Furuno FS-1570 - Manual (Page 88)

5 CALLING, RECEIVING
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5.6 Medical Transport Call
The medical transport call informs all ships, by urgency priority, that own ship carries
medical supplies.
5.6.1 Sending a medical transport call
1. Press the [2/DSC] key and then push the [ENTER] knob to open the CALL TYPE menu.
** Compose message **
STATION ID
PRIORITY
COM. TYPE
COM. FREQ
DSC FREQ
: All ships
: Safety
: Telephone
: 2187.5 kHz
CALL TYPE
PSTN CALL
TEST CALL
ALL SHIPS
GROUP CALL
AREA CALL
POSITION
$
INDIVIDUAL
$
POLLING
NEUTRAL
MEDICAL
RELAY ALL
RELAY SEL
DISTRESS
Rotate [ENTER] knob to scroll.
2. Rotate the [ENTER] knob to choose MEDICAL and then push the [ENTER] knob.
Note:
PRIORITY is automatically selected to URGENCY.
3. Push the [ENTER] knob to open the COM. TYPE menu.
4. Rotate the [ENTER] knob to choose communication type desired (radiotelephone and
NBDP-FEC) and then push the [ENTER] knob.
5. Push the [ENTER] knob to open the DSC FREQ menu.
CALL TYPE
PRIORITY
COM. TYPE
VIEW
: Medical
transport
: Urgency
: Telephone
:2187.5 KHZ
4207.5
6312.0
8414.5
12577.0
16804.5 2187.5
DSC FREQ
GO TO ALL VIEW
** Compose message **
6. Rotate the [ENTER] knob to choose appropriate frequency and then push the [ENTER]
knob. The display changes as below.
CALL TYPE : MEDICAL
TRANSPORT
PRIORITY : URGENCY
COM. TYPE : TELEPHONE
GO TO ALL VIEW
DSC FREQ : 2187.5 KHZ
** Compose message **
7. Press the [CALL] key to send the call (transmission time: about 7 sec.). The display
shows “Medical transport call in progress!” while the call is being sent.