4.7Polling Call

Polling means confirming if own station is within communicating range with other station. This function only provides affirmative or negative response; it does not provide position information. Note that simultaneous polling to more than one station is not possible.

1 Polling

2 Acknowledge

3

Polling

4

Acknowledge

4.7.1 Sending a polling call

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the part of the menu appears,

 

 

*** Send

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

use 6to scroll menu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POLLING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CALL TYPE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEUTRAL

 

 

 

 

 

INDIVIDUAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STATION ID

 

MEDICAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PSTN CALL

 

 

 

PRIORITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RELAY ALL

 

 

 

 

 

TEST CALL

 

 

 

 

 

RELAY SEL

 

 

 

 

 

ALL SHIPS

 

 

 

 

 

DISTRESS

 

 

 

 

 

GROUP CALL

 

 

 

DSC FREQ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AREA CALL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POSITION6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Use or

to select POLLING and press the [ENT] key.

3. Press the [ENT] key to open the STATION ID menu.

 

 

*** Send message ***

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CALL TYPE

: POLLING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- - - - - - - - -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STATION ID

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRIORITY

:

ROUTINE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DSC FREQ

: 2M-INTL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GO TO ALL VIEW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Key in ID of station where to send call and press the [ENT] key.

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Furuno RC-1500-1T manual Polling Call, Sending a polling call
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