When Receiving A Call; I To Receive A Dsc Call - Icom IC-M801E Instruction Manual

I To receive a DSC call

The independent built-in DSC receiver circuit in the IC-
M801E scans all distress/safety frequencies, therefore,
the "distress," "urgency" and "safety" calls on those fre-
quencies can be decoded at all times.
D D When receiving a DSC call
One of the following actions should be performed
when a DSC call is received depending on the re-
ceived DSC format (or category):
• Wait for a voice transmission on the traffic frequency.
• Transmit an acknowledgement with DSC or voice.
D D Display example and operation
• Monitoring the traffic frequency
Monitor the communication between the calling ship
and a coast station, or the calling station transmission
via voice on the traffic frequency.
• Emergency alarm sounds until pushing some key, or
beeps sound, depending on the calling format or cat-
egory.

WHEN RECEIVING A CALL

However, "routine" and "group" calls on the other fre-
quencies are received via the transceiver's receiver
circuit. Therefore, the transceiver must set to DSC
watch mode by pushing [DSC] to decode these calls.
• Transmit an acknowledgement
When the following DSC is received, an acknowl-
edgement must be sent back to the calling station.
• Beeps, or an emergency alarm sounds until pushing
some key, depending on the category.
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