West Marine VHF155 사용자 설명서

Lift the red cover. Press and hold the 

 

button for three seconds. Your radio transmits  

your boat’s location every few minutes until you 

receive a response.

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Speak slowly - clearly - calmly.
For future reference, write your boat’s name & call sign here: 

1.  Make sure your radio is on. 
2.  Press the 

 button to switch to Channel 16 (156.8 MHz). (If the corner of the 

display does not show 16, press the 

button again until it does.) 

3.  Press the 

 button and say: “MAYDAY -- MAYDAY -- MAYDAY.” 

4.  Say “THIS IS {name of your boat (three times) and call sign/boat registration 

number (once).”

5.  Repeat “MAYDAY {name of your boat}” once.
6.  Tell where you are: (what navigational aids or landmarks are near, or read the 

latitude and longitude from your GPS). 

7.  State the nature of your distress (e.g. are you sinking, medical emergency, man 

overboard, on fire, adrift, etc. ).

8.  State the type of assistance you need (medical, towing, pumps, etc.).
9.  Give number of persons aboard and conditions of any injured persons. 
10.  Estimate present seaworthiness of your ship (e.g. how immediate is the danger due 

to flooding or fire or proximity to shore). 

11.  Briefly describe your ship, giving ship name (e.g. “Blue Duck is 32 foot cabin cruiser, 

white hull, blue deck house”). 

12.  Say: “I WILL BE LISTENING ON CHANNEL 16.” 
13.  End message by saying “THIS IS {name or call sign of your boat}, OVER.” 
14.  Release the 

 button and listen. 

Lift the red 

cover and 

press the red 

DISTRESS 

button 

underneath.