6.4 Safety calls
Making a safety call
Safety calls should be used when there is an
important navigational warning or meteorological
forecast/broadcast. Safety alerts can also be used for
communications during search and rescue operations.
From the All ships call menu: Menu > DSC Calls > All
ships call.
1. Select Safety.
2. Select the channel for subsequent communication.
The call is transmitted. Once the call has been
successfully transmitted ‘Sent’ is displayed onscreen
and the channel is changed to the specified channel.
3. Press the OK button.
4. Press and hold the PTT button and speak the
following message:
SECURITE, SECURITE, SECURITE
ALL STATIONS, ALL STATIONS, ALL STATIONS
This is <MMSI of your vessel, name of your vessel
repeated 3 times, call sign of your vessel>
Position <Your vessel’s position>
Reason for call <state the reason for the safety call>
OUT
Receiving a safety call
When a safety call is received:
1. Select Show info from the options to review relevant
call details.
2. Select Accept at any time to accept the call.
If auto channel change is turned on then the channel
will automatically change after 10 seconds.
The radio is re-tuned to the specified channel.
3. Listen for the safety call message.
6.5 Individual (routine) calls
Individual calls can be made to contacts saved in your
phonebook or to any station by manually entering an
MMSI number.
Note: When calling a coast station there is no need
to select a channel for communication.
If a call cannot be accepted then a reason code is
displayed.
No Reason
No reason given
Congestion
Congestion at maritime switching
centre
Busy
Station Busy
Queue
Queue indication
Barred
Station barred
No operator
No operator available
Unavailable
Operator temporarily unavailable
Disable
Equipment disabled
Unable Ch
Unable to use proposed channel
Unable mode
Unable to use proposed mode
Making a routine DSC call
From the Individual Call menu: Menu > DSC Calls >
Individual Call.
1. Select Phonebook to make a routine call to a contact
saved in your Phonebook, or
2. Select Recent Calls to make a routine call to a
contact that you have called recently, or
3. Select Enter MMSI to manually enter the MMSI
number of the station you want to contact.
4. Select a contact or enter an MMSI manually and
press the OK button.
5. Select the Channel you want to transmit the call on.
If the MMSI is a CSR then the radio will automatically
tune to the correct Channel. The radio will wait for
an acknowledgement to be received.
6. If an acknowledgement is received, press the OK
button.
7. Press and hold the PTT button and speak your
message.
8. Release the PTT button when you have completed
your message.
Receiving an individual (routine) call
With an incoming individual call displayed:
1. Select Show info from the options to review relevant
call details.
2. Select Reply on Ch ## at any time to accept the call.
If auto channel change is turned on then the channel
will automatically change after 10 seconds.
The radio is re-tuned to the specified channel.
3. To reject the call, select Reject.
4. If you rejected the call, select a reason for the
rejection from the list.
Confirmation of the acceptance or rejection of the call is
displayed. If you have accepted the call then the radio
will re-tune to the requested channel.
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