16 DSC/Buddy track windows
Buddy track requires an optional Northstar DSC VHF radio to be installed. Buddy track tracks other boats which have DSC radios connected to their GPS receivers by NavBus and are in VHF range. For information on setting up and using the VHF radio for buddy track, see the radio’s operation manual.
To go to the DSC/Buddy track windows, press
, select More, then select DSC. Then from the DSC/BuddyTrack window press 
or 
to select one of the three displays: Distress, Poll or Buddy track.
If there are more items than will fit on the display,
press 
or 
to see the others.
16-1 The displays
Distress | Poll | Buddy track |
Boats that have sent DSC distress messages and their positions.
Boats you have manually polled on the VHF radio, and their position at that time.
Buddy boats from your DSC radio. The radio regularly calls the boats and updates their positions.
When your DSC radio receives a distress message, the 657 creates a distress waypoint at the boat position. Distress waypoints have default names like DSTRSS01. The 657 displays a Distress warning.
Select:
OK to return to what you were doing.
Display to switch to Chart and display the position of the boat sending the distress message.
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