Standard Horizon HX-870 - Manual (Page 69)

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Polling Call by Manually Entering an MMSI
This feature allows you to contact a vessel by manually entering the MMSI of
the ship you want to track.
1. Press the
MENU key to display “MENU”,
select “DSC CALL” with the CH▼/CH▲/◄/►
key, then press the [SELECT] soft key.
DIST ALERT MSG
POLLING
BACK
DSC CALL
AUTO POS POLLING
DSC LOG
DSC TEST
DSC LOOP BACK
SELECT
HISTORY
MEMORY
NEW ID
POLLING CALL
BACK SELECT
1 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 4
Delete
3
BACK SELECT FINISH
POLLING CALL
MMSI
- 98765432
POLLING CALL
Do you want to
transmit a Call?
CATEG: ROUTINE
987654321
YES NO
POLLING CALL
Waiting for ACK
CATEG: ROUTINE
987654321
SINCE: 00:05
RESEND QUIT
2. Press the CH▼/CH▲ key to select “POLL-
ING ”, then press the [SELECT] soft key.
3. Press the CH▼/CH▲ key to select “NEW ID”
and press the [SELECT] soft key.
4. Press the CH▼/CH▲ key to select the
first number in the MMSI and press the
[SELECT] soft key.
5. Repeat step 4 until all the digits of the MMSI
are shown on the display.
6. If a mistake was made entering in the MMSI
number, press the CH▼/CH▲/◄/► key to
select “←” or “→”, press the [SELECT] soft
key until the wrong character is selected,
then perform step 5.
7. When finished entering the MMSI number, press the [FINISH] soft key.
8. Press the [YES] soft key to transmit the polling call.
9. Press the [QUIT] soft key to return to radio operation.
10.9.2 Receiving a Polling Call
When another vessel transmits a polling call to the HX870 the following will
happen:
1. When a polling call is received, the radio will automatically
respond to the calling vessel.
RX POLLING
Yaesu
POLLING REPLY
366901235
CATEG: ROUTINE
SINCE: 00:05
QUIT
Transmitted
2. To exit from the polling call display, press the [QUIT] soft
key.