Furuno FS-1570 - Manual (Page 52)

4 DISTRESS OPERATIONS
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2. Press the [CANCEL] key to silence the audio alarm, and the display changes as below.
* Received message *
JAN-23-2002-23:59 ECC: OK
DISTRESS CALL
ANSWER
ID IN DIST: 123456789
NATURE: UNDESIGNATED
POS:
12˚34N 123˚45E AT 12:34
TELEPHONE 8414.5 KHZ
! "
ALL VIEW
3. 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. If the distress alert continues, terminate the alert by rotating the
[ENTER] knob to choose ANSWER, push the [ENTER] knob and then go to step 4 to
send the distress acknowledge call to the ship in distress.
4. Push the [ENTER] knob to open the CALL TYPE menu.
GO TO ALL VIEW
DSC FREQ : 2187.5 KHZ
COAST
ID IN
** Compose message **
CALLTYPE
RELAY COAST
ACKNOWLEDGE
RELAY ALL
5. Rotate the [ENTER] knob to choose ACKNOWLEDGE and then push the [ENTER]
knob. The following display appears.
CALL TYPE : ALL SHIPS
DISTRESS ACKNOWLEDGE
ID IN DIST : 123456789
DSC FREQ : 2187.5 KHZ
GO TO ALL VIEW
** Compose message **
6. Press the [CALL] key until the message “Distress acknowledge call in progress?”
appears, to transmit the distress acknowledge call to the ship in distress.
ID IN DIST : 123456789
Distress acknowledge
call in progress!
DSC FREQ : 2187.5 KHZ
GO TO ALL VIEW
[CALL] key
pressed
3 seconds
ID IN DIST: 123456789
Category distress
transmit sure?
DSC FREQ : 2187.5 KHZ
KEEP PRESSED FOR 3S