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12.4 ALL SHIPS CALL
The All Ships Call function allows contact to be established with other vessel
stations without having their ID in the individual calling directory. Also, priority
for the call can be designated as Urgency or Safety.
URGENCY Call: This type of call is used when a vessel may not truly be in
distress, but have a potential problem that may lead to a dis-
tress situation. This call is the same as saying PAN PAN PAN
on channel 16.
SAFETY Call:
Used to transmit boating safety information to other vessels.
This message usually contains information about an overdue
boat, debris in the water, loss of a navigation aid or an impor-
tant meteorological message. This call is the same as saying
Securite, Securite, Securite.”
12.4.1 Transmitting an All Ships Call
1. Press the
key. The “
DSC MENU
” will ap-
pear.
2. Press the
/
keys to select “
ALL
SHIPS
.”
3. Press the
key. (To cancel, press the
key)
4. Press the
/
keys to select the call (“
SAFETY
”
or “
URGENY
”), then press the
key.
5. Press the
/
keys to select the oper-
ating channel you want to communicate on,
then press the
key.
6. Press the
key again to transmit the se-
lected call type of ALL SHIPS CALL.
7. After the ALL SHIPS CALL is transmitted,
the transceiver will switch to the channel
which selected on step 5 above (but, the
display will not change. To change the dis-
play, press the
key).
8. Listen to the channel to make sure it is not
busy, then key the microphone and say PAN
PAN PAN or “Securite, Securite, Securite”
depending on the priority of the call. Say your
call sign and announce the channel you wish to
switch to for communications.
