386 DSC OPERATIONNew2001• About the ‘Distress Call Repeat’ modeThe Distress call is automatically repeated every 3.5–4.5min., until receiving an ‘acknowledgement.’To cancel the ‘Distress Call Repeat’ mode, transmit the Dis-tress Cancel as at right.q After 3.5–4.5 min has passed from transmitting the Dis-tress call, the key backlight starts blinking and countdownalarm is emitted automatically. After 3 sec., t he distresscall re-transmission is performed.TXDistress CallRe-transmittingTransmittingw After transmitting the Distress call, the transceiver waitsfor an acknowledgment call.D Transmitting a Distress CancelDistress Cancel call operation is available only when thetransceiver is waiting for an ‘acknowledgement’ call aftertransmitting the Distress call. (‘Distress Call Repeat’ mode)q While waiting for the Distress acknowledgement call aftertransmitting the Distress call, push [CLR].• ‘Distress Call Repeat’ mode is canceled.25W INTTAGWaiting forDistressACKPushw Push [ENT] to transmit the Distress Cancel.• Emergency channel (Channel 70) is automatically selected.• Push [CLR] to cancel and back to the previous condition.
