Users Manual

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Receiving a Distress Alert
WARNING
If a distress alert is received, make sure to inform the ship's captain or officer in charge.
Doing so may save the lives of the crews and passengers on the ship in distress.
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When a distress alert is received, the information such as the ID number of the ship in
distress and the stage of the distress event are displayed.
If the equipment is not used, i.e. there is no active procedure at that time, the CH16 is set and the Receive
mark starts blinking, and the alarm gradually grows louder.
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Touch the [STOP] button to stop the alarm.
Keep watch on CH16 for at least 5 minutes, and notify the coast station as appropriate.
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Touch the [ACK] button to respond from your own ship with the results of coordinating
with the coast station and monitoring CH16.
After sending it, commence distress traffic via radiotelephony on CH16 as follows.
 Say "MAYDAY",
 Repeat the identity (MMSI) of the ship in distress 3 times,
 Say "This is",
 Repeat the identity (MMSI) of your ship 3 times,
 Say "RECEIVED MAYDAY".