Furuno FS-5070 manual Test Call, 11-6

11. MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING

11.6Test Call

This function sends a test signal to a coast or ship station, over one of six distress and safety frequencies. For that reason, it should not be executed unnecessarily. You can prepare a test call beforehand (see Chapter 6) or at the moment you intend to send a test call. To send a prepared test call, see paragraph 6.5.4 for the procedure. When sending the test call at the moment, do the following.

1. Press the 2/DSC key.

Select Message

GENERAL	DISTRESS
INDIVIDUAL	RELAY AREA
PSTN MESSAGE	RELAY COAST
TEST MESSAGE	DISTRESS
GROUP MESSAGE
AREA MESSAGE	SPECIAL
POSITION
MMSI 123456789	UTC 01:53
POS 12 34.5678N
123 45.6789E	EPFS 01:54

2.Rotate the ENTER knob to choose TEST MESSAGE and then push the ENTER knob.

3.Push the ENTER knob to open the STATION ID window.

4.Rotate the ENTER knob to choose MANUAL or SELECT.

5.For SELECT, you can choose an ID from the message file list stored.

6.For MANUAL, using the numeric keys, key in the ID of the station ID (nine digits) where to send the call and then push the ENTER knob.

Compose msg.

MSG TYPE

STATION ID

PRIORITY

:TEST MESSAGE

*********

:SAFETY

DSC FREQ : 2187.5 kHz

GO TO VIEW

7.Push the ENTER knob to open the DSC FREQ menu. (Note that PRIORITY is automatically selected to SAFETY.)

Compose msg.

MSG TYPE			2187.5
		4207.5
STATION ID
		6312.0
PRIORITY
		8414.5
		12577.0
DSC FREQ		16804.5
	GO TO VIEW

kHz

8.Rotate the ENTER knob to choose an appropriate frequency and then push the ENTER knob. The display changes as below.

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