Furuno RC-1500-1T, Operator'S Manual

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1.5 Interpreting Call Displays
This paragraph provides the information necessary for interpreting receive and send calls.
1.5.1 Receive calls
Below are sample distress and individual receive calls. Content of other receive calls is similar to
that of the individual call.
Distress call
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Received message
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JUL-23-1999-23:59 ECC: OK
DISTRESS CALL
ANSWER
SHIP IN DIST:
123456789
NATURE: UNDESIGNATED
POS:
12˚34N 123˚45E AT 12:34
TELEPHONE 2182.0 KHZ
3 4
ALL VIEW
END OF SEQUENCE: EOS
ERROR-CHECK: OK
DSC FREQUENCY : 2187.5 KHZ
5
*
Received message
*
GO TO EASY VIEW
[ENT] to
switch.
5
or
6
to
switch.
FORMAT : DISTRESS
SELF-IDENTITY : 123456789
NATURE OF DISTRESS:
UNDESIGNATED DISTRESS
DISTRESS COORDINATES:
12˚34N 123˚45E AT 12:34
TELECOMMAND: J3E TELEPHONE
5
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Received message
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Date and time of message
ECC (Error Check Character): OK or NG (No Good)
Category (Distress call)
Ship in Distress (ID No. of ship in distress)
Nature of Distress (Undesignated, Fire, Flooding,
Collision, Grounding, Listing, Sinking, Disable,
Abandoning, Piracy, Man Overboard, EPIRB emission)
Position of ship in distress
Working frequency to use
End of sequence (EOS for distress)
Error check (OK or NG)
DSC frequency used to transmit distress call
Format (distress)
ID no. of ship in distress
Nature of distress (problem with ship in distress, see above)
Distress coordinates (position of ship in distress)
Telecommand (class of emission)