Furuno FS-1570 User Manual
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4 DISTRESS OPERATIONS
4-7
Action for ship receiving distress alert on MF band
Press [CANCEL] key to
silence alarm.
DSC Distress alert received.
Listen on VHF 2182 kHz
for 5 minutes.
Did you receive
acknowledge from
CS and/or RCC?
Is own
vessel able
to aid
ship in
distress?
No
Is distress traffic
in progress?
No
Is the DSC distress
call continuing?
Acknowledge the alert by
radiotelphony to the ship
in distress on 2182 kHz.
Yes
No
Inform CS and/or RCC.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Enter details in log.
No
CS = Coast Station
RCC = Rescue Co-ordination Center
Sending the distress acknowledge call to ship in distress (on MF band)
Transmit the distress acknowledge call to the ship in distress only when you do not
receive it from a coast station and you are able to aid the ship in distress. First, transmit
the distress acknowledge to the ship in distress by telephone. If the DSC call is continuing,
terminate transmission of the distress alert as follows:
1. The audio alarm sounds and the display shows the message “Distress call received.”
when your ship receives a distress call.
DISTRESS CALL
SHIP IN DIST:
123456789
NATURE: UNDESIGNATED
POS:
12
°
34N 123
°
45E AT 12:34
TELEPHONE
2182.0 KHZ
Distress
call received.
STOP ALARM