Furuno FS-5070 - Manual (Page 174)

11. MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING
11-6
11.6 Test Call
This function sends a test signal to a coast or ship station, over one of six distress and
safety frequencies. For that reason, it should not be executed unnecessarily. You can
prepare a test call beforehand (see Chapter 6) or at the moment you intend to send a test
call. To send a prepared test call, see paragraph 6.5.4 for the procedure. When sending the
test call at the moment, do the following.
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 TEST MESSAGE and then push the ENTER knob.
3. Push the ENTER knob to open the STATION ID window.
4. Rotate the ENTER knob to choose MANUAL or SELECT.
5. For SELECT, you can choose an ID from the message file list stored.
6. For MANUAL, using the numeric keys, key in the ID of the station ID (nine digits) where
to send the call and then push the ENTER knob.
GO TO VIEW
MSG TYPE
PRIORITY
DSC FREQ : 2187.5 kHz
: TEST MESSAGE
: SAFETY
STATION ID *********
Compose msg.
7. Push the ENTER knob to open the DSC FREQ menu. (Note that PRIORITY is
automatically selected to SAFETY.)
DSC FREQ kHz
MSG TYPE
STATION ID
PRIORITY
: Test
: 001234567
: Safety
: kHz
VIEW
4207.5
6312.0
8414.5
12577.0
16804.5 2187.5
Compose msg.
GO TO VIEW
8. Rotate the ENTER knob to choose an appropriate frequency and then push the ENTER
knob. The display changes as below.