Medical Transport Call; Sending A Medical Transport Call - Furuno DSC-60 Operator's Manual

4.6

Medical Transport Call

The medical transport call informs all ships, by using the priority "urgency", that own ship carries
medical supplies.
4.6.1

Sending a medical transport call

1. Press the [CALL] key followed by the [ENT] key to open the CALL TYPE menu.
Send message
***
CALL TYPE
: Medical
STATION ID
PRIORITY
: Urgency
: Telephone
DSC FREQ
: 2187.5 kHz
2. Use or to select MEDICAL and press the [ENT] key.
Note: PRIORITY is automatically selected to URGENCY.
3. Press the [ENT] key to open the COM. TYPE menu.
4. Select communication type desired and press the [ENT] key.
5. Press the [ENT] key to open the DSC FREQ menu.
Send message
***
2187.5
: Medical
CALL TYPE
4207.5
transport
6312.0
: Urgency
PRIORITY
8414.5
12577.0
: Telephone
COM. TYPE
16804.5
DSC FREQ
MANUAL
GO TO ALL VIEW
6. Select appropriate frequency and press the [ENT] key. The display changes as below.
Send message
***
CALL TYPE : MEDICAL
TRANSPORT
PRIORITY : URGENCY
COM. TYPE : TELEPHONE
DSC FREQ :
GO TO ALL VIEW
4-26
#
If the part of the menu appears,
***
use
POLLING
NEUTRAL
INDIVIDUAL
transport
MEDICAL
PSTN CALL
TEST CALL
RELAY ALL
ALL SHIPS
RELAY SEL
GROUP CALL
DISTRESS
AREA CALL
$
POSITION
***
MANUAL: For selection of frequency at
radiotelephone when there is "remote control
error."
:2187.5 KHZ
VIEW
***
2187.5 KHZ
$
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