9 What voice signal is used to precede an Urgency Message (Mayday,
Pan Pan, or Securite)?
10 What voice signal is used before relaying a Distress Call/Message
on behalf of another vessel?
11 What 'Special Access Code' is used on Inmarsat-B to obtain 'Maritime
Assistance' for your vessel (32, 38 or 39)?
12 Is an EPIRB a primary, or a secondary Distress Alerting device?Answers from Chapter 5:
1 Log the alert, and set watch Ch16 (to receive a voice Distress Calli
Message)
2 2187.5kHz
3 'Mayday Mayday Mayday this ShipName, ShipName, ShipName,
Mayday - ShipName/CallsignlMMSI - position -problem - 'require
immediate assistance' - Number ofPOB - other information - Over'
4 'Mayday -Justina,Justina,Justina this is Wizard, Wizard, Wizard -
RECEIVED MAYDAY
5 Inform the ship's Master, and consult a Coast Station/MRCC.
6 The ship's master.
7 Reset to DSC Controller (to avoid automatic repeat alert), then switch
to Ch16 and send a voice cancellation message to 'All Stations'
8 Ch70, 2187.5kHz, 8414 .5kHz and one other HF DSC frequency; and
Ch16/13.
9 Urgency messages are preceded by the voice signal 'Pan Pan'
10 'Mayday Relay'
11 'Maritime Assistance' code is 39 (32 is used to obtain Medical Advice;
38 is used to obtain Medical Assistance).
12 An EPIRB is a 'secondary' distress-alerting device.
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