Icom iM323 Instruction Manual

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237DSC OPERATION12345678910111213141516Distress call■A Distress call should be transmitted if, in the opinion of theMaster, the ship or a person is in distress and requires im-mediate assistance.NEVER MAKE A DISTRESS CALL IF YOUR SHIP OR APERSON IS NOT IN AN EMERGENCY. A DISTRESSCALL SHOULD BE MADE ONLY WHEN IMMEDIATEHELP IS NEEDED.Simple callD While lifting up the key cover, hold down [DISTRESS] for 3qseconds to transmit the Distress call.฀ •฀฀While฀holding฀down฀[DISTRESS],฀count฀down฀beeps฀sound฀and฀both the key and display backlighting blink.฀ •฀฀DSC฀ channel฀ (Channel฀ 70)฀ is฀ automatically฀ selected฀ and฀ the฀Distress call is transmitted.After transmitting the call, the transceiver waits for an ac-wknowledgment call.฀ •฀฀The฀ Distress฀ call฀ is฀ automatically฀ transmitted฀ every฀ 3.5฀ to฀ 4.5฀minutes, until an acknowledgement is received (‘Call repeat’mode), or DSC Cancel call is made (p. 26).฀ •฀Push฀[RESEND]฀to฀manually฀transmit฀the฀Distress฀repeat฀call.฀ •฀฀Push฀ [Ω]/[≈] then push [INFO] to display the transmitted Dis-tress call information.฀ •฀฀Push฀[Ω]/[≈] then push [PAUSE] to pause the ‘Call repeat’ mode,push [RESUME] to resume it.After receiving the acknowledgment, push [ALARM OFF]ethen reply using the microphone.A distress alert default contains:➥฀ •฀Nature฀of฀distress฀ :฀Undesignated฀distress฀ •฀Position฀information฀:฀฀The฀ latest฀ GPS฀ or฀ manual฀ input฀ position฀is held for 23.5 hours, or until the power isturned OFF.