Furuno FM-8800D manual Position Call, Position call requesting other ships position

3. DSC OPERATION FOR NON-DISTRESS CASES

3.6Position Call

There are two types of position calls: other station requires your ship's position and your ship requests position of another ship.

Finding position of other station

Sending own ship's position to other station

		Other Station
Own Stat	ion

3.6.1Position call: requesting other ship's position

1.Press the CALL key. The display changes from standby display to the COMPOSE MESSAGE screen and the CALL TYPE is displayed in reverse video.

2.Press the ENT key to open the call type list.

3.Rotate the CH knob (or press up / down arrow key) to choose POSITION and press the ENT key.

** Compose Message **

CALL TYPE : POSITION REQUEST

TO :

SHIP ID : 123456789

ROUTINE

TCmd1 : POSITION REQUEST

TCmd2 : NO INFO

If a file is registered, its registration name is displayed.

If not, this field is blank.

4.SHIP ID is selected; press the ENT key.

5.Key in a ship ID for which you want to know its position.

6.ROUTINE is selected; press the ENT key.

7.Choose ROUTINE, BUSINESS, SAFETY, URGENCY, or DISTRESS as appropriate followed by pressing the ENT key.

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