West Marine VHF155 manual Receiving a DSC call, Canceling an automatic distress call, Receive log

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Canceling an automatic distress call

While the radio is waiting for a response, it gives you the option of canceling the call. To cancel the distress call, choose Exit and press CLR/SCAN.

Receiving a DSC call

If your radio receives an individual DSC call from another station, it sounds an incoming call tone and displays the name/MMSI number of the station calling you. To respond to the call, select Send: Able-Comply; the radio sends an acknowledgement and automatically switches to the designated response channel. To reject the call, select Send: Unable-Comply; the radio advises the other station that you are unable to respond to the call.

If the DSC request contains a response channel that you are not allowed to use, the radio displays Not Support CH; your only response option is Send: Unable-Comply.

If the radio receives a group or all ships call, it sounds an incoming call tone and automatically switches to the designated response channel.

Receive log

Just like your telephone’s caller ID list, your radio keeps track of the calls you receive. The receive log is useful if you have been off your boat or away from your radio and want to see who has tried to contact you. The radio displays the last 10 distress calls and the last 50 non-distress calls that it received. If you have unread incoming DSC calls, the radio displays a Message icon. When you display all Distress and Other receiving logs, the message icon disappears. ress and hold MENU/CALL to display the Call menu.

Press and hold

Call Menu/

Receive Log

Distress

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Back	Save	Exit
[MENU]	[ENT]	[CLR]

3.Select Receive Log.

4.Select Distress to see the last 10 distress calls received by the radio. Select Other to see the last 50 normal calls received by the radio, then choose from Individual, All Ships, Test Acknowledge, Test, Position Reply, Position Send, and Group calls.

5.Calls are listed in the order they were received, with the newest call shown first. The display blinks if there are new calls you have not reviewed. The Message icon also displays.

6.Select the call you want to see the details of. Use Channel Up and Channel Down to see all of the information. The log displays different information depending on type of call received. See the table below for the information stored for each type of call:

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