Receiving Dsc Calls - Icom iC-M605 Instruction Manual

■ Receiving DSC calls

NOTE: After receiving a DSC call
" " continuously blinks when the
transceiver has DSC call. or an
unread DSC message in the Received
Call Log. (p. 56)
D Receiving a Distress Call
IMPORTANT!
Distress call reception should stop
after one sequence because the
coast station should send back an
'acknowledgement' to the ship.
If the distress call continues, even
after the coast station sends back an
'acknowledgement,' the ship in distress
may not receive the acknowledgement.
1. When a Distress call is received:
• Alarm sounds.
• The following screen is displayed
and the backlight blinks.
• " " blinks.
2. Push any [Alarm Off]
3. Select your action.
[Ignore]*: Ignores the Call and
returns to the Main screen.
* Displayed only when
"Single" is selected in the
PROCEDURE menu.
(p. 62)
DSC OPERATION
[Hold]: Holds the RX call task, and
returns to the Main screen.
[Pause]: Pauses the countdown.
• To restart the countdown,
push [Resume]
[Accept]: Enters the DSC Task mode.
To send the
acknowledgement, push
[Accept]
.
DSC Task mode (pp. 29, 30)
• Automatically selects Channel 16, and
then you should monitor it, because a
coast station may require assistance.
• Rotate [CH/ENT] to view the call
contents.
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