Operation 
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4.5.3  Safety or urgency area calls 
For radiotelephone or FEC broadcasting, a DSC safety area call can be made as follows.   
■ Procedure ■ 
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On the menu 1.DSC non-distress call, set the 
Call type to SAF/Area/TEL or URG/Area/TEL 
(instead of TEL, FEC also available). 
The menu becomes as shown at right and 
the cursor moves to the Area form. 
 
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Set the area to call.   
Input as below according to the Area form settings.   
- When Center&rad  
・   Enter the center point of the area in Center.   
・   Enter the radius of the area in Radius.   
-  When Corner&dev (shown at right)   
・   Enter the northwest corner of the area in 
Corner.  
・   Enter the south and north/east and west 
deviation in a range from 00 to 99 in 
Deviation.  
 
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Select the Working FRQ/ Calling FRQ if 
needed, then press ENT to start the area call. 
 
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After finishing the transmission, start the 
communication with the handset in TEL 
mode.  
 
 
-  Incase of the urgency call, to inform receivers of the particular topic, 
additional settings such as Medical TRNSP (medical transport ship) or Neutral 
ship (neutral nationality) in the Subject field as shown at right are available. 
However to use this function, it is needed to set the menu 7.5.4 Medical use or 
7.5.5 Neutral use to ON once after powering on the equipment. 
 
 
 
 
 
-  After finishing the area call where the FEC is specified, the telex mode is set 
to the equipment. Then start the telex communication with the data terminal. 
 
TXTO : Area
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DSC
ID 431001234           23:59(UTC)
Pos 89゚59.0123'N
   179゚59.6789'E@23:59    
S
IG
RX
 
2187.50
 kHz
TX
 
2187.50
 kHz
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KR
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A
  SAF ARE
TEL   : Rx  ----- .-- / Tx   2182 .00 KHz
 [RTLY ][ INF ][ HLD ][ END ]
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SAF
Call-F   : Rx  2187 .50 / Tx   2187 .50 KHz
Waiting for CH free
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PS
Note 
1)DSC non-distress call 
Call type  :[SAF/Area/TEL  ] 
Area form  :[Center&rad] 
- Center   :[89゚N179゚E] 
- Radius   :[0500NM] 
Calling FRQ:[ 2187.50kHz] 
Working FRQ:[ 2182.00kHz] 
 
 
[Call]   [Preview]   [Cancel] 
1)DSC non-distress call 
Call type  :[SAF/Area/TEL  ] 
Area form  :[Corner&dev] 
- Corner   :[  ゚N   ゚E] 
- Deviation:[  ゚/  ゚] 
Calling FRQ:[ 2187.50kHz] 
Working FRQ:[ 2182.00kHz] 
 
 
[Call]   [Preview]   [Cancel] 
1)DSC non-distress call 
Call type  :[URG/Area/TEL  ] 
Area form  :[Center&rad] 
- Center   :[89゚N179゚E] 
- Radius   :[0500NM] 
Subject    :[No information] 
Working FRQ:[ 2182.00kHz] 
Calling FRQ:[ 2187.50kHz] 
 
[Call]   [Preview]   [Cancel]