Neutral Craft Call; Sending A Neutral Craft Call - Furuno FS-1570 Operator's Manual

5.5 Neutral Craft Call

The neutral craft call, which contains own ship position and ID, informs all ships that your
ship is not a participant in armed conflict. Send the call BEFORE entering an area of armed
conflict.

5.5.1 Sending a neutral craft call

1. Press the [2/DSC] key and then push the [ENTER] knob to display the CALL TYPE
menu.
Compose message
**
INDIVIDUAL
PSTN CALL
: All ships
CALL TYPE
TEST CALL
: Safety
STATION ID
ALL SHIPS
: Telephone
PRIORITY
GROUP CALL
: 2187.5 kHz
COM. TYPE
AREA CALL
$
COM. FREQ
POSITION
DSC FREQ
2. Rotate the [ENTER] knob to choose NEUTRAL and then push the [ENTER] knob.
3. Push the [ENTER] knob to open the PRIORITY menu.
Compose message
**
: NEUTRAL
CALL TYPE
craft
SAFETY
: Safety
PRIORITY
URGENCY
: TELEPHONE
COM. TYPE
:
DSC FREQ
GO TO ALL VIEW
4. Rotate the [ENTER] knob to choose appropriate priority and then push the [ENTER]
knob.
5. Push the [ENTER] knob to open the COM. TYPE menu.
6. Rotate the [ENTER] knob to choose communication type desired (radiotelephone or
NBDP-FEC) and then push the [ENTER] knob.
7. Push the [ENTER] knob to open the DSC FREQ menu.
Compose message
**
2187.5
: Neutral
4207.5
craft
CALL TYPE
6312.0
: Safety
8414.5
12577.0
: Telephone
PRIORITY
16804.5
:2187.5 kHz
COM. TYPE
DSC FREQ
GO TO ALL VIEW
8. Rotate the [ENTER] knob to choose appropriate frequency and then push the [ENTER]
knob.
**
POLLING
NEUTRAL
MEDICAL
RELAY ALL
RELAY SEL
DISTRESS
**
2187.5 KHZ
**
KHZ
VIEW
Rotate [ENTER] knob to scroll.
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