7.4Safetycalls
Makingasafetycall
Safetycallsshouldbeusedwhenthereisanimportantnavigationalwarningormeteorological
forecast/broadcast.Safetyalertscanalsobeusedforcommunicationsduringsearchandrescue
operations.
FromtheAllshipscallmenu:Menu>DSCCalls>Allshipscall.
1.SelectSafety.
2.Selectthechannelforsubsequentcommunication.
Thecallistransmitted.Oncethecallhasbeensuccessfullytransmitted‘Sent’isdisplayed
onscreenandthechannelischangedtothespecifiedchannel.
3.Pressthe
OKbutton.
4.Pressandholdthe
PTTbuttonandspeakthefollowingmessage:
SECURITE,SECURITE,SECURITE
ALLSTATIONS,ALLSTATIONS,ALLSTATIONS
Thisis—MMSIofyourvessel,nameofyourvesselrepeated3times,callsignofyourvessel.
Position—Y ourvessel’sposition.
Reasonforcall—statethereasonforthesafetycall.
OUT
Receivingasafetycall
Whenasafetycallisreceived:
1.Select
Showinfofromtheoptionstoreviewrelevantcalldetails.
2.Select
Acceptatanytimetoacceptthecall.
If auto channel change is turned on then the channel will automatically change after 10 seconds.
Theradioisre-tunedtothespecifiedchannel.
3.Listenforthesafetycallmessage.
Digitalselectivecalling(DSC)
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