All Ships Call - Standard Horizon EXPLORER GX1600 Owner's Manual

12.4 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, pri-
ority 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 dis-
tress situation. This call is the same as saying PAN PAN PAN
on channel 16.
SAFETY Call: 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 navigation aid or an impor-
tant meteorological message. This call is the same as saying
Securite, Securite, Securite."
12.4.1 Transmitting an All Ships Call
1. Press the [ CALL ( MENU )] key. The "DSC
Menu" will appear.
Menu Menu
Menu Menu
2. Rotate the CHANNEL knob to select "All
SHIPS SHIPS SHIPS SHIPS SHIPS".
3. Press the [ SELECT ] soft key. (To cancel,
press the [ QUIT ] soft key.)
4. Press the
of call ("SAFETY SAFETY" or "URGENCY
SAFETY SAFETY SAFETY
the [ SELECT ] soft key.
5. Press the
channel you want to communicate on, then press
the [ SELECT ] soft key. If the channel you want to
use is not listed, press the [ MANUAL ] soft key, then
press the
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 DSC call.
7. After the All Ships Call is transmitted, the transceiver
will switch to the selected channel.
8. Listen to the channel to make sure it is not busy,
then key the microphone and say PAN PAN PAN or
"Securite, Securite, Securite" depending on the pri-
ority of the call.
9. Press the [ QUIT ] soft key to exit the ALL ship call menu.
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/ key to select the nature
URGENCY"), then press
URGENCY URGENCY URGENCY
/ key to select the operating
/ key to select the operating
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