6.4Safetycalls
Makingasafetycall
Safetycallsshouldbeusedwhenthereisan
importantnavigationalwarningormeteorological
forecast/broadcast.Safetyalertscanalsobeusedfor
communicationsduringsearchandrescueoperations.
Fromthe
Allshipscallmenu:Menu>DSCCalls>All
shipscall.
1.SelectSafety.
2.Selectthechannelforsubsequentcommunication.
Thecallistransmitted.Oncethecallhasbeen
successfullytransmitted‘Sent’isdisplayedonscreen
andthechannelischangedtothespecifiedchannel.
3.Pressthe
OKbutton.
4.PressandholdthePTTbuttonandspeakthe
followingmessage:
SECURITE,SECURITE,SECURITE
ALLSTATIONS,ALLSTATIONS,ALLSTATIONS
Thisis<MMSIofyourvessel,nameofyourvessel
repeated3times,callsignofyourvessel>
Position<Y ourvessel’sposition>
Reasonforcall<statethereasonforthesafetycall>
OUT
Receivingasafetycall
Whenasafetycallisreceived:
1.Select
Showinfofromtheoptionstoreviewrelevant
calldetails.
2.Select
Acceptatanytimetoacceptthecall.
If auto channel change is turned on then the channel
will automatically change after 10 seconds.
Theradioisre-tunedtothespecifiedchannel.
3.Listenforthesafetycallmessage.
6.5Individual(routine)calls
Individualcallscanbemadetocontactssavedinyour
phonebookortoanystationbymanuallyenteringan
MMSInumber.
Note:Whencallingacoaststationthereisnoneed
toselectachannelforcommunication.
Ifacallcannotbeacceptedthenareasoncodeis
displayed.
NoReasonNoreasongiven
Congestion
Congestionatmaritimeswitching
centre
Busy
StationBusy
QueueQueueindication
Barred
Stationbarred
NooperatorNooperatoravailable
Unavailable
Operatortemporarilyunavailable
Disable
Equipmentdisabled
UnableCh
Unabletouseproposedchannel
UnablemodeUnabletouseproposedmode
MakingaroutineDSCcall
Fromthe
IndividualCallmenu:Menu>DSCCalls>
IndividualCall.
1.SelectPhonebooktomakearoutinecalltoacontact
savedinyourPhonebook,or
2.Select
RecentCallstomakearoutinecalltoa
contactthatyouhavecalledrecently,or
3.Select
EnterMMSItomanuallyentertheMMSI
numberofthestationyouwanttocontact.
4.SelectacontactorenteranMMSImanuallyand
pressthe
OKbutton.
5.SelecttheChannelyouwanttotransmitthecallon.
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.Ifanacknowledgementisreceived,presstheOK
button.
7.Pressandholdthe
PTTbuttonandspeakyour
message.
8.ReleasethePTTbuttonwhenyouhavecompleted
yourmessage.
Receivinganindividual(routine)call
Withanincomingindividualcalldisplayed:
1.Select
Showinfofromtheoptionstoreviewrelevant
calldetails.
2.SelectReplyonCh##atanytimetoacceptthecall.
If auto channel change is turned on then the channel
will automatically change after 10 seconds.
Theradioisre-tunedtothespecifiedchannel.
3.T orejectthecall,selectReject.
4.Ifyourejectedthecall,selectareasonforthe
rejectionfromthelist.
Confirmationoftheacceptanceorrejectionofthecallis
displayed.Ifyouhaveacceptedthecallthentheradio
willre-tunetotherequestedchannel.
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