Standard Horizon HX-870 - Manual (Page 44)

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10.4 ALL SHIPS CALL
The all ships call function allows contact to be established with DSC equipped
vessels without having their MMSI in the individual calling directory. Also, priority
for the call can be designated as “Urgency” or “Safety”.
URGENCY Call: This type of call is used when a vessel may not truly be in
distress, but have a potential problem that may lead to a
distress situation. This call is the same as saying “PAN PAN,
PAN PAN, PAN PAN” on Channel 16.
SAFETY Call: This type of call is used to transmit boating safety information
to other vessels. This message usually contains information
about an overdue boat, debris in the water, loss of a naviga-
tion aid or an important meteorological message. This call is
the same as saying “Securite, Securite, Securite”.
10.4.1 Transmitting an All Ships Call
1. Press the MENU key to display “MENU”, then
select “DSC CALL” with the CH▼/CH▲/◄/►
key.
INDIVIDUAL
GROUP
BACK
DSC CALL
ALL SHIPS
POS REQUEST
POS REPORT
DIST ALERT MSG
SELECT
SAFETY
BACK
ALL SHIPS CALL
URGENCY
SELECT
CATEGORY
CH:
16
BACK
ALL SHIPS CALL
CH: 17
CH: 67
CH: 69
CH: 72
SELECT
INTERSHIP CH
ALL SHIPS CALL
Do you want to
transmit a Call?
CATEG: URGENCY
16 CH:
YES NO
ALL SHIPS CALL
CATEG: URGENCY
CH: 16
SINCE: 00:05
QUIT
Transmitted
ALL SHIPS CALL
Transmitting
CATEG: URGENCY
CH: 16
2. Press the [SELECT] soft key, then press the
CH▼/CH▲ key to select “All SHIPS”.
3. Press the [SELECT] soft key. (To cancel,
press the [BACK] soft key.)
4. Press the CH▼/CH▲ key to select the
nature of call (“SAFETY” or “URGENCY”), then
press the [SELECT] soft key.
5. Press the CH▼/CH▲ key to select the oper-
ating channel you want to communicate on,
then press the [SELECT] soft key.
6. Press the [YES] soft key to transmit the
selected type of all ships call.
7. After the all ships call is transmitted, the
transceiver will switch to the selected chan-
nel.
8. Listen to the channel to make sure it is not
busy, then key the microphone and say “PAN
PAN, PAN PAN, PAN PAN” or “Securite,
Securite, Securite” depending on the priority
of the call.
9. Press the [QUIT] soft key to exit the all ships call menu.