FromtheDSCmenu:
1.SelectALLSHIP.
2.SelectSAFETY.
3.IfrequiredusetheChannelUpandChannelDownbuttons
toselecttherelevantchannelforsubsequentcommunication.
Thedefaultchannelis16.
4.SelectOKtoconrmthechannel.
5.SelectSENDtosendtheDSCsafetycall.
6.WaitfortheTXCOMPLETEmessagetobedisplayed
on-screenandthenselectOK.
Thechannelisnowchangedtothechosenchannel.
7.PressandholdthePTTbuttonandspeakthefollowing
message:
SECURITE,SECURITE,SECURITE
ALLSTATIONS,ALLSTATIONS,ALLSTATIONS
Thisis<MMSIofyourvessel,nameofyourvesselrepeated
3times,callsignofyourvessel>
Position<Yourvessel’sposition>
Reasonforcall<statethereasonforthesafetycall>
OUT
Receivingasafetycall
Ifyoureceiveasafetycallfromanotherstationthedetailsare
displayedon-screen.
Whenasafetycallisreceived:
1.PresstheRIGHTsoftbuttontocyclethroughtheinformation
pages.
2.SelectOKatanytimetoacceptthesafetycall.
Ifautochannelchangeisturnedonthenthechannelwill
automaticallychangeafter10seconds.
Theradioisre-tunedtochannel16.
3.Listenonchannel16forthesafetymessage.
7.5Routinecalls
Individualcallscanbemadetoshipsandcoaststationcontact
savedinyourphonebookortoanystationbymanuallyentering
thestationsMMSInumber.
1.IndividualroutinecallusingmanualMMSIentry.
2.Individualroutinecalltoavesselsavedasacontact.
3.Individualroutinecalltoacoaststationsavedasacontact.
RefertothePhonebooksectionfordetailsonaddingcontactsto
yourphonebook.
Note:Whencallingacoaststationthereisnoneedtoselect
achannelforcommunication.
Ifacallcannotbeacceptedthenareasoncodewillbedisplayed
on-screen.
100
NOREASON
Noreasongiven
101
CONGESTION
Congestionatmaritimeswitchingcentre
102
BUSY
StationBusy
103
QUEUE
Queueindication
104
BARRED
Stationbarred
105
NOOPERATOR
Nooperatoravailable
106
UNAVAILABLE
Operatortemporarilyunavailable
107
DISABLE
Equipmentdisabled
108
UNABLECH
Unabletouseproposedchannel
109
UNABLEMODE
Unabletouseproposedmode
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