Furuno FELCOM 12 Manual De Usuario

The 

 provides the minimum distress reporting require-

ments: own vessel’s ID, speed, course, L/L position and nature of
distress. After receiving the distress alert acknowledgment and you
are not pressed for time you may send detailed information as fol-
lows:

1. Press [F1] followed by [Enter] to display the editor screen.

2. Prepare distress communication message. Figure 6-7 shows a

sample distress message.

MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY

THE NAME IS

I NEED HELP

Ship’s name

: Type of assistance required

3. Press [F3].

4. Press [Enter]. The screen should look something like Figure 6-8.

The cursor is on the Priority line.

25 Char.       [ Line        2/        2    Col.       1  ]

<[1] UNTITLED1>

0001|

t

----*---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------<

 [Insert         ]

Transmit

2. Cancel
3. Request Delivery Status

Transmit Message

Priority
Message File
Station Name
Destination Type

Prefix Code
Country/Ocean Code
Station ID
Modem Type
Address
Subject
Attach File

LES ID
Option

[   TRANSMIT   ]

Normal
Message now being edited                       Size            63

TELEX

5. Press [Enter] to open the selection window.

6. Press [

/

] to select “Distress”.

7. Press [Enter] to close the selection window.

8. Press [

/

] to go the LES ID line.

9. Press [Enter] to open the LES list.

10. Select the LES where the distress alert was transmitted.