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Distress
Note: You must set the user MMSI in order to send a Distress call.
Please see the POLARIS Owner’s Manual on page 40 to set
the MMSI.
This feature will allow you to transmit a Distress call.
1. In order to transmit a Distress call,
press and hold DISTRESS for
5 seconds. Then, the following
screen appears and select
SEND
or CANCEL . If you select
CANCEL , the display returns to
the channel display screen.
2. Press H/L/SELECT to send.
3. The Distress call is transmitted
and it waits for about 210 - 270
seconds. This is continued
internally . The transceiver alert
will be sounding, and it also
"shadow-watches" for a
transmission between CH16 and
CH70 until an acknowledgment
signal is received from the Coast
Guard shore station.
4. To cancel the Distress call, press
H/L/SELECT.
5. When the WHAM receives a
Distress call, the following screen
appears. If an acknowledgment is
not received, the Distress call is
repeated until an acknowledgment
is received from the Coast Guard
shore station.
Note: If the POLARIS receives a Distress call, it will also be
displayed on the WHAM LCD display. An emergency alert will
sound. The name will be displayed if it is the name registered
in the directory. Otherwise, sender’s MMSI is displayed.
Latitude, longitude, and time information will also be displayed
only on the POLARIS, if the GPS module is carried in the
vessel that transmitted a DSC Distress call.
DISTRESS ACK
WAITING
CANCEL
DISTRESS
06/15 10:30A
JUNE BRAWLEY
FIRE
70
DISTRESS
SEND
CANCEL
70
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