Furuno RC-1500-1T - Manual (Page 88)

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4.2.2 Receiving individual call
Sending automatic acknowledge (ACK BQ) with comply type “ABL E”
When own ship receives an individual call you may or may not be able to receive the call
depending on the comply type setting (on the Auto Ack menu) as below. The relationship
between comply type and automatic/manual acknowledge is as below.
Comply type, automatic
acknowledge
ABLE UNABLE
AUTO ACK Can send acknowledge
automatically Can send UNABLE automatically.
MANUAL ACK Can send acknowledge
manually Can send UNABLE manually.
Note: The handset must be on hook to enable automatic acknowledge.
1. When an individual call is received and the automatic acknowledge feature is active and
comply type is “ABLE”, the display shown below appears, indicating the auto acknowledge
call (ACK BQ) call is being sent.
Able acknowledge
call in progress!
TIME TO GO: 6S
DSC FREQ : 2177.0 KHZ
TO SHIP: 123456789
ROUTINE
TELEPHONE CH 201
2. It takes about 7 sec. to transmit the call, after which the audio alarm sounds and the following
message appears.
Able acknowledge
call transmitted.
TO SHIP: 123456789
ROUTINE
TELEPHONE CH 201
STOP ALARM
3. Press the [CANCEL] key to silence the alarm and the following display appears.
* Xmitted message *
JUL-23-1999-23:01
ABLE ACKNOWLEDGE
TO SHIP:
123456789
ROUTINE
TELEPHONE CH 201
RE-SEND
! "
ALL VIEW
4. You can now communicate with party over frequency specified.