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Cancelling A False Distress Alert

If a distress alert is transmitted inadvertently, the following steps should be taken to cancel the alert: 1. Reset the equipment that transmitted the alert and make a broadcast on the appropriate radio frequency notifying all stations that the alert is cancelled. 2. Contact the nearest rescue coordination center (RCC) by fax, email or telephone to confirm the cancellation. 3. Provide the ship's name, call sign, position and details of the cancelled alert in the notification to ensure all parties are aware the distress was false.

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Cancelling A False Distress Alert

If a distress alert is transmitted inadvertently, the following steps should be taken to cancel the alert: 1. Reset the equipment that transmitted the alert and make a broadcast on the appropriate radio frequency notifying all stations that the alert is cancelled. 2. Contact the nearest rescue coordination center (RCC) by fax, email or telephone to confirm the cancellation. 3. Provide the ship's name, call sign, position and details of the cancelled alert in the notification to ensure all parties are aware the distress was false.

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Procedures for canceling false distress alerts

Procedures for canceling false distress alerts.

If a distress alert is inadvertently transmitted, the following steps

shall be taken to cancel the distress alert.

1.VHF(Very High Frequency)

1) If a false distress alert detected during transmission

2) Reset the equipment immediately

3) Set to Channel 16; and

4) Make broadcast to "All stations eg;

"All stations All stations All stations

This is NAME, CALLSIGN, MMSI NUMBER, POSITION,

Cancel my Distress alert of DATE, TIME, UTC"

=Master +

5) And then, Fax or email above contents to the nearest RCC and

confirm by telephone call

whether it is cancel or not.

(You can see all contact information of RCCs', If you use

the Admiralty List of Radio Signal Vol.V)

2. MF(Medium Frequency)

1) If a false distress alert detected during transmission


2) Reset the equipment immediately

3) Tune for radiotelephony transmission on 2182 kHz; and

4) Make broadcast to "All stations eg; (Same as above 1-(4))

5) And then, Fax or email above contents to the nearest RCC and

confirm by telephone call

whether it is cancel or not. (refer to the Admiralty List of Radio

Signal Vol.V)

3 HF(High Frequency)

1) If a false distress alert detected during transmission

2) Reset the equipment immediately

3) Tune for radiotelephony on the distress and safety frequency in

each band in which a false distress alert

was transmitted; and (4, 6, 8, 12, and 16MHz)

4) Make broadcast to "All stations eg; (Same as above 1-(4))

5) And then, Fax or email above contents to the nearest RCC and

confirm by telephone call

whether it is cancel or not. (refer to the Admiralty List of Radio

Signal Vol.V)

4. INMARSAT ship earth station. Immediately notify the nearest

appropriate rescue coordination center


that the alert is cancelled by sending a distress priority message

by way of the same land earth station

through which the false distress alert was sent. Provide ship

name, call sign or registration number, and

INMARSAT identity with the cancelled alert message.

5. EPIRB If for any reason, an EPIRB is activated inadvertently,

immediately contact the nearest

appropriate Rescue Coordination Center by telephone and

cancel the distress alert.

and then, Fax or email "Ship's Name, Callsign, MMSI Number,

Position, Cancel my Distress alert of

Date, Time, UTC, Master+ " to the nearest RCC.

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