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You receive an HF DSC distress alert at 0930 UTC. You hear no acknowledgement from shore after 5 minutes and no voice distress traffic on the paired HF RTF. You are 400 NM away. What is the correct action?
A
Immediately retransmit the alert as a DSC distress relay to all ships
B
Relay the alert to a coast station by any practical means and inform the RCC; continue…
C
Ignore it, another ship will handle it
D
Reply to the ship in distress on HF voice only