Icom IC-M504A Instruction Manual

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IN CASE OF EMERGENCYIf your vessel requires assistance, contact other vessels andthe Coast Guard by sending a Distress call on Channel 16.Or, transmit your Distress call using digital selective callingon Channel 70.NOTEA WARNING STICKER is supplied with the transceiver.To comply with FCC regulations, this sticker must be affixedin such a location as to be readily seen from the operatingcontrols of the radio as in the diagram below. Make sure thechosen location is clean and dry before applying the sticker.EXAMPLEWARNINGSTICKERUSING CHANNEL 16DISTRESS CALL PROCEDURE1. “MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY.”2. “THIS IS ...............” (name of vessel).3. Say your call sign or other description of the vessel (AND9 digit DSC ID if you have one).4. “LOCATED AT ...............” (your position).5. State the nature of the distress and assistance required.6. Give any other information which might facilitate the res-cue.USING DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING (Ch 70)DISTRESS CALL PROCEDURE1. While lifting up the key cover, hold down [DISTRESS]for 5 seconds until you hear 5 short beeps and then onelong beep.2. Wait for an acknowledgment on Channel 70 from a coaststation.• After the acknowledgement is received, Channel 16 is auto-matically selected.3. Hold down [PTT], then transmit the appropriate informa-tion as listed above.ii