Emergency Calls (Dsc Safety/ Urgency/ Distress Calls); Safety Or Urgency Calls To An Individual Station; Special Safety Individual Calls (Test Calls And Position Request Calls) - JRC JHS-800S Instruction Manual

4.4 Emergency calls
In emergency, the DSC is available for safety/urgency/distress calls. For safety and urgency calls,
either individual or all ships is selectable for the type of call. Also, there is a way to send distress
alerts after selecting, or not selecting, the type of distress on the menu. In both cases, the
dedicated DISTRESS
4.4.1

Safety or urgency calls to an individual station

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Procedure
Individual safety and urgency calls are the same as a
routine call as described above, except for touching
[CALL]→[EDIT]→[CALL TYPE] in the main menu and then
selecting SAF/INDV/RT or URG/INDV/RT.
Note
Both calls of the safety test and the safety
position request are described later.
Special safety individual calls
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4 . 4 . 1 . 1
(1) Safety test calls
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Procedure
1 1 . .
1 .
Select SAF/INDV/TEST in CALL TYPE and input an
address.
Note
The [TEST CALL] button on the main menu is a
shortcut menu for test calls.
2 2 . .
2 .
Touch the [CALL] button to transmit the test call.
The screen at right is displayed to check the channel free,
and then the safety test call is sent.
3 3 . .
3 .
When acknowledgement is received, the receiving
mark flashes and the alarm sounds. After silencing it
with the [STOP] button, a received screen as shown at
right appears.
The safety test call process is now complete. However
note that even though the call is sent normally, the
acknowledgement may not be received from the called
station for some reason.
(DSC safety/ urgency/ distress calls)
button is used to send the distress alerts.
(test calls and position request calls)
Operation
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