Standard Horizon MATRIX GX1280S, Owner'S Manual

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6.5 SENDING AN 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, prior-
ity 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
distress situation.
SAFETY Call: Used to transmit boating safety information to other ves-
sels. This message usually contains information about an
overdue boat, debris in the water. Loss of a navigation aid
or an important meteorological message.
1. Select the traffic channel (for voice communica-
tion).
2. Press the [ CALL/SET
] key. The “DSC OPERA-
TION” menu will appear.
3. Turn the CHANNEL selector knob to select “ALL
SHIPS.”
4. Press the [ CALL/SET
] key. (To cancel this, turn
the CHANNEL selector knob to select “EXIT.”)
5. Turn the CHANNEL selector knob to select the
nature of call (“URGENCY” or “SAFETY”).
6. Press the [ CALL/SET
] key to transmit the selected
type of all ships DSC call.
7. After the ALL SHIPS CALL is transmitted, the trans-
ceiver will wait on CH16.