Position Call; Requesting Other Ship's Position - Furuno FS-5070 Operator's Manual

5. ROUTINE MESSAGE CALLING, RECEVING
5.7

Position Call

There are two types of position calls: other station requires your ship's position and your
ship requests position of another ship.
Finding position of other station
Own Station
Sending own ship's position to other station
Own Ship
5.7.1

Requesting other ship's position

1. Press the 2/DSC key.
Select Message
GENERAL
INDIVIDUAL RELAY AREA
PSTN MESSAGE
RELAY COAST
TEST MESSAGE
DISTRESS
GROUP MESSAGE
AREA MESSAGE
SPECIAL
POSITION
MMSI 123456789
POS 12 34.5678N
123 45.6789E
2. Rotate the ENTER knob to choose POSITION and then push the ENTER knob.
5-26
(1) Position request call
(2) Position Information
(1)
Sends position Information
(2)
DISTRESS
UTC 01:53
MAN 01:54
Other Station
Requests ship's position