3. DI ITA SE ECTIVE CA IN
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3. . How to transmit an ndi id al call
The Individual call lets you contact a vessel that has a DSC radio. This feature is sim-
ilar to calling a vessel on CH16 and requesting to go to another channel.
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1. Press the CALL/M N key to show the DSC Menu .
2. Rotate the CH knob to select Individual then press
the SE ECT soft key.
3. Rotate the CH knob to select who you want to contact
then press the SE ECT soft key.
4. Rotate the CH knob to select the operating channel
you want to communicate on, then press the SE-
ECT soft key.
5. Press the ES soft key to transmit the individual DSC
signal.
6. hen an Individual call acknowledgment is received,
the established channel is automatically changed to
the channel which is selected at step 4 above and a
ringing tone sounds.
7. Press the IT soft key to listen to the channel to
make sure it is not busy, then press the microphone's
PTT switch and talk into the microphone to the other
vessel.
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Directory
ou can make an Individual call by using a manually entered MMSI number.
1. Press the CALL/M N key to show the DSC Menu .
2. Rotate the CH knob to select Individual then press
the SE ECT soft key.
3. Press the NE ID soft key, select MAN A with the
CH knob then press the SE ECT soft key.
4. Enter the MMSI number (nine digits). (If you enter a
wrong digit, press the AC soft key until the wrong
digit is selected, then press the correct numeric key.)