🔍 Key Concepts

• DSC Distress alert procedures in GMDSS • Who is allowed to acknowledge a DSC Distress and on what frequencies/areas • Risks of sending an unwanted DSC acknowledgement or relay from a ship station

💭 Think About

• When you first receive a DSC distress alert, what is your primary responsibility: to transmit something, or to monitor and gather information? • Which type of acknowledgement to a DSC distress is normally handled by a coast station, and what happens if a ship acknowledges incorrectly? • Among the options, which action could accidentally interfere with proper distress handling or confuse other vessels and shore stations?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify who normally sends the initial DSC distress acknowledgement in GMDSS (coast station vs. ship station). • Check whether ship stations should manually acknowledge a DSC distress on the same frequency if a coast station is likely in range. • Confirm that any action you take should not generate an unintended DSC distress acknowledgement or relay while you are only trying to view/read the message.