Furuno FS-5070 - Manual (Page 86)

5. ROUTINE MESSAGE CALLING, RECEVING
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5.7 Position Call
There are two types of position calls: other station requires your ship’s position and your
ship requests position of another ship.
Finding position of other station
Other Station
Own Station
(1) Position request call
(2) Position Information
Sending own ship’s position to other station
Own Ship
(2) Sends position Information
(1) Requests ship's position
5.7.1 Requesting other ship’s position
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
MAN 01:54
2. Rotate the ENTER knob to choose POSITION and then push the ENTER knob.