Making A Voice Distress Call - Uniden UM425 Guide D'utilisation

Making a distress call
Making a Distress Call
Lift the red cover. Press and hold the
button for three seconds. The UM425 transmits
your boat's location every few minutes until you
receive a response.
NOTE: If the radio displays Enter User MMSI,
cancel the automatic distress call and make
a normal voice distress call.

Making a voice distress call

Speak slowly -- clearly -- calmly.
For future reference, write your boat's name & call sign here:
1. Make sure your radio is on.
2. On the microphone, press the
(156.8 MHz). (If the corner of the display does not show 16, press the
16/9-TRI
3. Press the
"MAYDAY --MAYDAY-- MAYDAY."
Say "THIS IS
4.
5. Say "MAYDAY
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. Give number of persons aboard and conditions of any injured persons.
9. Estimate present seaworthiness of your ship, e.g. how immediate is the
danger due to flooding or fire or proximity to shore.
Briefly describe your ship (length, type, color, hull).
10.
Say: "I WILL BE LISTENING ON CHANNEL 16."
11.
End message by saying "THIS IS
12.
13. Release the
If you do not get an answer after 30 seconds, repeat your call,
beginning at step 3, above.
button again until it does.)
button on the microphone and say:
PUSH TO TALK
{name or call sign of your boat}."
{name or call sign of your boat}
PUSH TO TALK
DISTRESS
button to switch to Channel 16
16/9-TRI
{name or call sign of your boat}
button and listen.
Lift the red cover
and press the
button.
DISTRESS
."
, OVER."