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9.4 ALL SHIPS CALL
The All Ships Call function allows contact to be established with DSC
equipped vessels without having their MMSI in the individual calling direc-
tory. 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
distress 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 over-
due boat, debris in the water, loss of a navigation aid or an
important meteorological message. This call is the same as
saying Securite, Securite, Securite.”
9.4.1 Transmitting an All Ships Call
1. Press the
key. The “
DSC Menu
” will ap-
pear.
2. Press the
/
key to select “
All
SHIPS
”.
3. Press the
soft key. (To cancel, press
the
soft key.)
4. Press the
/
key to select the na-
ture of call (“
SAFETY
” or “
URGENCY
”), then
press the
soft key.
5. Press the
/
key to select the oper-
ating channel you want to communicate on,
then press the
soft key. If the chan-
nel you want to use is not listed, press the
soft key, then press the
/
key to
select the operating channel you want to commu-
nicate on (default is channel 16), then press
the
soft key.
6. Press the
soft key to transmit the
selected type of all ships DSC call.
7. After the All Ships Call is transmitted, the trans-
ceiver will switch to the selected channel.
8. Listen to the channel to make sure it is not busy, then press the micro-
phone’s
PTT
switch and say PAN PAN PAN or “Securite, Securite, Secu-
rite” depending on the priority of the call and state your message.
9. Press the
soft key to exit the ALL ship call menu.
Group
All Ships
POS Request
POS Report
Auto POS Polling
-DSC Menu-
INDIVIDUAL
QUIT
SELECT
Individual
Group
POS Request
POS Report
Auto POS Polling
-DSC Menu-
ALL SHIPS
QUIT
SELECT
-Category-
SAFETY
Urgency
QUIT
SELECT
-Select Intership CH-
16
08
06
09
10
13
QUIT
SELECT
MANUAL
-Select Intership CH-
06
08
16
09
10
13
QUIT
SELECT
MANUAL
Category:Safety
CH: 06
Transmit?
-All Ships Call-
QUIT
YES
Category:Safety
CH: 06
Transmiting
-All Ships Call-
Category:Safety
CH: 06
-All Ships Call-
Since: 00:25
QUIT