603460

Standard Horizon INTREPID - GX1270S Manual

52
Zoom out
Zoom in
Previous page
1/70
Next page
page 49 Owner’s Manual GX1270S
9 OPERATING PRACTICES
9.1 EMERGENCY (CHANNEL 16 USE)
Channel 16 is known as the
Hail and Distress Channel
. An emergency
may be defined as a threat to life or property. In such instances, be sure
the transceiver is on and set to CHANNEL 16. Then use the following
procedure:
1. Press the microphone push-to-talk switch and say “Mayday, Mayday, Mayday.
This is , , ” (your vessel's name).
2. Then repeat once: “
Mayday
, ,” (your vessel’s name).
3. Now report your position in latitude/longitude, or by giving a true or magnetic
bearing (state which) to a well-known landmark such as a navigation aid or
geographic feature such as an island or harbor entry.
4. Explain the nature of your distress (sinking, collision, aground, fire, heart
attack, life-threatening injury, etc.).
5. State the kind of assistance your desire (pumps, medical aid, etc.).
6. Report the number of persons aboard and condition of any injured.
7. Estimate the present seaworthiness and condition of your vessel.
8. Give your vessel's description: length, design (power or sail), color and other
distinguishing marks. The total transmission should not exceed 1 minute.
9. End the message by saying
“OVER”
. Release the microphone button and
listen.
10. If there is no answer, repeat the above procedure. If there is still no response,
try another channel.
9.2 CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL (CHANNEL 16 OR 9)
Channel 16 may be used for initial contact (hailing) with another vessel.
However, its most important use is for emergency messages. This channel
must be monitored at all times except when actually using another channel.
It is monitored by the U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards and by other
vessels. Use of channel 16 for hailing must be limited to initial contact
only. Calling should not exceed 30 seconds, but may be repeated 3 times
at 2-minute intervals. In areas of heavy radio traffic, congestion on channel
16 resulting from its use as a hailing channel can be reduced significantly in
U.S. waters by using channel 9 as the initial contact (hailing) channel for
non-emergency communications. Here, also, calling time should not
exceed 30 seconds but may be repeated 3 times at 2-minute intervals.
… 52 …


Need help? Post your question in this forum.

Forumrules


Report abuse

Libble takes abuse of its services very seriously. We're committed to dealing with such abuse according to the laws in your country of residence. When you submit a report, we'll investigate it and take the appropriate action. We'll get back to you only if we require additional details or have more information to share.

Product:

For example, Anti-Semitic content, racist content, or material that could result in a violent physical act.

For example, a credit card number, a personal identification number, or an unlisted home address. Note that email addresses and full names are not considered private information.

Forumrules

To achieve meaningful questions, we apply the following rules:

Register

Register getting emails for Standard Horizon INTREPID - GX1270S at:


You will receive an email to register for one or both of the options.


Get your user manual by e-mail

Enter your email address to receive the manual of Standard Horizon INTREPID - GX1270S in the language / languages: English as an attachment in your email.

The manual is 0,61 mb in size.

 

You will receive the manual in your email within minutes. If you have not received an email, then probably have entered the wrong email address or your mailbox is too full. In addition, it may be that your ISP may have a maximum size for emails to receive.

The manual is sent by email. Check your email

If you have not received an email with the manual within fifteen minutes, it may be that you have a entered a wrong email address or that your ISP has set a maximum size to receive email that is smaller than the size of the manual.

The email address you have provided is not correct.

Please check the email address and correct it.

Your question is posted on this page

Would you like to receive an email when new answers and questions are posted? Please enter your email address.



Info