
PANEL NAME:
DISTRESS BEACON SYSTEM
FUNCTION OVERVIEW:
This panel serves two purposes, receiving up to five
subspace distress signals and five space-normal signals, and
launching distress beacons.
Load - Press to
begin information loading into distress beacon. The illuminated
displays show loading status. It takes 16 seconds to saturate
the core memory of a standard distress beacon.
Launch - Press to
launch the distress beacon. It takes three seconds to launch a
distress beacon under ideal conditions.
SOS - Indicates an
incoming distress signal.
Subspace/EM Band -
Sliding selectors assign distress signal bandwidth isolation to
aid tracking and navigation.
CALIBRATION PROCEDURE:
See MCX-19990-230.
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