FELCOM 15 Operator's Manual K 7-10-09 - Furuno USA

6. DISTRESS OPERATIONS
6.3 Distress Message
The distress alert provides the minimum distress information: own vessel’s ID,
speed, course, L/L position and nature of distress. After receiving the distress
alert acknowledgment from an LES and you are not pressed for time, you may
send a distress message as below to provide more detailed information.
1. Press the [F1] key followed by the [1] key to display the editor screen.
2. Type distress message. Below is an example.
MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY
THIS IS
I NEED HELP
Ship's name
: Type of assistance required
Sample distress message
3. Press the [F3] key.
4. Press the [1] key to choose Transmit Message. The screen should look
something like the illustration below.
Transmit
1. Transmit Message
2. Priority Cancel
Transmit Message
Normal
3. Message Request File Delivery Status Message now being edited Size 63
Station Name
Cost ********.** (US$)
Destination Type TELEX
Prefix Code
Country/Ocean Code
Station ID
Modem Type
---- * ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------<
Address
Subject
25 Char. [ Line 2/ 2 Col. 1 ] [Insert ]
Attach File
LES ID
Option
Confirmation
Send Delay
Delivery Delay
Code
ON
00:00
Immediate
IA5
[ TRANSMIT ]
Transmit message screen
5. Priority is selected; press the [Enter] key to open the priority options window.
6. Press the [↓] key to choose Distress.
7. Press the [Enter] key to close the window.
8. Press the [↓] key to choose LES ID.
9. Press the [Enter] key to open the LES list.
10. Press the [↓] or [↑] key to choose the LES where the distress message is to
be transmitted, preferably the one where the distress alert was transmitted.
11. Press the [Enter] key to close the LES list.
12. Press the [↓] key to place the cursor on TRANSMIT.
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