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Using the fog horn – B&G V90 VHF Radio User Manual

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V90 Operating Manual

Using the fog horn

If the V90 is connected to a suitable public address (PA) speaker,
you can use the Fog Horn function to sound certain international
standard fog horn tones through the PA speaker.

1.

Press and hold [AIS/IC] until the HAILER menu appears.

2.

Select FOG HORN.

There are 8 internationally recognized fog horn signals available:

HORN

Manual operation

UNDERWAY

One long tone

STOP

Two long tone

SAIL

One long, two short

ANCHOR

One long warble

TOW

One long, three short

AGROUND

Warble sequence

SIREN

Manual operation

3.

Select the required signal, then press [OK] to start.

Press [OK] to sound the HORN or SIREN.

The other signals will sound automatically approximately every
two minutes until you press [X] to cancel.

4.

When finished, press [X] to exit horn mode.

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Notes:

When the fog horn is not sounding, it is in Listen mode.

While pressing [PTT], you can change the volume of the PA
system using the volume control on the side of the handset.

In Horn mode, you can press [PTT] to talk through the PA
speaker.

If a horn button has been installed, you can press the button for
a momentary sounding of the horn.

HAILER

HAILER

FOG HORN

INTERCOM

ANNOUNCE

USA

C

16

Hi

DSC

PRI

FOG HORN

HORN

UNDERWAY

STOP

SAIL

Lo

USA

16

Hi

DSC

PRI

HORN

OUTPUT

VOL

LO

HI

DSC

USA

16

Hi

DSC

PRI

HORN
LISTEN

USA

16

Hi

DSC

PRI