Uniden UM435 Owner s Manual - Page 31

Returning a call, TEST CALLS, Making Test Calls Test

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DSC Call Type Distress Acknowledge Distress Relay Distress Relay Acknowledge Geographical All Ships Group Individual Individual Acknowledge Test Test Acknowledge Pos Reply Pos Request Receive Log Information MMSI (or name), distress MMSI, position, time, nature code. MMSI (or name), distress MMSI, position, time, nature code. MMSI (or name), distress MMSI, position, time, nature code. MMSI (or name), category code, communication channel number. MMSI (or name), category code, communication channel number. MMSI (or name), category code, communication channel number. MMSI (or name), category code, communication channel number. MMSI (or name), Completed/Unattended, category code, communication channel number. MMSI (or name), category code. MMSI (or name), category code. MMSI (or name), position, time, category code. MMSI (or name), category code. Pos Send MMSI (or name), position, time, category code. 6. Press CLR-SCAN button to exit the detail screen and return to the log menu. 7. From the log menu, select Exit to close the receive log and return to the mode you were in. Returning a call You can return individual calls directly from the receive log. From the call detail screen, press CHANNEL DOWN until Call Back appears at the bottom of the display. Press ENT1W/25W to return that station's call. TEST CALLS Making Test Calls (Test) You can use the test call feature to make sure your radio is working and configured correctly. To avoid overloading coastal receiving stations, you should limit test calls to these stations to once a week. ## NOTE: Many coastal stations have specific frequencies and MMSI numbers you should use for making test calls. Before making a test call to a coastal station, be sure to check the Local Notice to Mariners (LNM), issued every week by the US Coast Guard. The LNMs for each region are available online at http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/lnm/default.htm. 1. Press CALL-MENU to display the call menu. 2. Select Test. 3. The radio displays the names listed in your directory; use CHANNEL UP and CHANNEL DOWN to choose the directory entry you want to send a test call to and press ENT1W/25W button. 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 18). 23

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DSC Call
Type
Receive Log Information
Distress
Acknowledge
MMSI (or name), distress MMSI, position, time, nature code.
Distress Relay
MMSI (or name), distress MMSI, position, time, nature code.
Distress Relay
Acknowledge
MMSI (or name), distress MMSI, position, time, nature code.
Geographical
MMSI (or name), category code, communication channel number.
All Ships
MMSI (or name), category code, communication channel number.
Group
MMSI (or name), category code, communication channel number.
Individual
MMSI (or name), category code, communication channel number.
Individual
Acknowledge
MMSI (or name), Completed/Unattended, category code,
communication channel number.
Test
MMSI (or name), category code.
Test
Acknowledge
MMSI (or name),
category code.
Pos Reply
MMSI (or name), position, time, category code.
Pos Request
MMSI (or name), category code.
Pos Send
MMSI (or name), position, time, category code.
6. Press
CLR-SCAN
button to exit the detail screen and return to the log menu.
7.
From the log menu, select
Exit
to close the receive log and return to the mode you were in.
Returning a call
You can return individual calls directly from the receive log. From the call detail screen,
press
CHANNEL DOWN
until
Call Back
appears at the bottom of the display. Press
ENT-
1W/25W
to return that station’s call.
TEST CALLS
Making Test Calls (Test)
You can use the test call feature to make sure your radio is working and configured
correctly. To avoid overloading coastal receiving stations, you should limit test calls to
these stations to once a week.
#
NOTE: Many coastal stations have specific frequencies and MMSI numbers you should use
for making test calls. Before making a test call to a coastal station, be sure to check the
Local Notice to Mariners (LNM), issued every week by the US Coast Guard. The LNMs for
each region are available online at http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/lnm/default.htm.
1. Press
CALL-MENU
to display the call menu.
2. Select
Test
.
3.
The radio displays the names listed in your directory; use
CHANNEL UP
and
CHANNEL
DOWN
to choose the directory entry you want to send a test call to and press
ENT-
1W/25W
button. 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 18).
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