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Distress call
• The distress call is repeated every 3.5–4.5 min., until re-
ceiving an ‘acknowledgement.’
• Push [CLR] to cancel the ‘Call repeat’ mode.
• “
?
??
?
” may blink instead of position and time indications
when the GPS data is invalid, or has not been manually
updated after 4 hours.
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D
Simple call
q
Confirm no distress call is being received.
w
While pulling down the distress key cover on the back
side, push [DISTRESS] for 5 sec. to transmit the distress
call.
• When no GPS is connected, input your position and UTC
time, if possible.
• While pushing [DISTRESS], the key backlighting blinks.
e
After transmitting the distress call, the transceiver waits for
an acknowledgment call on Channel 70.
• Transmitting after 2 sec., the display changes to Channel 16
automatically.
• After receiving the acknowledgment, reply using the micro-
phone.
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D
Regular call
The nature of the distress call should be included in the dis-
tress call.
q
Select and enter “
D
Di
is
st
tr
re
es
ss
s S
Se
et
tt
ti
in
ng
g
” in the DSC
menu.
w
Select and enter the nature of the distress.
• ‘Undesignated,’
‘Explosion,’
‘Flooding,’
‘Collision,’
‘Grounding,’ ‘Capsizing,’ ‘Sinking,’ ‘Adrift (Disable adrift),’
‘Abandoning (Abandoning ship),’ ‘Piracy (Piracy attack)’ and
‘MOB (Man overboard)’ are available.
• The selected nature of the distress is stored for 10 minutes.
r
Push [DISTRESS] for 5 sec. to transmit the distress call.
• While pushing [DISTRESS], the key backlighting blinks.
t
After transmitting the distress call, the transceiver waits for
an acknowledgment call on Channel 70.
• Transmitting after 2 sec., the display changes to Channel 16
automatically.
• After receiving the acknowledgment, reply using the micro-
phone.
e
Set your position data and current UTC time. (See ‘
¤2
Po-
sition and time programming’ for details.)
• When a suitable GPS receiver is connected to the transceiver,
this step is skipped.
Transmitting DSC calls (continued)
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Transmitting an individual acknowledgement
“
I
In
nd
di
iv
vi
id
du
ua
al
l A
AC
CK
K
” item appears after an individual call is
received.
q
Select and enter “
I
In
nd
di
iv
vi
id
du
ua
al
l A
AC
CK
K
” in the DSC menu.
w
Select and enter the desired individual address or ID code.
e
Select and enter an acknowledgement “
A
Ab
bl
le
e t
to
o C
Co
om
m-
-
p
pl
ly
y
” or “
U
Un
na
ab
bl
le
e t
to
o C
Co
om
mp
pl
ly
y
.”
r
Push [ENT] to transmit the acknowledgement call.
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D
Transmitting a group call
q
Select and enter “
G
Gr
ro
ou
up
p C
Ca
al
ll
l
” in the DSC menu.
w
Select and enter the desired group address.
e
Select and enter a desired intership channel.
r
Push [ENT] to transmit the group call.
t
Push [CLR] to exit and the transceiver selects the intership
channel specified in step
e
automatically.
• Even if [CLR] hasn’t been pushed, the transceiver selects the
specified intership channel in step
e
automatically after 2 sec.
of inactivity.
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D
Transmitting an all ships call
q
Select and enter “
A
Al
ll
l S
Sh
hi
ip
ps
s C
Ca
al
ll
l
” in the DSC menu.
w
Select and enter the desired category.
• The selectable category may differ according to the connected
transceiver setting.
e
Push [ENT] to transmit the all ships call.
r
Push [CLR] to exit and the transceiver selects Channel 16
automatically.
• Even if [CLR] hasn’t been pushed, the transceiver automati-
cally selects Channel 16 after 2 sec. of inactivity.
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D
Transmitting a position request call
q
Select and enter “
P
Po
os
si
it
ti
io
on
n R
Re
eq
qu
ue
es
st
t
” in the DSC
menu.
w
Select and enter the desired individual address.
e
Push [ENT] to transmit the position request call.
r
Push [CLR] to return to the previous indication before en-
tering the DSC menu.
• Even if [CLR] hasn’t been pushed, the display automatically
returns to the previous indication after 2 sec. of inactivity.
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D
Transmitting a position request reply call
“
P
Po
os
si
it
ti
io
on
n R
Re
ep
pl
ly
y
” item appears after a position request
call is received.
q
Select and enter “
P
Po
os
si
it
ti
io
on
n R
Re
ep
pl
ly
y
” in the DSC menu.
w
Select and enter the desired individual address.
r
Push [ENT] to transmit the position request reply call.
• Your position data is transmitted.
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D
Transmitting a position report call
q
Select and enter “
P
Po
os
si
it
ti
io
on
n R
Re
ep
po
or
rt
t
” in the DSC
menu.
w
Select and enter the desired individual address.
r
Push [ENT] to transmit the position report call.
t
Push [CLR] to return to the previous indication before en-
tering the DSC menu.
• Even if [CLR] hasn’t been pushed, the display automatically
returns to the previous indication after 2 sec. of inactivity.
e
Set your position data and current UTC time. (See ‘
¤2
Po-
sition and time programming’ for details.)
• When a suitable GPS receiver is connected to the transceiver,
this step is skipped.
e
Set your position data and current UTC time. (See ‘
¤2
Po-
sition and time programming’ for details.)
• When a suitable GPS receiver is connected to the transceiver,
this step is skipped.
¤4
Transmitting DSC calls
To ensure correct operation of the DSC function, please
make sure you set the squelch correctly.
D
D
Transmitting an individual call
q
Select and enter “
I
In
nd
di
iv
vi
id
du
ua
al
l C
Ca
al
ll
l
” in the DSC
menu.
w
Select and enter the desired individual address.
e
Select and enter a desired intership channel.
r
Push [ENT] to transmit the individual call.
t
Standby on Channel 70 until an acknowledgement is re-
ceived.
y
When the acknowledgement is received, and if it is ‘Able to
comply,’ the display changes to the specified channel (in
step
e
) is selected with beeps automatically.
• Or it is ‘Unable to comply,’ the display returns to the operated
channel (before enter the DSC menu) with beeps.
u
Push [CLR] to stop the beep, then push and hold [PTT] to
communicate your message to the responding ship.
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