Furuno FS-1570 - Manual (Page 55)

4 DISTRESS OPERATIONS
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7. Push the [ENTER] knob to open the DSC FREQ. menu.
GO TO EASY VIEW
CALL TYPE : ALL SHIPS
DISTRESS RELAY
ID IN DIST :
DSC FREQ KHZ
GO TO ALL VIEW
4207.5
6312.0
12577.0
16804.5
2187.5
COAST ID:
8414.5
** Compose message **
8. Choose appropriate frequency and then push the [ENTER] knob. You should first
choose 8414.5 kHz.
9. Press the [CALL] key, and the message “Category Dist. Transmit Sure?” appears.
Continue pressing the key until “Distress relay sel call in progress” appears to send the
call, or release the key to cancel the call.
ID IN DIST: 123456789
Distress relay sel
call in progress!
DSC FREQ : 8414.5 KHZ
TIME TO GO : 5S
[CALL] key
pressed
3 seconds
ID IN DIST: 123456789
Category distress
transmit sure?
DSC FREQ : 8414.5 KHZ
KEEP PRESSED FOR 3S
10. After the call is transmitted, the message “Wait for distress relay acknowledge!”
appears. After you have received the distress acknowledgement from the coast station,
communicate with the coast station by telephone, over the DSC frequency specified. If
you do not receive the distress acknowledgement from a coast station after the timer
counts down to zero, transmit the distress relay again, over a different frequency.