Sailor RT5022 User Manual

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Contents
Introduction .............................................................................................................................. ii
About this manual ................................................................................................................ ii
Abbreviations used in this manual ...................................................................................... ii
QUICK DSC DISTRESS CALL ................................................................................................ iii
MAYDAY PROCEDURE ........................................................................................................... iii
Your VHF at a glance ............................................................................................................... iv
1 Radio Communication in brief ......................................................................................... 3
1.1 Powering VHF ............................................................................................................. 3
1.2 Operating VHF radio communication ......................................................................... 3
1.3 Receiving a Call on Channel 16 ................................................................................. 3
1.4 Making a Radiotelephone Call ................................................................................... 4
1.5 Speaker Volume ......................................................................................................... 4
1.6 Earpiece Volume......................................................................................................... 4
1.7 Squelch ....................................................................................................................... 4
1.8 Channel Selection....................................................................................................... 5
1.9 Dual Watch.................................................................................................................. 5
1.10 Replay ......................................................................................................................... 5
1.11 Dimming ...................................................................................................................... 6
1.12 Contrast ....................................................................................................................... 6
2 Basic DSC Operations ...................................................................................................... 7
2.1 Menu Operation .......................................................................................................... 7
2.2 Receiving a DSC call .................................................................................................. 7
2.3 Transmitting DSC Calls .............................................................................................. 8
2.4 Call a Ship Station ...................................................................................................... 8
2.5 Call a Shore Station .................................................................................................... 8
2.6 Direct Call to a PSTN via a Coast Station ................................................................. 8
2.7 Call a Group of Ships.................................................................................................. 9
2.8 Create Emergency Calls............................................................................................. 9
2.9 DSC Call Log .............................................................................................................. 9
2.10 Entering Your Position into the System ..................................................................... 9
3 Your VHF in detail ............................................................................................................ 11
3.1 Abnormal Power-down ............................................................................................. 11
3.2 Settings .....................................................................................................................11
3.3 Setting Channel Mode .............................................................................................. 11
3.4 Private channels ....................................................................................................... 11
3.5 Duplex Channels....................................................................................................... 12
3.6 ATIS (Inland Waterways Only) ................................................................................. 12
3.7 Transmitter power ..................................................................................................... 12
3.8 Channel Scanning..................................................................................................... 12
3.9 Creating Scan Tables ............................................................................................... 13

Sailor RT5022 Specifications

General

Brand	Sailor
Model	RT5022
Category	Transceiver
Language	English