Chapter 2: Operation
DSC calls
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Oper
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DSC calls
In this section of the manual you find information on:
•
Own Distress — sending, acknowledging and cancelling
•
Sending a Distress from the SAILOR 6103 Multi Alarm Panel
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DROBOS — Distress relay on behalf of someone else
•
Receiving Distress calls
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DSC calls
•
Printing DSC calls
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Sessions in the MF/HF radio
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Handling multiple calls — DSC and voice
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Geographical area calls
Own Distress — sending, acknowledging and cancelling
To send a Distress alert
1. Lift the cover of the red Distress button
and press and hold the Distress button for
longer than 3 seconds. For short step-by-
step instructions how to proceed when
sending a Distress message see
Emergency calls
on page vi. When the
Distress signal is sent,
SSB
, and
TX
appear
in the display. A two-seconds beep tone is
heard and the channel that is currently sent appears in the display. The
MF/HF radio displays one by one the bands in which the Distress has been
transmitted. Sending multi channels distress required HF DSC option.
If you inadvertently transmit a DSC Distress alert press the soft key
ANNUL
.
For detailed instructions how to cancel all Distress alerts see
To cancel
own Distress
on page 21.
ANNUL
FREQ
MORE
PAUSE
8291.0
8291.0 TX
SSB
OWN DISTRESS
WAIT FOR ACK: 0:01:50
REPEAT IN: 1:30
D. MMSI:223344556
NAT: UNDESIGNATED
LAT: N 57°01.4450 10:04
LON: E 009°53.6290
MODE: SSB
Bands: 2 4 6 8 12 16
RX