3 DSC OVERVIEW

3.4.2 Send calls

Below are sample distress and individual send calls. The content of other types of send calls is similar to that of the individual call.

Distress send call

Distress

call in progress!

NATURE: UNDESIGNATED

POS: 12° 34N 123° 45E AT 12:34

TELEPHONE

2182.0 KHZ

 

DSC FREQ :

2187.5 KHZ

 

TIME TO GO :

30S

 

Nature of Distress (Undesignated, Fire, Flooding, Collision, Grounding, Listing, Sinking, Disable,

Abandoning, Piracy, Man Overboard)

Position of ship in distress (your ship)

Working frequency to use

DSC frequency used to send distress call Time to go until distress alert is transmitted

Individual send call

Compose message

CALL TYPE:

INDIVIDUAL

STATION ID:

123456789

PRIORITY

: ROUTINE

COM. TYPE

: TELEPHONE

COM. FREQ

: CH 401

DSC FREQ

: 2M-INTL

 

 

 

GO TO ALL VIEW

Rotate [ENTER] knob to choose GO TO ALL VIEW and then push it.

Call type (Individual)

ID of station where message is to be sent

Priority (Routine, Business, Safety, Urgency)

Mode of communication (Telephone, NBPD-ARQ, NBDP-FEC) Working channel (or frequency)

DSC frequency

Compose message

WORKING FREQ. : CH 401

 

Working frequency

 

END OF SEQUENCE: ACK. RQ

DSC FREQUENCY TX: 2177.0 KHZ RX: 2177.0 KHZ

GO TO EASY VIEW

End of sequence (Acknowledge request) DSC frequency used

Rotate [ENTER] knob.

* Compose message *

FORMAT

: INDIVIDUAL

 

 

Calling format

 

 

ADDRESS

: 987654321

 

 

Own ship ID

 

 

CATEGORY

: ROUTINE

 

 

Communications category

 

 

SELF-IDENTITY

: 123456789

 

 

ID no. of transmitting station

 

 

1ST TELECOMMAND: J3E TELEPHONE

 

 

1st telecommand

 

 

2ND TELECOMMAND : NO INFORMATION

 

 

2nd telecommand

 

 

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Furuno FS-1570, FS-2570 manual Send calls, Distress send call, Individual send call