Position Request And Reply - Uniden UM380 Owner's Manual

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4. To disable automatic test call reply, repeat the steps above and select Manual.

Position Request and Reply

Anytime you need to know where another boat currently is—to find your boating partners,
Requesting another station's position (POS Request)
to respond to a request for assistance, etc.—you can send a position request to their radio:
1. Press to display the call menu.
2. Select DSC Call sub-menu, then select POS Request.
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3. The radio displays the names listed in your directory; use
to choose the directory entry you want to contact and press
contact a station that is not in your directory, select Manual. The radio prompts you to
enter the MMSI number you want to call. Enter the MMSI number the same way you
enter directory entries (see page 23). Enter all nine digits and press
4. The radio displays the MMSI number you are about to contact and asks you to confirm.
If you want to request the position of the displayed MMSI number, select Send. To cancel
the request, select Cancel.
5. When the other station responds, the radio displays the MMSI number, the longitude,
and the latitude of the other station. If your radio is connected to a chartplotter through
the NMEA OUT connection (see page 35), the position information will also be displayed
on the plotter screen.
6. If the other station does not have valid GPS data, the radio displays No Position.
When another station requests your current position, the radio displays the following screen:
Receiving a position request (Position Reply)
To send your current position to the other station, select Reply; the radio transmits your
latitude and longitude to the other station. If you select Reply but the radio does not have
valid GPS data, it transmits the reply code with No Position.
To reject the position request, select Cancel.
If you want the radio to automatically transmit your current position whenever it receives a
Enabling automatic position reply
position request, you can enable automatic position reply. Most boaters activate automatic
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