Operation Manual

GX1100SPage 30
11.3 DISTRESS ALERT
The GX1100S is capable of transmitting and receiving DSC Distress messages
to all DSC radios. The GX1100S may be connected to a GPS to also transmit
the Latitude and Longitude of the vessel.
NOTE
If a GPS with NMEA output is not connected to the radio, the GX1100S
will beep 10 minutes after the radio is turned on. After that the GX1100S
will beep every 4 hours alerting to connect a GPS.
11.3.1 Transmitting a Distress Alert
NOTE
To be able to transmit a Distress Alert an MMSI number must be pro-
grammed, refer to section “11.2.2 Programming the MMSI.”
In order for your vessels location to be transmitted either connect a GPS to the
GX1100S (refer to section “8.4 ACCESSORY CABLE”) or manually input your
postion (refer to section “11.11 MANUAL INPUTTING OF THE GPS LOCATION”).
1. Lift the red spring loaded DISTRESS cover, then
press and hold the
[
DISTRESS
]
key. The “
DIS-DIS-
DIS-DIS-
DIS-
TRESSTRESS
TRESSTRESS
TRESS” menu will appear on the LCD and the ra-
dios display will count down (
3S 3S
3S 3S
3S Æ
2S 2S
2S 2S
2S Æ
1S 1S
1S 1S
1S) and
then transmit the Distress Alert. The backlight of
the LCD and keypad flashes while the radios dis-
play is countdown.
2. The transceiver will watch for a DSC acknowledg-
ment transmission on CH70 and also receive calls
on CH16.
3. If an acknowledgement is received, select chan-
nel 16 and advise your distress situation.
4. If no acknowledgment is received, the Distress
Alert is repeated at approximately 4 minute inter-
vals until a DSC acknowledgment is received.
5. When a DSC Distress acknowledgment is re-
ceived, a DSC Distress Alarm sounds and channel 16 is automatically se-
lected. The LCD shows the MMSI of the ship responding to your distress.
RECEIVED ACK: acknowledgment signal is received.
RECEIVED RLY ACK: relay acknowledgment signal is received from another
vessel or coast station.
6. To cancel the DSC Distress Alarm signal from the speaker, press any key.