Lowrance Link-2 User Manual page 5

Section 5 - Sending and Receiving DSC Calls ..................................................47
5-1 What is DSC? .................................................................................................................................... 47
5-1-1 Maritime mobile service identity ........................................................................................................47
5-1-2 How can I obtain a MMSI number? ...................................................................................................47
5-2 DSC call types .................................................................................................................................. 48
5-3 Send an Individual call (INDIVIDUAL) ...................................................................................... 49
5-3-1 Call to a Buddy ................................................................................................................................................49
5-3-2 Call to others ....................................................................................................................................................49
5-4 Reply to the Last Call (LAST CALL) ............................................................................................ 50
5-5 Send a Group call (GROUP) .......................................................................................................... 50
5-6 Send an All Ships call (ALL SHIPS) ............................................................................................. 51
5-7 Send using the Call Log (CALL LOG)........................................................................................ 51
5-8 Send using the Distress Log (DISTRS LOG) ............................................................................ 52
5-9 Request the LL position of a buddy (LL REQUEST) ............................................................ 53
5-10 Track your buddy request (TRACK BUDDY) ......................................................................... 53
5-10-1 Add or delete a buddy (TRACKLIST) ...............................................................................................53
5-10-2 Select your TRACK BUDDY ....................................................................................................................54
5-10-3 Set the time interval of tracking .......................................................................................................54
5-10-4 Start tracking .................................................................................................................................................55
5-11 Make a DSC test call (DSC TEST) .............................................................................................. 55
5-11-1 Send a DSC TEST call ................................................................................................................................55
5-11-2 Receiving an incoming DSC TEST call reply (DSC TEST ACK) ..........................................56
5-11-3 Acknowledging an incoming DSC TEST call .............................................................................56
5-12 View User MMSI and GPS information .................................................................................. 56
5-13 Receiving DSC Calls ..................................................................................................................... 57
5-14 Receiving an All Ships Call (ALL SHIPS) ................................................................................. 57
5-15 Receiving an Individual Call (INDIV) ...................................................................................... 58
5-16 Receiving a Group Call (GROUP) ............................................................................................. 58
5-17 Receiving a Geographic Area Call (GEOGRAPH) ................................................................ 59
5-18 Receiving a Polled Position Call (POSITION) ....................................................................... 59
Section 6 - Distress calls ...................................................................................60
6-1 Send a Distress call ......................................................................................................................... 60
6-2 Receiving a Distress Call (DISTRESS!) ....................................................................................... 62
6-3 Distress Acknowledgement (DISTRESS ACK) or Distress Relay All Ships
(DISTRESS REL) .................................................................................................................................. 62
6-4 Distress Relay Individual (INDIV DISTR RELAY) ..................................................................... 63
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