🔍 Key Concepts

• Inmarsat-C / satellite distress procedures after an initial ‘hot-key’ alert • Difference between using the Distress button/hot‑key and using the normal Transmit / SEND-REC menu • How you assign Distress priority and select the Land Earth Station (LES) or RCC once you have time to compose details

💭 Think About

• After the initial automatic distress alert has gone out, how do you normally send follow‑up detailed information: by another preset hot‑key alert, or by composing and transmitting a message through the regular message menu? • Which options mention explicitly setting Distress priority and selecting an appropriate LES for current coverage and routing to the RCC? • Which choices send the detailed message only where it needs to go (RCC via satellite network), and which add extra, non‑standard destinations like company numbers?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify that follow‑up detailed distress communications typically use the message transmit/SEND‑REC menu, not a second hot‑key activation • Check which options clearly state selecting Distress priority for the follow‑up message • Eliminate any option that adds non‑standard recipients (like a company emergency number) to the satellite Distress follow‑up intended for the RCC