Furuno FS-5070 - Manual (Page 79)

5. ROUTINE MESSAGE CALLING, RECEVING
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5.4 Neutral Craft Call
The neutral craft call, which contains own ship position and ID, informs all ships that your
ship is not a participant in armed conflict. The neutral craft call is necessary the setting on
the Setup menu. See section “6.15 Special Messages”.
5.4.1 Sending a neutral craft call
1. Press the 2/DSC key.
Select Message
PSTN MESSAGE
TEST MESSAGE
GROUP MESSAGE
AREA MESSAGE
POSITION
RELAY AREA
RELAY COAST
DISTRESS
SPECIAL
INDIVIDUAL
GENERAL DISTRESS
MMSI 123456789
POS 12 34.5678N
123 45.6789E
UTC 01:53
EPFS 01:54
2. Rotate the ENTER knob to choose SPECIAL and NEUTRAL in order and then push the
ENTER knob.
3. Push the ENTER knob to open the AREA menu and enter the area range as shown on
page 5-16.
4. Push the ENTER knob to open the COM. MODE menu.
5. Rotate the ENTER knob to choose communication type desired (TELEPHONE or
NBDP-FEC) and then push the ENTER knob.
6. Push the ENTER knob to open the DSC FREQ menu.
** Compose message **
MSG TYPE
AREA: 44 N 125
PRIORITY
COMM MODE
VIEW
: Neutral
craft
: Safety
: Telephone
:2187.5 kHz
DSC FREQ kHz
GO TO VIEW
4207.5
6312.0
8414.5
12577.0
16804.5
2187.5
7. Rotate the ENTER knob to choose appropriate frequency and then push the ENTER
knob.
MSG TYPE : NEUTRAL
CRAFT
PRIORITY : URGENCY
COMM MODE : TELEPHONE
GO TO VIEW
DSC FREQ : 2187.5 kHz
Compose msg.
AREA : 44 N 140 W 10 5
COMM FREQ : 2182.0 kHz