5CALLING, RECEIVING

This chapter provides the information necessary for general calling and receiving.

5.1 All Ships Call

When an urgent but not life-endangering situation arises on your ship, for example, engine trouble, send an all ships call to request assistance.

After sending the call, you can communicate by voice over the radiotelephone, or send a message by telex. For telephone, do the following before beginning actual communications:

URGENCY priority: Say PAN three times followed by your call sign.

SAFETY priority: Say SECURITE three times followed by your call sign.

Coast

Station

Own Ship

5.1.1 Sending an all ships call

1.Press the [2/DSC] key followed by pushing the [ENTER] knob to display the CALL TYPE menu.

Compose message

 

 

 

 

 

INDIVIDUAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CALL TYPE

 

PSTN CALL

 

 

 

STATION ID

 

TEST CALL

 

 

 

PRIORITY

 

ALL SHIPS

 

 

 

COM. TYPE

 

GROUP CALL

 

 

 

COM. FREQ

 

AREA CALL

 

 

 

 

 

 

POSITION6

 

 

 

DSC FREQ

 

 

 

GO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

POLLING

 

 

 

 

NEUTRAL

 

 

 

 

MEDICAL

 

Rotate [ENTER]

 

RELAY ALL

 

knob to scroll.

 

 

 

 

RELAY SEL

 

 

 

DISTRESS

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Rotate the [ENTER] knob to choose ALL SHIPS and then push the [ENTER] knob.

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Furuno FS-1570, FS-2570 manual CALLING, Receiving, All Ships Call, Sending an all ships call