WARNING

This radio is designed to generate a digital maritime distress and safety call to facilitate search and rescue. To be effective as a safety device, this equipment must be used only within communication range of a shore – based VHF marine channel 70 distress and safety watch system. The range of signal may vary but under normal conditions should be approximately 20 nautical miles.

Quickly press the DSC/MENU key to pop up the DSC menu. Users can then select the DSC call type to send. The channel remains unchanged and allows normal Tx operation.

5-2 DSC Call Types

Press the CALL/MENU key to access the menu for user to select the DSC call type to send.

Note: Only 4 calls can be shown at any one time on the screen.

Press CH / scroll up and down the call types until the cursor is positioned at the desired option.

Press the ENTER the call types are:

Call Type

Description

INDIVIDUAL

Make a new call, by inputting the MMSI or pick up from the list max 20

LAST CALL

Recalls last call no matter what type of call it is.

GROUP

Sends transmissions that are only received by radios that share a common

 

group MMSI number, there is up to 3 group MMSI numbers can be stored

 

and called.

ALL SHIPS

Makes an Urgency, Safety or Routine call to all ships. A confirmation screen

 

follows the priority selection of these options. The Safety call is for advisory

 

alert only.

CALL LOG

Allows a review of all stored calls by number and time of call. An individual

 

call type can be placed to the selected MMSI/NAME in the LOG. The LOG

 

contains all received call types except DISTRESS calls. The call at the end of

 

the list is automatically erased. The earliest call is stored at the end of the list.

 

Note: Only 20 calls can be stored at one time.

DISTRESS LOG Allows a review of all stored Distress calls by number and time of call. An individual call type can be placed to the selected MMSI / NAME in the LOG. The call at the end of the list is automatically erased. This means the earliest call is stored at the end of the list. There are only 10 calls that can be stored.

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Lowrance electronic LHR-80 manual DSC Call Types, Call Type Description