🔍 Key Concepts

• Digital Selective Calling (DSC) distress procedures on GMDSS equipment • Difference between transmitted and received distress messages in the terminal directories • Role of the printer or log in recovering distress information after an alarm

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: whose distress information disappeared from your screen – your own ship’s transmission, or another vessel’s distress that you received? • Think about which data directory (transmitted vs. received) a received DSC distress call would be stored in on a GMDSS console. • Consider what the purpose of the printer is during a distress – what critical information would it automatically record, and why?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify whether the question implies you are the ship receiving or sending the distress alert. • Confirm which directory (Transmitted or Received) would logically hold the distress particulars in this situation. • Remember that in GMDSS, the printer/log is an important backup for all DSC distress and safety traffic – verify how it is used on your equipment.