Operation Manual

MT-700 49
To manually cancel a Distress Call:
•
Press the
key again. The
DISTRESS CANCELED
message appears in the
display.
INT
DISTRESS
CANCELED.
Manual Distress Cancel
If your Distress Call is acknowledged (ACK) by a coast station:
•
The
DISTRESS! CANCELED. ACK RECEIVE
screen appears in the display.
INT
DISTRESS!
CANCELED.
CoastSta ID
ACK RECEIVE
Distress Acknowledged
•
Establish voice contact with the coast station on Channel 16.
8.3 Receiving Distress Calls
Your
MT-700
transceiver may intercept distress messages sent by another vessel
and/or acknowledgments (ACK) sent by a coast station to another vessel in distress.
In such cases you should maintain a listening watch on channel 16 and standby to
lend assistance. Your
MT-700
does not automatically reply to, or relay, distress or
ACK or relay DSC calls.
Distress sent by another vessel
If your
MT-700
transceiver intercepts a distress call from another vessel, an alarm
sounds and the screen presents time of distress, MMSID of the distressed vessel, and
Lat/Lon coordinates. The plus sign (+) indicates there is another page of information
available. If invalid GPS or Time data is received, the Lat/Lon position shows “9” in
all digits and the time shows all “8”s.
To accept a Distress Call when Auto CH Change is ON
(default):
•
Your transceiver is automatically set to Channel 16.