Furuno RC-1500-1T - Manual (Page 69)

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3.3 Sending Distress Relay on Behalf of a Ship in
Distress
3.3.1 Sending distress relay to coast station
You may send the distress relay to a coast station on behalf of a ship in distress in the following
cases:
• You are near the ship in distress and the ship in distress cannot transmit the distress alert.
• Another vessel requests you to transmit the distress relay.
In these cases never use the [DISTRESS] button to transmit the distress relay.
1. Press the [CALL] key and press the [ENT] key.
*** Send MESSAGE ***
STATION ID
PRIORITY
COM. TYPE
COM. FREQ
DSC FREQ
: All ships
: Safety
: Telephone
: 2187.5 kHz
RELAY SEL
POLLING
NEUTRAL
MEDICAL
RELAY ALL
DISTRESS
#
CALL TYPE
If this part of the menu
appears, use
# to scroll
the menu.
PSTN CALL
TEST CALL
ALL SHIPS
GROUP CALL
AREA CALL
POSITION
$
INDIVIDUAL
2. Select RELAY SEL and press the [ENT] key. Press the [ENT] key to open the COAST ID
entry window.
*** Send message ***
CALL TYPE: RELAY SEL
NATURE: UNDESIGNATED
POS: 34˚45N 13
COM. TYPE
: TELEPHONE
DSC FREQ. : 2187.5 KHZ
COAST ID
00
-------
GO TO ALL VIEW
ID IN DIST
3. Key in COAST ID and ID and press the [ENT] key.
4. Press the [ENT] key to open the ID IN DIST window.
*** Send message
CALL TYPE
NATURE : UNDESIGNATED
POS.:
COM.TYPE : TELEPHONE
DSC FREQ : 2187.5 KHZ
GO TO ALL VIEW
: RELAY ALL
: ---------
: --˚--N ---˚--E
ID IN DIST
COAST ID:
---------
***
5. Key in ID of ship in distress and press the [ENT] key. If you do not know the ID leave the
window blank.