The radio station commonly used life boats to Navy ships. The time required to prepare the station for the work is reduced to a minimum. Extremely simple operation allows the use of RS 103 for each casualty, because it requires no training or special qualifications, just read a short statement in English.

Transmitter automatically sends a group of characters necessary to conduct effective action, namely the search for survivors and to determine their position. This allows you to use by people who do not know Morse code. In accordance with the recommendations of the housing has an orange-yellow color to be visible on a water surface from a distance.