Furuno RC-1500-1T - Manual (Page 63)

3-9
Sending the distress relay to a coast station
First confirm whether your vessel should send the distress relay signal, by following the flow
chart on page 3-8. If your ship meets those requirements do the following:
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
2. Press the [CANCEL] key to silence the audio alarm, and the display changes as below.
* Received message *
JUL-23-1999-23:59 ECC: OK
DISTRESS CALL
ANSWER
SHIP IN DIST: 123456789
NATURE: UNDESIGNATED
POS:
12˚34N 123˚45E AT 12:34
TELEPHONE 8414.5 KHZ
! "
ALL VIEW
3. Monitor the display for the distress acknowledge signal from the coast station. If you
do not receive the distress acknowledge signal, and you have received the distress
alert more than twice, press to choose ANSWER and press the [ENT] key.
4. Press the [ENT] key to open the CALL TYPE menu.
*** Send message ***
GO TO ALL VIEW
DSC FREQ : 2187.5 KHZ
COAST
SHIP IN DIST: 987654321
CALL TYPE: INDIVIDUAL
DISTRESS RELAY
RELAY COAST
ACKNOWLEDGE
RELAY ALL
COAS
5. Select RELAY COAST (or RELAY ALL if you don’t know the coast station where to send the
distress relay) and press the [ENT] key. (For RELAY ALL go to step 7.) Press the [ENT] key
to open the COAST ID entry window.
CALL TYPE : INDIVIDUAL
DISTRESS RELAY
SHIP IN DIST : 123456789
000000000
GO TO ALL VIEW
DSC FREQ : 2187.5 KHZ
*** Send message ***
COAST ID :