User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 - General Information
- Chapter 2 - The Radio Menu (MENU)
- Chapter 3 - Radio Setup Menu (RADIO SETUP)
- Chapter 4 - DSC Setup Menu (DSC SETUP)
- Chapter 5 - Sending and Receiving DSC Calls
- 5.1 WHAT IS DSC?
- 5.2 Sending dsc calls
- 5.2.1 Make a Routine Call MANUALLY (INDIV REPLY)
- 5.2.2 Retrying a Routine Call
- 5.2.3 ACKNOWLEDGE AN INDIVIDUAL CALL (INDIV ACK)
- 5.2.4 Recall the Most Recent INCOMING Call (LAST)
- 5.2.5 Call a Group (GROUP)
- 5.2.6 Call All Ships (ALL SHIPS)
- 5.2.7 CALL Using the Call Log (CALL LOG)
- 5.2.8 CALL using the distress log (DISTRES LOG)
- 5.3 receiving dsc calls
- Chapter 6 - Distress Calls
- Appendix A - Technical Specifications
- Appendix B - Troubleshooting
- Appendix C - VHF Marine Channel Charts
- Appendix D - MMSID & License Information
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Chapter 6 - Distress Calls
6.1 SENDING A DISTRESS CALL
1. Open the red cover labelled DISTRESS.
If time is available to specify the nature of the distress, go to step 2.
Otherwise, go directly to step 3.
2. Press the DISTRESS key to display the following categories. Scroll to the
category that describes your situation, then press ENT:
UNDEFINED
FIRE
FLOODING
COLLISION
GROUNDING
LISTING
SINKING
ADRIFT
ABANDONING
PIRACY
MAN IN WATER
EPRIB
3. Hold down the DISTRESS key for about 3 seconds, until you see the distress
call sent message (DISTRES CALL SENT!) on the LCD. The whole display
starts to flash and beep.
The distress call repeats five times continuously. It then repeats randomly
every 3.5 to 4.5 minutes until a distress acknowledgement (DISTRESS ACK)
is received from a search and rescue authority or until you cancel the
distress call manually.
The VHF 7100 selects CH16 automatically so that you can hear any incoming
voice contacts from search and rescue authorities or other vessels within
range.
Press ESC if you need to cancel the distress call. This is the only key that
operates in distress mode.
This DSC facility is available only on the VHF7100 USA
and VHF7100 EC models, and a valid user MMSID must
have been entered to access this DSC function.