4.5Neutral Craft Call

This type of call informs all ships that your ship is not a participant in armed conflict, and position and own ship ID are contained in the message. Send the call before entering an area of armed conflict.

4.5.1 Sending a neutral craft call

1. Press the [CALL] key followed by the [ENT] key to display the CALL TYPE menu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

If this part of the menu appears

*** Send

5

 

 

 

use 6to scroll the menu.

 

POLLING

 

 

 

CALL TYPE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STATION ID

 

NEUTRAL

 

 

 

 

INDIVIDUAL

 

 

MEDICAL

 

 

 

 

PSTN CALL

 

PRIORITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RELAY ALL

 

 

 

 

TEST CALL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALL SHIPS

 

 

 

RELAY SEL

 

 

 

 

 

DSC FREQ

 

 

 

 

 

GROUP CALL

 

 

DISTRESS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AREA CALL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POSITION6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Use or

to select NEUTRAL and press the [ENT] key.

3.

Press the

[ENT] key to open the PRIORITY menu.

*** Send message ***

 

CALL TYPE

 

: NEUTRAL

 

 

 

SAFETY

 

 

 

PRIORITY

 

URGENCY

 

 

COM. TYPE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

: TELEPHONE

 

 

 

 

 

 

DSC FREQ

:

2187.5 KHZ

GO TO ALL VIEW

4.Select appropriate priority and press the [ENT] key.

5.Press the [ENT] key to open the DSC FREQ menu. Note: COM. TYPE is fixed at TELEPHONE.

***Send

CALL TYPE

PRIORITY COM. TYPE

DSC FREQ

 

 

2187.5

 

***

 

 

 

4207.5

 

 

 

 

6312.0

 

 

8414.5

 

 

12577.0

 

 

16804.5

 

 

MANUAL

KHZ

 

 

 

 

GO TO ALL VIEW

MANUAL: For selection of frequency at radiotelephone when there is "remote control error."

6. Select appropriate frequency and press the [ENT] key.

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