Standard Horizon HX890, Owner'S Manual

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10.6 POSITION REQUEST
Advancements in the DSC system have made it possible to receive position
request calls from other vessels.
NOTE
To respond to a position request, the vessel must have an operating
GPS receiver connected to its DSC radio and must not have its radio
set to deny position requests.
10.6.1 Receiving a Position Request
When a Position Request Call is received from another vessel, a ringing
alarm will sound. Operation of this transceiver function differs, depending on
the “ POSITION REPLY ” setting in the “ DSC SETUP ” menu. Refer to section
“ 10.6.3 Setting up Position Reply ”.
Automatically reply:
1. When a position request call is received from another
vessel, a ringing sound will be produced. Then the request-
ed position coordinates are transmitted automatically to
the vessel requesting your vessels position.
RX POS REQUEST
Transmitted
CATEG:
SAFETY
Horizon
366901234
QUIT
2. To exit from Position Request display, press the [ QUIT ]
soft key.
Manually reply:
1. When a position request call is received
from another vessel, a ringing sound will be
produced, and the display will be as shown
in the illustration at the right.
RX POS REQUEST
Yaesu
366901235
CATEG:
SAFETY
SINCE: 00:15
STOP ALARM
RX POS REQUEST
Yaesu
366901235
CATEG:
SAFETY
SINCE:
00:15
REPLY QUIT
RX POS REQUEST
Transmitted
CATEG:
SAFETY
Horizon
366901234
QUIT
2. Press any key to stop the alarm.
3. To send your vessel’s position to the request-
ing vessel, press the [
REPLY
] soft key.
Or to exit from position request display, press
the [
QUIT
] soft key.
4. Press the [
QUIT
] soft key to return to the channel display.
NOTE
When there is an unread position request call, the “ ” icon will appear
on the display. To review the unread individual calls from the DSC log,
refer to the section “ 10.10.3 Reviewing Other Logged Calls ”.