Interpreting Call Displays; Receive Calls - Furuno FS-1570 Operator's Manual

3.4 Interpreting Call Displays

This paragraph provides the information necessary for interpreting receive and send call
displays.

3.4.1 Receive calls

Below are sample distress and individual receive calls. The content of other types of
receive calls is similar to that of the individual call. When you receive a call, the message
"INCOMING" flashes at the bottom of the display.
Distress receive call
Received message
*
MAR-23-2002-23:59
DISTRESS CALL
SHIP IN DIST:
123456789
NATURE: UNDESIGNATED
POS:
12 34N 123 45E AT 12:34
! "
TELEPHONE
2182.0 KHZ
ANSWER ALL VIEW
Push [ENTER] knob
to switch.
#
Received message
*
DISTRESS COORDINATES:
12 34N 123 45E AT 12:34
TELECOMMAND: J3E TELEPHONE
END OF SEQUENCE: EOS
ERROR-CHECK: OK
DSC FREQUENCY : 2177.0KHZ
GO TO EASY VIEW
Rotate [ENTER] knob
to switch.
Received message
*
FORMAT : DISTRESS CALL
SELF-IDENTITY : 123456789
NATURE OF DISTRESS:
UNDESIGNATED DISTRESS
#
Date and time of message
*
ECC (Error Check Character): OK or NG (No Good)
ECC: OK
Category (Distress call)
Ship in Distress (ID No. of ship in distress)
Nature of Distress (Undesignated, Fire, Flooding,
Collision, Grounding, Listing, Sinking, Disable,
Abandoning, Piracy, Man Overboard, EPIRB emission)
Position of ship in distress
Working frequency to use
*
Distress coordinates (position of ship in distress)
Telecommand (class of emission)
End of sequence (EOS for distress)
Error check (OK or NG)
DSC frequency used to transmit distress call
*
Format (distress)
ID no. of ship in distress
Nature of distress (problem with ship in distress, see above)
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