Does Your VHF “Distress” Button Work? | Chaparral H2O 21 Ski & Fish | Beneteau GT 40


BoatTEST Newsletter May 29, 2018
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How Does that Red “Distress” Button Work on My VHF?


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That distress button, shown here on an ICOM IC-M506 can save lives, provided it’s set up to work.

Every now and then, a BoatTEST.com reader asks a question to which every boater needs to know the answer – it could be life or death. One reader wrote to us asking “How Does that Red 'Distress' Button Work on My VHF?” The answer, sadly, is that if a boater doesn’t know for sure it’s set up to work properly, then it probably won’t.

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