Send

Safety or urgency priority

For safety or urgency priority the field COM. FREQ is automatically set to the same pair frequency as the DSC frequency.

a) Select DSC FREQ and press the [ENT] key.

***	Send		message	***
***			2187.5	***
CALL TYPE:		4207.5
STATION ID:		4207.5
STATION ID:		6312.0
PRIORITY		6312.0
PRIORITY		8414.5
COM. TYPE		12577.0
COM. FREQ		16804.5
		MANUAL
DSC FREQ		MANUAL
			GO TO ALL VIEW

b) Select appropriate frequency with

and press the [ENT] key.

13.Press the [CALL] key to send the message (transmission time: about 7 sec.). The display shows the message "Individual request call in progress!" while the message is being sent.

Individual request call in progress!

TO SHIP: 123456789

ROUTINE
TELEPHONE	2189.5 KHZ
DSC FREQ :	2187.5 KHZ
TIME TO GO:	7S

14.After the message is sent, the equipment waits for acknowledgement of the message, showing the display below.

Waiting for acknowledgement.

FROM SHIP:	123456789
ROUTINE
TELEPHONE	2189.5 KHZ
DSC FREQ :	2187.5 KHZ
TIME TO GO:	4M30S

15.The timer starts counting down the maximum time to wait for acknowledgement, 3.5-4.5 minutes, randomly set. One of the following three messages appears. (“No response! Try calling again.” appears after the timer counts down to zero. It means the station called did not respond.)

Able acknowledge call received.

FROM SHIP:	123456789
ROUTINE
TELEPHONE	2189.5 KHZ

STOP ALARM

Able acknowledge call received

Unable acknowledge call received.

NO REASON GIVEN

FROM SHIP:	123456789
ROUTINE

	STOP ALARM

Unable acknowledge call received

No response!

Try calling again?

FROM SHIP:	123456789
ROUTINE
TELEPHONE	2189.5 KHZ
DSC FREQ :	2187.5 KHZ

RE-SEND

No response from station

16. Do one of the following depending on the message shown in step 15.

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RC-1500-1T specifications

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Furuno RC-1500-1T manual Send

Models: RC-1500-1T