West Marine VHF580 manual Position Request and Reply, Receiving Test Calls

Back[CLR]

If you want to send a test call to a station that is not in your directory, select Manual. The radio prompts you to enter the MMSI number you want to call. Enter the MMSI number the same way you enter directory entries (see page 22). Enter all nine digits and press

ENT-1W/25W button.
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4. The radio displays the MMSI number you are about to call and
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asks you to confirm. If you want to call the displayed number,
select Send. To cancel the call, select Cancel.	Send
	Cancel

5.The radio automatically switches to channel 70 to transmit the test call request, then switches back to the last-used channel.

Select[ENT]

6.When the other station acknowledges the test call, the radio displays an acknowledgement screen.

Receiving Test Calls

When another station sends you a test call, the radio displays the test request screen.

To acknowledge the test call, select Reply. To reject the test call, select Cancel.

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	Acknowledged
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	Completed
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Reply
Cancel

Back[CLR] Select[ENT]

Enabling automatic test call reply

If you want the radio to automatically reply to all test call, you can enable automatic test call reply.

1.Press and hold CALL-MENUto display the normal menu.

2.Select Setup and then Test Reply.

3.Choose Auto and press ENT-1W/25W. The radio will automatically send an acknowledgement when it receives a test call.

Press and hold -

Setup

Test Reply

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Test Reply
Manual
Back[CLR]	Select[ENT]

4. To disable automatic test call reply, repeat the steps above and select Manual.

Position Request and Reply

Requesting another station’s position (POS Request)

Anytime you need to know where another boat currently is—to find your boating partners, to respond to a request for assistance, etc.—you can send a position request to their radio:

1.Press CALL-MENUto display the call menu.

2.Select DSC Call sub-menu, then select POS Request.

3.The radio displays the names listed in your directory; use CHANNEL UP and CHANNEL DOWN to choose the directory entry you want to contact and press ENT-1W/25W. If you want to

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