Furuno RC-1500-1T - Manual (Page 62)

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Procedure when distress alert is received
Press [CANCEL] key to
silence alarm.
Distress alert received.
Confirm contents of distress
message; monitor 2182 kHz.
Did you receive
acknowledge from coast
station (RCC) with 1 min.
to 2 min. 45 sec.?
Press [CANCEL] to silence
alarm.
Confirm contents of distress
message.
Continue watch on 2182 kHz to
await instructions from coast
station (RCC). Watch until you hear
SEELONCE FINI, meaning
completion of distress communi-
cations.
Are you
near ship
in distress?
If your ship can search and rescue
the ship in distress, call the ship by
telephone (2182 kHz).
Send distress relay to coast station (RCC) by
DSC telephone or telex.
For example, relay DSC distress alert over
HF band (8414.5 kHz). After relaying
distress alert, wait for acknowledgement from
coast station.
(For all ships call, wait over radiotelephone;
for individual call wait over DSC.)
If the distress alert continues
send distress acknowledge
to ship in distress by DSC.
No
No
Yes
Yes
DSC distress alert
continues.
Go to ship in distress.
Can your ship
search and
rescue?
No
Yes
Contact ship in distress
over telephone (2182 kHz)
and head to ship in distress.
Contact
coast station
(RCC).
Reply
received from
ship in distress?
No
Yes Continue
communications.
Note: If you receive a distress alert over
HF band, wait five minutes. Then, only if
you do not receive the distress acknowledge
from a coast station, relay distress message
to a coast station.