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11.3.2 Cancel a DSC Distress Call
If a DSC Distress call was sent by error the GX1000S allows you to send a
message to other vessels to cancel the Distress Call that was made in error.
1. Press the
[
SCAN
(
MEM
)]
key. “
TRANSMIT DIST CANCELTRANSMIT DIST CANCEL
TRANSMIT DIST CANCELTRANSMIT DIST CANCEL
TRANSMIT DIST CANCEL”
notation will appear on the display.
2. Press the
[
T
]
/
[
S
]
keys to select “
YESYES
YESYES
YES”, then press the
[
CALL
(
SET
)
MENU
]
key. The transceiver transmits the
“Distress Cancel” on the Channel 70.
11.3.3 Receiving a DSC Distress Call
1. When a DSC Distress call is received, an emergency alarm sounds.
Then channel 16 is automatically selected.
The display will scroll to show the time the call was re-
ceived and also “
DISTRESSDISTRESS
DISTRESSDISTRESS
DISTRESS” indication.
2. Press any key to stop the alarm.
3. Press the
[
T
]
key repeatedly to change the display to view the received
distress information:
z Nature of Distress
z MMSI number or Name of the vessel
z Position Time
z Latitude
z Longitude
4 If the position of the vessel distress data does not include position, “
NONO
NONO
NO
TIMETIME
TIMETIME
TIME” and “
NO POSITIONNO POSITION
NO POSITIONNO POSITION
NO POSITION” will be shown on the display.
NOTE
You must continue monitoring channel 16 as a coast station may re-
quire assistance in the rescue attempt.