3. DSC OPERATION FOR NON-DISTRESS CASES

Acknowledging the call automatically or manually by doing one of the following:

1)Send automatic acknowledge (ACK BQ) with comply status “ABLE.” See the procedure below.

2)Sending automatic acknowledge (ACK BQ) with comply status "UNABLE." See the procedure on page 3-7.

3)Manually acknowledging individual call with "ABLE." See the procedure on page 3-8.

4)Manually acknowledging a coast or ship call with "UNABLE." See the procedure on page 3-9

1) Sending automatic acknowledge (ACK BQ) with comply status "ABLE."

1.When the automatic acknowledge feature is active (AUTO ACK), the comply status is "ABLE" and a coast or ship call is received, the auto acknowledge (ACK BQ) call is sent immediately. The display shown below appears. The alarm sounds and the ALARM LED blinks two minutes.

Able acknowledge transmitted.

ROUTINE

TCmd1 : SIMPLEX TP

TCmd2 : NO INFO

CH : 08

CANCEL ALARM

2.Press the CANCEL key to silence the alarm. The following display appears.

**Send Message **

COAST ACK

TO : 003456789*1

ROUTINE

TCmd1 : SIMPLEX TP

TCmd2 : NO INFO

CH : 08

PRESS ENT

*1: If the coast or ship ID is registered in FILE, the registered name appears.

3.Press the ENT key. You can now communicate with the party, over the VHF channel specified.

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