Standard Horizon QUANTUM GX2360S - Manual (Page 38)

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5. If an acknowledgement is received, select channel
16 and advise your distress situation.
6. If no acknowledgment is received, the distress call
is repeated in 4 minute intervals until an acknowl-
edgment is received.
7. When a DSC Distress acknowledgment is received,
a distress alarm sounds and channel 16 is automati-
cally selected. The LCD shows the MMSI of the ship
responding to your distress.
RECEIVED ACK: acknowledgment signal is received.
RECEIVED RLY: relay signal is received from another vessel or coast sta-
tion.
8. To cancel the DSC distress alarm signal from the speaker, press any key.
Cancel a DSC Distress Call
If a DSC Distress call was sent by error the QUANTUM allows you to send a
message to other vessels to cancel the Distress Call that was made in error.
Press the [CALL/SET(MENU)] key, turn the CHANNEL selector knob to select
“CANCEL.” Then, press the [CALL/SET(MENU)] key.
7.5.2 Receiving a DSC Distress Call
1. When a DSC Distress call is received, an emergency
alarm sounds.
Then channel 16 is automatically selected.
2. Press any key to stop the alarm.
3. Turn the CHANNEL selector knob to change the dis-
play to show the position of the vessel in distress.
4 If the position of the vessel distress data does not
include position, the LCD will show the display on
the left.
NOTE
You must continue monitoring channel 16 as a coast station may require
assistance in the rescue attempt.