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Ray218E and Ray55E 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 79.
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.
Note:
To conform with regulations of the Basel Agreement for radiotelephone service on
inland waterways, DSC functions are disabled when ATIS is active. See “ATIS Function“ on
page 65.
When the Position Request is accepted by the receiving station:
When the position request is received, the Ray218E/Ray55E 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
to exit to normal radio operation. You can retrieve the position
information later using DSC MENU > RECV’D CALLS > POSIT’N LOG.
09
SHIP/SHIP
B
B
DSC MENU
SELECT
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N
T
D9411-2
70
DSC
B
B
POS REQUEST
TO:
$PURA VIDA
PRESS SEND
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N
T
09
SHIP/SHIP
B
B
POS REQUEST
I
N
T
09
SHIP/SHIP
B
B
I
N
T
09
SHIP/SHIP
B
B
POS REQUEST
SELECT
I
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T
09
SHIP/SHIP
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B
I
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T
<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
50 46.1718N
001 17.7189W
12:45UTC
OK
INDIVIDUAL
GROUP
ALL SHIPS
POS REQUEST
RECV’D CALLS
