Standard Horizon HX-870 - Manual (Page 42)

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7. When finished programming the position and time, press the [FINISH] soft
key. The display will return to the previous screen.
8. Press and hold the DISTRESS key until a distress alert is transmitted.
Pausing a DSC Distress Call
After a DSC distress call is transmitted, the DSC distress call is repeated every
4 minutes until the call is canceled by the user or until the radio is turned off and
on again. The HX870 has the capability to suspend (pause) the retransmitting
of the distress call by the procedure below.
1. After the distress call is transmitted, the radio
will show the display as on the right.
Looking at this display you will notice “TX
IN: 0:15 ”, this is the time when the radio
will re-transmit the DSC distress call.
PAUSE CANCEL
!!DISTRESS!!
UNDESIGNATED
Waiting for ACK
POS: 24°25.975 S
118°59.456 W
UTC POS TM: 12:56
TX IN: 00:15
CANCEL
!!DISTRESS!!
UNDESIGNATED
Retransmission
is now pausing
TX IN: 00:15
RESUME
2. To suspend re-transmitting the DSC call,
press the [PAUSE] soft key.
3. To resume counting down to transmit the
DSC Distress call, press the [RESUME] soft
key.
Canceling a DSC Distress Call
If a DSC distress call was sent by error the
HX870 allows you to send a message
to other vessels to cancel the distress call that was made.
Press the
[CANCEL] soft key, then press the [YES] soft key.
After the message for cancelling has been transmitted, press the [OK] soft key.
!!DISTRESS!!
CANCEL
Do you want to
cancel a DIST?
UNDESIGNATED
YES NO OK
!!DISTRESS!!
UNDESIGNATED
DIST CANCEL
Transmitted
10.3.2 Receiving a DSC Distress Call
1. When a DSC distress call is received, an emergency alarm
sounds.
STOP ALERM
RX DISTRESS
Yaesu
24°25.975 N
118°59.456
366901235
E
UTC POS TM:
POS:
12:56
SINCE: 00:05
NOT ACKNOELESGED
NATURE:UNDESIGNATED
2. Press any key to stop the alarm.
3. Press the CH▼ key several times to show information on
the vessel in distress.