Furuno FS-1570 - Manual (Page 81)

5. CALLING, RECEIVING
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5.4 Geographical Area Call
The geographical area call is for sending a call to all ships within the area you designate in
your geographical area call. In the figure below, for example, the call will be sent to all ships
within 24-34
° N, 135-140 ° W.
Reference point
(For example,
34
°
N 140
°
W)
5
°
140 ° W 135 ° W
10 °
34
°
N
24
°
N
5.4.1 Sending a geographical area 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 AREA CALL and then push the [ENTER] knob.
3. Push the [ENTER] knob to open the AREA menu.
GO TO ALL VIEW
CALL TYPE
PRIORITY
COM. TYPE
COM. FREQ
DSC FREQ
: AREA CALL
: ROUTINE
: TELEPHONE
: NO INFO
: 2M-INTL
00
°
N 000
°
E
↓
00
° →
00
°
AREA
** Compose message **
4. Using the numeric keys, enter latitude and longitude of reference point and southerly
degrees and easterly degrees of area and then push the [ENTER] knob.