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Using Digital Selective Calling (DSC) Features
Receiving a DSC call
If your radio receives an individual DSC call from another station, it sounds
an incoming call tone and displays the name or MMSI number of the station
calling you. To respond to the call, select
Send: Able-Comply
; the radio sends
an acknowledgement and automatically switches to the designated response
channel. To reject the call, select
Send: Unable-Comply
; the radio advises the
other station that you are unable to respond to the call.
If the DSC request contains a response channel that you are not allowed to use,
the radio displays
Not Support CH
; your only response option is
Send: Unable-
Comply
.
If the radio receives a group or all ships call, it sounds an incoming call tone and
automatically switches to the designated response channel.
Receive log
Just like your telephone’s caller ID list, your radio keeps track of the calls you
receive but do not answer. The receive log is useful if you have been off your
boat or away from your radio and want to see who has tried to contact you. The
radio displays the last 10 distress calls and the last 20 non-distress calls that it
received. If you have unread incoming DSC calls, the radio displays a Message
icon. When you display all Distress and Other receiving logs, the message icon
disappears.
Distress
88
123456789
246813579
[Exit]
Distress Log
Receive Log
Press
Back[CLR] Select[ENT]
1. Press
CALL-MENU
to display the call menu.
2. Select
Receive Log
.
3. Select
Distress
to see the last 10 distress call received by the radio. Select
Other
to see the last 20 normal calls received by the radio, then choose from
Individual
,
Group,
or
All Ships
calls.
4. Calls are listed in the order they were received, with the newest call shown first.
The display blinks if there are new calls you have not reviewed.
5. Select the call you want to see the details of. Use
CHANNEL UP
and
CHANNEL DOWN
to see all of the information. The log displays different information depending on
type of call received. See the table below for the information stored for each type
of call: