If you have accidentally made a Distress call, or made an incorrect Distress call, send a Distress Cancel call to cancel the call as soon as possible while waiting for an acknowledgement. Be sure to report the purpose of the cancellation.
- While waiting for an acknowledgement, push the CANCEL softkey.
- Push OK, the distress call is cancelled.
- Press and hold the PTT button on the fist-mic, then slowly and clearly speak the details of the cancellation in the following format:
All stations, all stations, all stations, this is <state the name of your vessel>.
Call sign <state your call sign>, MMSI <state your MMSI number>.
My position is <state your position>.
Cancel my distress alert of <state date and time UTC>.
(Pause)
Call sign <state your call sign>, MMSI <state MMSI number>, <State date and time UTC>.