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Northstar NS100
Receive and reply to a distress call
PORT OPS/VTS
N 39 27.021’
E135 12.011’
T 09:34 UTC
RCV:DISTRESS
N 12.12.121’
E121.12.121’
T 09:36 UTC
RCV:DISTRESS
123451234
FIRE
ESC->EXIT
When the radio picks up an incoming distress
call:
1. The radio beeps loudly to alert you to the
incoming distress call and the working
channel changes automatically to CH16.
Press any key except PTT or <ESC if you
want to stop the beeps.
At the same time, the LCD screen displays the
BUSY symbol, the category of the distress,
and the MMSID (or buddy name) of the
distressed vessel. After one second, the LCD
display changes to show the position of the
distressed vessel and the time of the distress
transmission.
IMPORTANT!
You can establish
voice contact with the
distressed vessel, as
described here, but
the Coast Guard is the
only agency allowed
to send a distress
acknowledgement.
These two screens alternate once every
second.
If the vessel's position isn't specifi ed, a series
of dashed lines are shown instead.
2. Press PTT to establish voice contact with the
distressed vessel or press <ESC to maintain a
listening watch on CH16.
The details of the incoming call are stored in
the distress log. If the distress log is full, the
oldest entry is automatically deleted.
Call back using the distress logs
DSC CALL
ALL SHIPS
CALL LOG
>DISTRES LOG
N 38 27.021’
E137 12.011’
T 12:27 UTC
RELAY LOG 01
DIST RELAY
678678678
FLOODING
The radio has two distress logs that each hold
the details of ten distress calls. The DISTRESS
log stores received distress calls, and the RELAY
log stores relayed distress calls.
You can reply to any of them with an
INDIVIDUAL call back, as follows:
1. Press CALL to display the fi rst three options
of the DSC CALL menu.
2. Scroll through the options and move the
cursor to DISTRES LOG. Press >ENT.
3. Press >ENT again to select the received
distress call log
IMPORTANT!
You can establish
voice contact with
the distressed vessel,
but ONLY the Coast
Guard is allowed
to send a distress
acknowledgement.
DISTRES LOG
>DISTRESS
RELAY
SENT FROM
987654321
ENT> OPERATE
987654321
>CALL BACK
DELETE
SAVE MMSID