4.1.2Receiving all ships call

1.When an all ships call is received the audio alarm sounds and the display looks something like the one shown below.

All ships

call received.

FROM SHIP:

123456789

SAFETY

 

TELEPHONE

2182.0 KHZ

STOP ALARM

2.Press the [CANCEL] key to silence the alarm. The display shows partial contents of the all ships call as below.

* Received message *

JUL-23-1999-23:59

ECC: OK

ALL SHIPS CALL

 

FROM SHIP:

123456789

SAFETY

 

TELEPHONE

2182.0 KHZ

GO TO ALL VIEW

3.Press the [CANCEL] key again to return to the DSC standby screen. Watch for communications about all ships call on the DSC-60 or SSB radiotelephone.

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