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Receiving DSC calls, Receiving a Distress Call

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DSC OPERATION 8 ■■Receiving DSC calls NOTE: After receiving a DSC call " " continuously blinks when the transceiver has DSC call. or an unread DSC message in the Received Call Log. (p. 56) 1. When a Distress call is received: • Alarm sounds. • The following screen is displayed and the backlight blinks. • " " blinks. DDReceiving a Distress Call IMPORTANT! Distress call reception should stop after one sequence because the coast station should send back an 2. Push any [Alarm Off] . 'acknowledgement' to the ship. 3. Select your action. If the distress call continues, even after the coast station sends back an 'acknowledgement,' the ship in distress may not receive the acknowledgement. [Ignore]*: Ignores the Call and returns to the Main screen. * Displayed only when "Single" is selected in the PROCEDURE menu. (p. 62) 1 [Hold]: Holds the RX call task, and 2 returns to the Main screen. 3 [Pause]: Pauses the countdown. • To restart the countdown, 4 push [Resume] . 5 [Accept]: E nters the DSC Task mode. To send the 6 acknowledgement, push [Accept] . 7 8 9 10 11 12 DSC Task mode (pp. 29, 30) • Automatically selects Channel 16, and 13 then you should monitor it, because a coast station may require assistance. 14 • R otate [CH/ENT] to view the call 15 contents. 16 45

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DSC OPERATION
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1.
When a Distress call is received:
• Alarm sounds.
• The following screen is displayed
and the backlight blinks.
•
“
” blinks.
2.
Push any [Alarm Off]
.
3.
Select your action.
[Ignore]*:
Ignores the Call and
returns to the Main screen.
* Displayed only when
“Single” is selected in the
PROCEDURE menu.
(p. 62)
■
Receiving DSC calls
IMPORTANT!
Distress call reception should stop
after one sequence because the
coast station should send back an
‘acknowledgement’ to the ship.
If the distress call continues, even
after the coast station sends back an
‘acknowledgement,’ the ship in distress
may not receive the acknowledgement.
[Hold]:
Holds the RX call task, and
returns to the Main screen.
[Pause]:
Pauses the countdown.
• To restart the countdown,
push [Resume]
.
[Accept]:
Enters the DSC Task mode.
To send the
acknowledgement,
push
[Accept]
.
DSC Task mode (pp. 29, 30)
• Automatically selects Channel 16, and
then you should monitor it, because a
coast station may require assistance.
•
Rotate [CH/ENT] to view the call
contents.
NOTE: After receiving a DSC call
“
” continuously blinks when the
transceiver has DSC call. or an
unread DSC message in the Received
Call Log. (p. 56)
D
Receiving a Distress Call