How to send a DSC calling

Retevis Marine is committed to providing good marine radio to customers, so often communicate with them. During the communication, we found that many customers still don’t know how to send DSC calling or when they can send DSC calling. Today, we will make a brief introduction about DSC calling.

In a relay situation, there is no longer a requirement to send a DSC ‘Urgency Announcement’. The ‘Mayday Relay’ voice call remains unchanged and should still be transmitted as normal.

If distress is received by DSC or voice, the skipper of a vessel should act as follows:

1. Wait five minutesfor the distress to be acknowledged by the Coastguard or another vessel.
2. If no acknowledgment or distress working is heard, send a ‘Received Mayday’ voice call to the station in distress, then:
3. Relay the distress message to the nearest Coastguard which may be by any means, but should primarily be sent using a ‘Mayday Relay’ voice call addressed to the specific Coastguard station followed by a repetition of the original ‘Mayday message’.
4. The Coastguard should respond and take over distress working and co-ordinate the assistance.
5. If unable to contact a Coastguard station, send a ‘Mayday Relay’ call, addressed to ‘All Stations’, followed by the repetition of the original ‘Mayday message’. You should then prepare to co-ordinate the assistance to the vessel in distress between yourself and any other vessels in the vicinity.

The same approach, starting at step 3, should be taken if you believe another vessel, aircraft, person or vehicle is in distress and unable to transmit its own distress signal.’

The above are some operation methods of DSC calling. If there is something unclear, you can read it twice, or contact us through Facebook: Retevis Marine Radio | Facebook Twitter: Retevis Marine Radio (@RetevisMarine) / Twitter or Email: info@retevismarine.com.