Icom IC-GM800 - Page 2

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Thank you for choosing this Icom product.
The GM800 mf/hf marine transceiver is designed
and built with Icom’s state of the art technology and
craftsmanship. With proper care, this product should
provide you with years of trouble-free operation.
The GM800 has Class A DSC functions for Distress
alert transmission and reception, as well as general
DSC calls (Individual call, Group call Geographical
call, Position Request call, Polling Request call, and
Test call).
IMPORTANT
READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS carefully and
completely before using the transceiver.
SAVE THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL — This
instruction manual contains important operating
instructions for the GM800.
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
When your ship requires assistance, contact other
ships and the Coast Guard by sending a Distress call
using DSC (digital selective calling) on an Emergency
frequency.
When immediate help is needed:
1. To send a Distress call, hold down [DISTRESS]
for 3 seconds until the short beeps become one
long beep.
2. Release [DISTRESS] and wait for an
acknowledgment.
3. After receiving the acknowledgement call, hold
down [PTT] on the microphone and send the
following information.
1 “MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY.”
2 “THIS IS . . . . . . . . (name of ship).”
3 “LOCATED AT . . . .(ship’s position).”
4 Give the reason for the distress call.
5 Explain what assistance you need.
6 Give additional information about your ship:
    •Type
    •Length
    •Color
    •Thenumberofpeopleonboard
EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS
WORD DEFINITION
RDANGER!
Personal death, serious injury or an
explosion may occur.
RWARNING!
Personalinjury,rehazardor
electric shock may occur.
CAUTION
Equipment damage may occur.
NOTE
If disregarded, inconvenience only.
Noriskofpersonalinjury,reor
electric shock.
NOTE: This transceiver receives the frequency
range30kHz~500kHzintheJ3Emode,butit
has not been tested and Icom does not warrant
the operation in this frequency range. Thus this
transceiver does not conform to the permission of
thefrequencyrange415kHz~526.5kHzwhichis
permitted by the ITU Radio Regulations [3].
Icom, Icom Inc. and the Icom logo are registered
trademarksofIcomIncorporated(Japan)inJapan,the
United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France,
Spain, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, and/or other
countries.
Icom is not responsible for the destruction, damage
to, or performance of any Icom or non-Icom
equipment, if the malfunction is because of:
•Forcemajeure,including,butnotlimitedto,res,
earthquakes,storms,oods,lightning,other
natural disasters, disturbances, riots, war, or
radioactive contamination.
•TheuseofIcomtransceiverswithanyequipment
that is not manufactured or approved by Icom.
To stabilize the output frequency:
±10Hzfrequencystabilityrequiresawarminguptime
period.
The warming up time period is within 30 minutes after
turning ON the transceiver’s main power, and it differs
depending on the output temperature.