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5.4 All Ships Calls
An All Ships Call sends out a message to all ships within range that you need to advise of a hazardous situation or that you require assistance but the situation is not serious enough for a Distress Call.
The Ray54 can make All Ships Safety Calls for advisory alerts and Urgency Calls when assistance is required but life is not in danger. For example, you might send a Safety Call to warn others there is a large floating object that may be a hazard to navigation. A sample Urgency Call might be that you have an illness or an accident on board.
The All Ships Call is made on channel 70, and then the radio automatically switches to channel 16 at high power for voice communications.
Transmitting an All Ships Call
1. Press and release the CALL/MENU key to enter the DSC menu. The arrow is pointing to INDIVIDUAL.
2.Rotate the CH knob until the arrow points to ALL SHIPS.
3.Push in the CH knob to select ALL SHIPS. The All Ships menu appears, which displays the categories from which you can select.
