3. DSC OPERATION FOR NON-DISTRESS CASES

3.1.2Receiving acknowledgement of coast or ship call

1.After a coast or ship call is sent, the equipment waits for acknowledgement of the call, showing the display below.

Waiting for acknowledgement.

COAST ID : 003456789

ROUTINE

TCmd1 : SIMPLEX TP

TCmd2 : NO INFO

CH : 12

TIME TO GO : 3M30 S

The timer starts counting down the maximum time to wait for acknowledgement, five minutes.

2.One of the following three messages appears. "No response! Try calling again?" appears after the timer counts down to zero. It means the receiving station did not respond.

Able acknowledge call received.

FROM : 003456789

ROUTINE

TCmd1 : SIMPLEX TP

TCmd2 : NO INFO

CH : 12

CANCEL ALARM

Able acknowledge call received

Unable acknowledge call received.

FROM : 003456789

ROUTINE

TCmd1 : UNABLE

TCmd2 : NO REASON

CH : NO INFO

CANCEL ALARM

Unable acknowledge call received

No response!

Try calling again?

COAST ID : 003456789

ROUTINE

TCmd1 : SIMPLEX TP

TCmd2 : NO INFO

CH : 12

PRESS ENT

No response from station

A reason of Unable acknowledge is displayed. In case of QUEUE INDICATION, the channel will change to one that the coast station specifies.

3. Do one of the following depending on the message shown above.

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Sunpentown Intl FM-8800D/8800S manual Receiving acknowledgement of coast or ship call, Time to GO 3M30 S, CH no Info