Cobra Electronics MR F80B-D Regarding Distress Relay Calls, Receiving Distress Relay Calls

Operating Your Radio

All Ships Call Menu

All Ships Call Select

All Ships Call Send

Digital Select Calling (DSC) ProductOperationFeatures

Regarding Distress Relay Calls

This radio cannot send Distress Relay calls. Only large ships and shore stations, with specially equipped radios, can send Distress Relay calls.

Receiving Distress Relay Calls

This radio does respond to a Distress Relay call just as it responds to a Distress call.

Sending an All Ships Call

Use the DSC All Ships call for the same urgency and safety purposes as the Pan and Securite voice calls as well as sending Routine messages to all stations at once. The DSC All Ships call reaches all stations in radio range. Use the DSC All Ships call for urgent, but not life-threatening situations or to broadcast a safety warning to all vessels in the area. Use the DSC All Ships call judiciously for Routine calls.

To Send an All Ships Call:

1.In Standby mode, select a channel to communicate a routine call. The radio uses Channel 16 for urgent and safety calls.

2.Press the Call/Setup button to enter the Call Setup menu.

3.Scroll to All Ships.

4.Press Enter button for All Ships Call Select.

5.Press the Enter button twice to send a message.

NOTE

The radio display requires confirmation before sending Urgency and Safety calls.

Operating Your Radio

All Ships Call MMSI Directory Match

Digital Select Calling (DSC) ProductOperationFeatures

6.Depending on the type of message selected, the radio automatically switches to a voice channel.

a.After Urgency and Safety calls, the radio switches to Channel 16. Once on channel, press the Talk button to send the Urgency or Safety voice message.

b.After a Routine call, the radio switches to the channel selected. Once on channel, press the Talk button to send the Routine voice message.

DSC equipped radios that receive a DSC All Ships call message are automatically switched to the channel selected by the sender to hear a voice message unless Automatic Channel switching been turned off.

To return to Standby mode, without sending a message, scroll to EXIT and press the Enter button.

Receiving an All Ships Call

All Ships calls received from stations within range of the radio sound the Distress alarm and switch the radio to Channel 16.

When an All Ships Call is Heard:

1.Press any button to turn Off the alarm and return to

Standby mode.

2.Read and write down the MMSI information of the vessel sending the call as well as the date and time of the call.

3.Listen to the incoming voice message on the channel the radio selects for the incoming All Ships call.

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