Table Of Contents - Sailor System 5000 MF/HF User Manual

Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................................................. iii
About this manual ................................................................................................................ iii
Training Information ............................................................................................................ iv
Abbreviations used in this manual ...................................................................................... v
Safety instruction ................................................................................................................ vi
Quick DSC distress call ......................................................................................................... vii
Mayday procedure .................................................................................................................. vii
The MF/HF at a glance (CU5100) ......................................................................................... viii
1 MF/HF Fundamental info ................................................................................................... 3
2 Basic functions .................................................................................................................. 4
2.1 Powering MF/HF ......................................................................................................... 4
2.2 Speaker volume .......................................................................................................... 4
2.3 Switches loudspeaker On/Off ..................................................................................... 4
2.4 Change output power ................................................................................................. 4
2.5 Squelch On/Off ........................................................................................................... 4
2.6 Dimming ...................................................................................................................... 5
2.7 Change mode .............................................................................................................. 5
2.8 How to operate the menu ........................................................................................... 5
2.9 How to make a call to a coast station ........................................................................ 6
2.10 Telephony display functions ....................................................................................... 6
3 Voice call operation ........................................................................................................... 7
3.1 Operating MF/HF radio communication ..................................................................... 7
3.2 Listening for calls from a coast station ....................................................................... 7
3.3 Enter Rx/Tx frequency ................................................................................................ 8
3.4 Channel entry .............................................................................................................. 9
3.5 Select a channel from the station table .................................................................... 11
3.6 Re-tune the Antenna tuner ....................................................................................... 12
4 DSC operation .................................................................................................................. 13
4.1 DSC main .................................................................................................................. 13
4.2 DSC setup ................................................................................................................. 14
4.3 Receiving a Distress Call ......................................................................................... 16
4.4 Receiving an Individual call ...................................................................................... 17
4.5 Sending a test call .................................................................................................... 19
4.6 Calling a coast station .............................................................................................. 21
4.7 Calling a ship ............................................................................................................ 23
4.8 Sending an area call ................................................................................................. 25
4.9 Repeat a call ............................................................................................................. 27
4.10 Composed DSC calls ............................................................................................... 28
4.11 DSC call menu .......................................................................................................... 30
4.12 Geographic Area Computation ................................................................................. 30
5 User setup ......................................................................................................................... 31
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