Sending An All Ships Call - Standard Horizon INTREPID + GX1270S Owner's Manual

6.5 SENDING AN ALL SHIPS CALL

The All Ships Call function allows contact to be established with other
vessel stations without having their ID in the individual calling directory.
Also, priority for the call can be designated as Urgency, Safety or Routine.
URGENCY Call: This type of call is used when a vessel may not truly be in
distress, but have a potential problem that may lead to a distress situation.
SAFETY Call: Used to transmit boating safety information to other vessels.
This message usually contains information about an overdue boat, debris in
the water. Loss of a navigation aid or an important meteorological message.
HI USA
CCG
>INDIVIDUAL
GROUP
ALL SHIPS
TELEPHONE
INDIVIDUAL
GROUP
>ALL SHIPS
TELEPHONE
>URGENCY
SAFETY
ROUTINE
EXIT
>URGENCY
SAFETY
ROUTINE
EXIT
TX HI USA
WAITING
HI USA
DISTRESS
GX1270S
1. S e l e c t t h e t r a f f i c c h a n n e l ( f o r v o i c e
communication).
A
2. Press the CALL/SET key. The DSC CALLING
menu will appear.
A
3. Press the UP or DOWN key to select ALL SHIP.
A
4. Press the CALL/SET key.
To cancel this, press the DOWN key to select
A EXIT.
5. Press the UP or DOWN key to select the nature of
call (URGENCY, SAFETY or ROUTINE).
A
6. Press the CALL/SET key to transmit the
selected type of ALL SHIPS DSC call. When
A ROUTINE is selected, the signal is transmitted
then the transceiver will wait on the channel
selected in step 1.
7. After the ALL SHIPS CALL is transmitted, the
transceiver will wait on CH16 except ROUTINE.
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