Furuno FS-5070 - Manual (Page 52)

4. DISTRESS OPERATIONS
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4.3 Sending Distress Relay on Behalf of a Ship in
Distress
4.3.1 Sending distress relay to coast station
You may send the distress relay to a coast station on behalf of a ship in distress in the
following cases:
You are near the ship in distress and the ship in distress cannot transmit the distress alert.
When the master or person responsible for your ship considers that further assistance is
necessary.
Note: In the above cases, never use the DISTRESS button.
1. Press the DSC key.
Select Message
PSTN MESSAGE
TEST MESSAGE
GROUP MESSAGE
AREA MESSAGE
POSITION
RELAY AREA
RELAY COAST
DISTRESS
SPECIAL
INDIVIDUAL
GENERAL DISTRESS
MMSI 123456789
POS 12 34.5678N
123 45.6789E
UTC 01:53
EPFS 01:54
2. Rotate the ENTER knob to choose RELAY COAST and then push the ENTER knob.
3. Push the ENTER knob to open the COAST ID window.
MANUAL
SELECT
4. Rotate the ENTER knob to choose MANUAL or SELECT.
When you choose SELECT, a list of file names and ID numbers stored at MESSAGE
menu appears (For details, see Chapter 6.) In this case you can choose a file name with
ID number desired, and then push the ENTER knob and then go to step 6. When
choosing MANUAL, go to step 5.
MSG TYPE: RELAY COAST
NATURE: UNDESIGNATED
POS: NO INFORMATION
COMM MODE
: TELEPHONE
DSC FREQ. : 8414.5 kHz
COAST ID
00*******
GO TO VIEW
SHIP ID IN D
Compose msg.
5. Key in COAST ID with the numeric keys and then push the ENTER knob.