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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD ..................................................................................... i
IMPORTANT ...................................................................................... i
EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS ................................................................... i
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY ............................................................. ii
FCC INFORMATION ....................................................................... iii
SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES ............................................................ iv
NOTE ............................................................................................... iv
RADIO OPERATOR WARNING ....................................................... v
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................... vi
PRECAUTIONS .............................................................................. vii
1 OPERATING RULES ..................................................................1
2 PANEL DESCRIPTION ...........................................................2–4
Front panel ...............................................................................2
Microphone ..............................................................................3
Function display .......................................................................4
3 BASIC OPERATION ...............................................................5–9
Channel selection ....................................................................5
Receiving and transmitting ......................................................7
Call channel programming .......................................................8
Channel comments ..................................................................8
Microphone Lock function ........................................................9
Display backlight ......................................................................9
AquaQuake water draining function .........................................9
4 SCAN OPERATION ............................................................10–11
Scan types .............................................................................10
Setting TAG channels ............................................................11
Starting a scan .......................................................................11
5 DUALWATCH/TRI-WATCH .......................................................12
Description .............................................................................12
Operation ...............................................................................12
6 DSC OPERATION ...............................................................13–43
MMSI code programming ......................................................13
DSC address ID .....................................................................14
Position and time programming .............................................17
Position indication ..................................................................18
Distress call ...........................................................................18
Transmitting DSC calls ...........................................................21
Receiving DSC calls ..............................................................34
Received messages ..............................................................41
Automatic acknowledgement ................................................43
Offset time .............................................................................43
7 SET MODE ..........................................................................44–47
Set mode programming .........................................................44
Set mode items ......................................................................45
8 CONNECTIONS AND MAINTENANCE..............................48–51
Connections ...........................................................................48
Antenna .................................................................................49
Fuse replacement ..................................................................49
Cleaning.................................................................................49
Mounting the transceiver .......................................................50
Optional MB-69 installation ....................................................51
9 TROUBLESHOOTING ..............................................................52
10 SPECIFICATIONS AND OPTION .......................................53–55
Specifications.........................................................................53
Option ....................................................................................55
11 CHANNEL LIST ........................................................................56
12 TEMPLATE ...............................................................................57