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Ray218 and Ray55 Marine VHF Radios
Specifying the Target Vessel
1. Select POS REQUEST from the DSC Menu.
2. Select the target station name from the phonebook.
—or—
Select <MANUAL> and enter the target station’s MMSI number, as described
in “Adding a new Entry“ on page 77.
3. Press SEND to transmit the Position Request Call.
The call is transmitted on channel 70, and then the radio tunes to the original
channel and waits for acknowledgement. During this period you are still able
to receive calls.
When the Position Request is accepted by the receiving station:
When the position request is received, the Ray218/Ray55 shows that the call has
been accepted by the requested station. The radio sounds a Call Alert tone. Press
any key to mute the alert tone. It shuts off automatically after two minutes.
Press
CLEAR/WX
to exit to normal radio operation. You can retrieve the position
information later using DSC MENU > RECV’D CALLS > POSIT’N LOG.
09
CALLING
B
B
DSC MENU
SELECT
U
S
A
D9221-2
70
DSC
B
B
POS REQUEST
TO:
$PURA VIDA
PRESS SEND
U
S
A
09
CALLING
B
B
POS REQUEST
U
S
A
09
CALLING
B
B
U
S
A
09
CALLING
B
B
POS REQUEST
SELECT
U
S
A
09
CALLING
B
B
U
S
A
<MANUAL>
$GULF TIDE
$ISLANDER
$PURA VIDA
[
BACK
]
TO:
$PURA VIDA
CALLING...
BACK
SEND
CANCEL
POS REQUEST
TO:
$PURA VIDA
AWAIT ACK...
POS RECEIVED
FROM:
$PURA VIDA
26 06.0098N
080 04.8498W
12:45UTC
OK
INDIVIDUAL
GROUP
ALL SHIPS
POS REQUEST
RECV’D CALLS
Summary of Contents for Ray218
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