Navigating To The Reported Position; Saving The Reported Position As A Waypoint - Standard Horizon HX890 Owner's Manual

10.7.3 Navigating to the Reported Position

The HX890 has a feature that aids navigation to a received position report call
by using the compass display. Navigating to the report call may be enabled by
the procedure below.
1. After the position report call has been
received, press the [INFO] soft key.
2. Press the [TO WPT] soft key.
3. To start navigation using the compass
display, press the [CH▼]/[CH▲] key to
select "GOTO", then press the [ENTER] soft
key.
The display indicates the distance and
direction of the received vessel, and also
the compass indicates the received vessel
with a dot ().
Stopping Navigation to the Reported Position
1. Press one of the soft keys to show the key selections.
2. Press the [STOP] soft key. The radio will stop navigating to
the waypoint and the normal VHF display will be shown.

10.7.4 Saving the Reported Position as a Waypoint

The HX890 can save a position report call in the radio's memory as a waypoint.
1. After the position report call has been
received, press the [SAVE] soft key.
2. If you want to change the name of the
waypoint, press the [CH▼]/[CH▲] key to
select "NAME", then press the [SELECT]
soft key.
3. Enter the name of the waypoint you want to
reference in the directory. For details, refer
to "10.4.1 Setting up the Individual Call
Directory".
4. Press the [CH▼]/[CH▲] key to select
"SAVE", then press the [ENTER] soft key
to save the waypoint into memory.
5. Press the [OK] soft key to return to the posi-
tion report display.
RX POS REPORT
POS INFO
987654321
Horizon
24 ° 25.9755
POS: N
118 ° 59.4566
W
12: 56
TIME: AM LOC
10
DST:
NH
NAME:
006 °
T
BRG:
BACK TO WPT QUIT
POSITION:
RX USA HI
25
WPT
DW-16
BACK
BRG
T
300 °
DST
km
35.2
SOG
kph
N-UP 20nm 36.0
WPT Horizon
RX
WPT
N-UP
STOP
RX POS REPORT
987654321
Horizon
SAFETY
CATEG:
24 ° 25.9755
POS: N
118 ° 59.4566
W
12: 56
TIME: AM LOC
NAME:
00:05
SINCE:
SAVE INFO QUIT
POSITION:
WAYPOINT DIR.
NAME
BACK
S ---------------
A C D E F G H I J K L B M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
NAME:
a& Delete
BACK FINISH SELECT
POSITION:
RX POS REPORT
987654321
Horizon
SAFETY BACK
CATEG:
24 ° 25.9755
POS: N
118 ° 59.4556
W
12:56
TIME: AM LOC
Saved
OK
WAYPOINT
----------
001WPT
24 ° 25.9755
N
118 ° 59.4566
W
GOTO
SAVE & GOTO
ENTER
USA HI
25
DW-16
BRG
T
300 °
DST
km
35.2
SOG
kph
36.0
20nm
NEXT TG FUNC
WAYPOINT DIR.
001WPT----------
24 ° 25.9755
N
118 ° 59.4566
W
SAVE
SELECT
WAYPOINT DIR.
Horizon----------
24 ° 25.9755
N
118 ° 59.4566
W
SAVE
ENTER
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