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Section 7 - Sending and receiving DSC Calls ..................................................45
7-1 What is DSC? .................................................................................................................................... 45
7-2 Sending DSC Calls ........................................................................................................................... 45
7-3 Send an individual call (INDIVIDUAL) ...................................................................................... 46
Call to a Buddy .............................................................................................................................................................46
Call to others .................................................................................................................................................................46
7-4 Acknowledgement of an individual incoming call (INDIV) ............................................. 47
7-5 Reply to the Last Call (LAST CALL) ............................................................................................ 47
7-6 Send a group call (GROUP) ......................................................................................................... 48
7-7 Send an all ships call (ALL SHIPS) .............................................................................................. 48
7-8 Send using the call log (CALL LOG) .......................................................................................... 49
7-9 Send using the distress log (DIST LOG) ................................................................................... 50
7-10 View sent call log (SENT CALL) ................................................................................................. 51
7-11 Request the LL position of a Buddy (LL REQUEST) ........................................................... 51
7-12 Track your Buddy (TRACK BUDDY) ......................................................................................... 52
7-12-1 Start or stop tracking a Buddy (START TRACK) .........................................................................52
7-12-2 Select a Buddy to Track (SET BUDDY) ............................................................................................52
7-12-3 Add or delete a Buddy on your track list (TRACKLIST) ........................................................53
7-12-4 Set the track your Buddy update interval (INTERVAL) ........................................................53
7-13 Make a DSC test call (DSC TEST) .............................................................................................. 53
7-13-1 Send a DSC TEST call ................................................................................................................................53
7-13-2 Receiving an incoming DSC TEST call reply (DSC TEST ACK) ..........................................54
7-13-3 Acknowledging an incoming DSC TEST call .............................................................................54
7-14 View user MMSI and GPS information ................................................................................... 55
7-15 Receiving DSC calls ...................................................................................................................... 55
7-16 Receiving an all ships call (ALL SHIPS) .................................................................................. 55
7-17 Receiving an individual call (INDIV) ....................................................................................... 56
7-18 Receiving a group call (GROUP) .............................................................................................. 56
7-19 Receiving a geographic area call (GEOGRAPH) ................................................................. 57
7-20 Receiving a polled position call (POSITION) ....................................................................... 57
Section 8 - DISTRESS calls ................................................................................58
8-1 Sending a Distress Call ................................................................................................................. 58
8-2 Receiving a distress call (DISTRESS!) ......................................................................................... 59
REL) .............................................................................................................................................................. 60
8-4 Distress relay individual (INDIV DISTR RELAY) ...................................................................... 60
Lowrance - Link-8 Operation Instructions
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