NASA SX 35 DSC - Manual (Page 37)

SX 35 DSC 35
INT DISTRESS!
CANCELED.
CoastSta ID
ACK RECEIVE
Distress Acknowledged
• Establish voice contact with the coast station on Channel 16.
Receiving Distress Calls
Your SX 35 DSC transceiver may intercept distress messages sent by an-
other vessel and/or acknowledgments (ACK) sent by a coast station to an-
other vessel in distress. In such cases you should maintain a listening watch
on channel 16 and standby to lend assistance. Your SX 35 DSC does not
automatically reply to, or relay, distress or ACK or relay DSC calls.
Distress sent by another vessel
If your SX 35 DSC transceiver intercepts a distress call from another vessel,
an alarm sounds and the following screen appears in the display.
INT 20:33 UTC
ID323456789
N 28°33.
02 W 82°50+
Name or ID of
Vessel in Distress
Distress Alert, page 1
The screen presents, time of distress, MMSID of the distressed vessel, and
Lat/Lon coordinates. The plus sign (+) indicates there is another page of
information available. If invalid GPS or Time data is received, the Lat/Lon
position shows ‘9’ in all digits and the time shows all ‘8’s.
• Press the
ENT
key to toggle between page 1 and page 2.
INT Undesign-
ated.
DISTRESS
02 ALERT +
Distress Alert, page 2
The nature of distress and ALERT call type appear on the second page.