Position Request; Receiving A Position Request - Standard Horizon HX890 Owner's Manual

10.6 POSITION REQUEST

Advancements in the DSC system have made it possible to receive position
request calls from other vessels.
To respond to a position request, the vessel must have an operating
GPS receiver connected to its DSC radio and must not have its radio
set to deny position requests.

10.6.1 Receiving a Position Request

When a Position Request Call is received from another vessel, a ringing
alarm will sound. Operation of this transceiver function differs, depending on
the "POSITION REPLY" setting in the "DSC SETUP" menu. Refer to section
"10.6.3 Setting up Position Reply".
Automatically reply:
1. When a position request call is received from another
vessel, a ringing sound will be produced. Then the request-
ed position coordinates are transmitted automatically to
the vessel requesting your vessels position.
2. To exit from Position Request display, press the [QUIT]
soft key.
Manually reply:
1. When a position request call is received
from another vessel, a ringing sound will be
produced, and the display will be as shown
in the illustration at the right.
2. Press any key to stop the alarm.
3. To send your vessel's position to the request-
ing vessel, press the [REPLY] soft key.
Or to exit from position request display, press
the [QUIT] soft key.
4. Press the [QUIT] soft key to return to the channel display.
When there is an unread position request call, the "
on the display. To review the unread individual calls from the DSC log,
refer to the section "10.10.3 Reviewing Other Logged Calls".
NOTE
RX POS REQUEST
CATEG:
SINCE:
RX POS REQUEST
CATEG:
NOTE
RX POS REQUEST
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CATEG:
Transmitted
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SAFETY
00:15
RX POS REQUEST
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CATEG:
STOP ALARM
SINCE:
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SAFETY
REPLY
Transmitted
QUIT
" icon will appear
SAFETY
QUIT
Yaesu
SAFETY
00:15
QUIT
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