Midland Radio RG2B General call to all ships ALL Ship Safety ALL Ship Urgency, DSC Distress call

7.Like mentioned above, it is possible, to insert manually the address of who is desired to call (using the alphanumerical keypad), or to select one of the addresses previously stored (maximum 16) by pressing several times the function key related to “DIR”.

8.Then, after you have selected the communication channel and the owner address, the call can be carried out by pressing the function key corresponding to the script “Send” and confirmed by pressing the E-button.

9.At this point you can communicate with the stations on the pre-selected channel that have given an answer to you.

2Once inside a sub-menu, you can return at any time to the main CALL-menu by pressing the C-button.

8.6General call to all ships (ALL SHIP SAFETY – ALL SHIP URGENCY)

8.6.Sending a call to all ships

ISending a distress call without founded reason is a criminal offence. Never use this function unless you find yourself in a situation that merits requiring help.

−If you don’t want to carry out the call (because of errors), press the 16 button or the “C”-button to leave the menu.

7.The call will be carried out on channel 70. The radio then will return to VHF mode on channel 16.

2During this procedure you are able to return to the main CALL-menu by pressing the C- button.

8.7. DSC DISTRESS call

8.7.a Sending a DISTRESS call

2IMPORTANT! You can only send a DSC call if you have been assigned an individual

MMSI code and this code has been programmed into the transceiver (otherwise the following commands will be deactivated). For this operation, see par. 10.10

ISending a distress call without founded reason is a criminal offence. Never use this function unless you find yourself in a situation that merits asking for help.

1.You can carry out a call to all ships through following procedure:

2.Press the function key related to the written “DSC”.

3.Press the function key related to “Call”.

4.Press one time the function key “Type”

PQ

in order to select the type of call

You can carry out the distress call through the following procedure: S

1.	Open the DISTRESS cover by pushing it to the right and hold it open.
2.	Press momentarily the DISTRESS-button below. The display shows: (		)
		S

SAFETY(P), otherwise press two times to select the type URGENCY(Q).

5. Select the type of desired call and press the function key corresponding to “Send”. Channel 16 is automatically selected and the display requests

confirmation before sending the call with the message (R)

R

6.At this point:

−If you wish to confirm the call, press the E-button to continue.

3. Press the function key corresponding to “Undefined” in order to select the

nature of the call (the pre-selection is UNDEFINED):

A.UNDEFINED

B.ABANDONING

C.PIRACY

D.M.O.B. (man over board)

E.FIRE

F.FLOODING

G.COLLISION

H.GROUNDING

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