DSC Operation
Operating Your Radio
Receiving Distress Calls
If your vessel is within range of a DSC Distress call, the radio will receive the call, sound the distress alarm, and switch to Channel 16.
DSC Operation
Operating Your Radio
Sending An All Ships Calls
A DSC All Ships call is used for the same urgency and safety purposes as the Pan and Securite voice calls as well as to send routine messages to all stations at once. It will reach all stations within range of your radio. If you have an urgent, but not
Distress Info on LCD
When A Distress Call Is Heard:
1. Press any button to turn Off the alarm and return |
to Standby mode. |
Distress Info on LCD
2. | Read and write down the distress information on the |
| LCD (there may or may not be position data shown), |
| then determine whether you should answer the call. |
3. | Respond, if appropriate, by pressing and holding |
| the Talk button to transmit on Channel 16. |
NOTE
Your radio will automatically switch to Channel 16 upon receiving a DSC distress call.
Standby Mode
All Ships
To Send An All Ships Call:
1. | In Standby mode, select a channel on which you want |
| to communicate for a routine call. (The radio will use |
| Channel 16 for urgent and safety calls.) |
2. | Press the Call/Set button to enter the Call Send menu. |
3. | Use the Up/Down buttons to scroll to ALL SHIPS. |
4. | Press the Call/Set button to move to the message |
| type menu. |
5. | Use the Up/Down buttons to select a message type |
| — URGENCY, SAFETY or ROUTINE. |
Regarding Distress Relay Calls
Your radio cannot send Distress Relay calls. Only large ships and shore stations with specially equipped radios can send these calls.
Receiving Distress Relay Calls
Your radio will respond to a received Distress Relay call in the same way as it will to a distress call.
Urgency/Safety/Routine
Urgency Waiting
Routine Waiting
6. | Press the Call/Set button to send the message. |
7. | Depending on the type of message you chose, |
| the radio will automatically switch to a voice channel. |
| a. After urgency and safety calls, the radio will switch |
| to Channel 16 and wait for you to press the Talk button |
| to send the urgent or safety message by voice. |
| b. After a routine call, the radio will switch to the channel |
| you selected in step 1 and wait for you to press the |
| Talk button to send the routine message by voice. |
DSC equipped radios that receive your message will be automatically switched to Channel 16 or the channel you selected to hear your voice message.
To return to Standby mode without sending a message, use the Up/Down buttons to scroll to EXIT and press the Call/Set button.
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