All Ships Call; Transmitting An All Ships Call - Standard Horizon Explorer GX1600E Owner's Manual

9.4

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
SAFETY Call:

9.4.1 Transmitting an All Ships Call

1. Press the
appear.
2. Press the
3. Press the
the soft key.)
4. Press the
of call ("SAFETY SAFETY" or "URGENCY
SAFETY SAFETY
SAFETY
the soft key.
5. Press the
ating channel you want to communicate on, then
press the
to use is not listed, press the
press the
channel you want to communicate on (default is
channel 16), then press the
6. Press the
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
priority of the call and state your message.
9. Press the
menu.
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distress, but have a potential problem that may lead to a
distress situation. This call is the same as saying PAN PAN
PAN on channel 16.
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."
key. The "DSC Menu DSC Menu" will
DSC Menu DSC Menu
DSC Menu
/ key to select "All SHIPS
soft key. (To cancel, press
/ key to select the nature
URGENCY"), then press
URGENCY URGENCY
URGENCY
/ key to select the oper-
soft key. If the channel you want
/ key to select the operating
soft key to transmit the selected
soft key to exit the ALL ship call
All SHIPS". All SHIPS All SHIPS All SHIPS
soft key, then
soft key.
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