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7. After the all ships call is transmitted, the transceiver
will switch to the selected channel.
8. Listen to the channel to make sure it is not busy, then
key the microphone and say “PAN PAN, PAN PAN,
PAN PAN” or “Securite, Securite, Securite” depending
on the priority of the call.
9. Press the
[QUIT]
soft key to exit the all ships call
menu.
9.3.2
Receiving an All Ships Call
1. When an all ships call is received, an emergency
alarm will sound.
The display shows the MMSI of the vessel transmit-
ting the all ships call and the radio will change to
the requested channel after 30 seconds (the default
setting of “
AUTO CHANNEL CHANGE
”).
2. Press any key to stop the alarm.
3. Monitor the requested channel until the all ships voice
communication is completed.
On the display you will notice 3 soft key selections.
These selections are described below:
[ACCEPT]
: Press this key to accept the DSC all ships
call and to switch to requested channel.
Note
: If a key is not pressed for 30 seconds or longer the radio will auto-
matically change to the requested channel (the default setting of “
AUTO
CHANNEL CHANGE
”).
[PAUSE]
: Press this key to temporarily disable automatic switching to the
requested channel.
Note
: In some cases automatically switching to a requested channel might
disrupt important ongoing communications. This feature allows commer-
cial users to suspend channel switching and stay on the working channel
selected before the all ships call was received.
[QUIT]
: Press this key to quit the automatic channel switching and revert
to the last selected working channel.