User Manual
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GX1600/GX1700
4. When a DSC distress acknowledgment is
received, a distress alarm sounds and channel 16
is automatically selected. The display shows the
MMSI of the ship responding to your distress.
RECEIVED ACK: acknowledgment signal is
received.
RECEIVED RLY: relay signal is received from
another vessel or coast station.
!DISTRESS ALERT!
Received Acknowledged
Name:USCG
Since: 00:15
ID:101234
567
OK
5. Press the PTT button and state your name, vessel name, number of
persons on board and the distress situation, then say over and wait for a
reply from the acknowledging ship.
6. To momentarily turn off the distress alarm until the radio retransmits the
distress call, press the
key.
9.3.1.2 Transmitting a DSC Distress Alert with Nature of Distress
The GX1600 and GX1700 are capable of transmitting a DSC distress alert
with the following “Nature of Distress” categories you may have:
Undesignated, Fire, Flooding, Collision, Grounding, Capsizing, Sinking,
Adrift, Abandoning, Piracy, MOB
1. Press the
key. The “
DSC Menu
” will appear.
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Flooding
Grounding
Capsizing
Collision
UNDESIGNATED
QUIT
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Flooding
Grounding
Capsizing
Collision
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2. Press the / key to select “
DISTRESS
ALERT MSG
”.
3. Press the
soft key. (To cancel, press the
soft key.) The “
DISTRESS ALERT MSG
”
menu will appear on the display.
4. Press the
soft key, then press the
/ key to select the desired nature of distress
category.
Nature of distress categories: Fire, Flood, Colli-
sion, Grounding, Capsizing, Sinking, Adrift, Aban-
doning, Piracy, and MOB.
5. Press the
soft key.
6. Press and hold the
key until a distress alert
is transmitted.
7. Perform the steps 1 through 6 of the basic operation described in the
previous section.