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GX1600/GX1700

9.3.1.5 Canceling a DSC Distress Call

If a DSC distress call was sent by error the GX1600 and GX1700 allow

you to send a message to other vessels to cancel the distress call that was

made.

Press the

soft key, then press soft key.

!DISTRESS ALERT!

Transmit?

YES NO

!DISTRESS ALERT!

Nature of:Undesignated

Position:

POS Time: 10:00

Wait for ACK

TX in: 02:25

33 37.120

118 09.580

PAUSE CANCEL

9.3.2 Receiving a DSC Distress Call

1. When a DSC distress call is received, an

emergency alarm sounds.

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Received DISTRESS

DIST ID:XXXXXXXXX

Position:

POS Time: 10:00

DIST: 11.2NM

BRG:300

33 39.220

118 10.560

QUIT

ACCEPT PAUSE

2. Press any key to stop the alarm.

3. The display shows the position of the vessel

in distress. To show additional information

of the vessel in distress, press the

key

(refer to the second display).

On the display you will notice 3 soft key selections. These selections are

described below:

: Press to immediately select Channel 16.

Note: If a key is not pressed for 30 seconds (by default; refer to the

section “12.9 AUTO CHANNEL SWITCH TIME”) or longer the radio will

automatically select Channel 16.

b. : Temporarily suspend switching to Channel 16.

c. : Exit to the working channel.

4. Press the

soft key to enter the

“

Waypoint Input

” menu, then enter the

desired waypoint name (up to 11 charac-

ters), described previously (select the letter/

number by pressing the / key and

move the cursor by pressing the

soft key).