Furuno DSC-60 Operator's Manual page 64

Safety or urgency priority
For safety or urgency priority the field COM. FREQ is automatically set to the same pair
frequency as the DSC frequency.
a) Select DSC FREQ and press the [ENT] key.
Send message
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2187.5
INDIVIDUAL
CALL TYPE:
4207.5
001234567
STATION ID:
6312.0
: SAFETY
PRIORITY
8414.5
12577.0 : TELEPHONE
COM. TYPE
16804.5
: 2182.0KHZ
COM. FREQ
MANUAL
: 2187.5 KHZ
DSC FREQ
b) Select appropriate frequency with
13. Press the [CALL] key to send the message (transmission time: about 7 sec.). The display
shows the message "Individual request call in progress!" while the message is being sent.
Individual request
call in progress!
TO SHIP:
123456789
ROUTINE
TELEPHONE
DSC FREQ :
TIME TO GO:
14. After the message is sent, the equipment waits for acknowledgement of the message,
showing the display below.
Waiting for
acknowledgement.
FROM SHIP:
ROUTINE
TELEPHONE
DSC FREQ :
TIME TO GO:
15. The timer starts counting down the maximum time to wait for acknowledgement, 3.5-4.5
minutes, randomly set. One of the following three messages appears. ("No response! Try
calling again." appears after the timer counts down to zero. It means the station called did not
respond.)
Able acknowledge
call received.
FROM SHIP:
ROUTINE
TELEPHONE
STOP ALARM
Able acknowledge call received
16. Do one of the following depending on the message shown in step 15.
4-10
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GO TO ALL VIEW
Note: When the channel is in use,
2189.5 KHZ
2187.5 KHZ
7S
123456789
2189.5 KHZ
2187.5 KHZ
4M30S
Unable acknowledge
call received.
NO REASON GIVEN
123456789
FROM SHIP:
2189.5 KHZ
ROUTINE
Unable acknowledge call received
or and press the [ENT] key.
"CH BUSY" appeares at the
lower left-hand side of the
screen.
Press [CALL] key for forced
transmission.
123456789
STOP ALARM
No response!
Try calling again?
FROM SHIP: 123456789
ROUTINE
TELEPHONE 2189.5 KHZ
DSC FREQ :
2187.5 KHZ
RE-SEND
No response from station