Furuno RC-1500-1T - Manual (Page 96)

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4.4 Geographical Area Call
The geographical area call sends a call to all ships within a specific area you designated in your
geographical area call message. In the figure below, for example, the call will be sent to all ships
within 10
° S and 5 ° E of 34 ° N, 135 ° W.
Reference point
(For example,
34˚N 135˚W)
5˚
140 W 135 W
10˚
34 N
24 N
4.4.1 Sending a geographical area call
1. Press the [CALL] key at the DSC standby screen, and press the [ENT] key to open the CALL
TYPE menu.
RELAY SEL
POLLING
NEUTRAL
MEDICAL
RELAY ALL
DISTRESS
#
*** Send message ***
STATION ID
PRIORITY
COM. TYPE
COM. FREQ
DSC FREQ
: Individual
: 001234567
: Routine
: Telephone
: No inform
: 12M-INTEL
PSTN CALL
TEST CALL
ALL SHIPS
GROUP CALL
AREA CALL
POSITION
$
INDIVIDUAL
CALL TYPE
If this part of the menu
appears use
#
to scroll.
2. Use or to select AREA CALL and press the [ENT] key.
3. Press the [ENT] key to open the AREA menu.
GO TO ALL VIEW
*** Send message ***
CALL TYPE
PRIORITY
COM. TYPE
COM. FREQ
DSC FREQ
: AREA CALL
: ROUTINE
: TELEPHONE
: NO INFO
: 2M-INTL
--
˚N
---
˚E
↓ --
˚
→ --
˚ AREA
4. Enter latitude, longitude, southerly degrees and easterly degrees of area with the numeric
keys and press the [ENT] key. Use or to switch from North to South latitude and vice
versa and East to West longitude and vice versa.