Polling Call; Sending A Polling Call - Furuno DSC-60 Operator's Manual

4.7

Polling Call

Polling means confirming if own station is within communicating range with other station. This
function only provides affirmative or negative response; it does not provide position information.
Note that simultaneous polling to more than one station is not possible.
4.7.1

Sending a polling call

1. Press the [CALL] key followed by the [ENT] key to open the CALL TYPE menu.
Send message
***
: Polling
CALL TYPE
: 987654321
STATION ID
: Routine
PRIORITY
DSC FREQ
2. Use or to select POLLING and press the [ENT] key.
3. Press the [ENT] key to open the STATION ID menu.
Send message
***
: POLLING
CALL TYPE
: ---------
STATION ID
: ROUTINE
PRIORITY
DSC FREQ
: 2M-INTL
GO TO ALL VIEW
4. Key in ID of station where to send call and press the [ENT] key.
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If the part of the menu appears,
***
use
POLLING
NEUTRAL
INDIVIDUAL
MEDICAL
PSTN CALL
TEST CALL
RELAY ALL
ALL SHIPS
RELAY SEL
GROUP CALL
DISTRESS
AREA CALL
$
POSITION
***
- - - - - - - - -
1 Polling
2 Acknowledge
3 Polling
4 Acknowledge
$
to scroll menu.