEND
FROM : 987654321
2182.0