Receiving A Dsc Distress Call; All Ships Call; Transmitting An All Ships Call - Standard Horizon Quantum GX5000S Owner's Manual

11.3.2 Receiving a DSC Distress Call

1. When a DSC Distress call is received, an emergency
alarm sounds.
Then channel 16 is automatically selected.
2. Press any key to stop the alarm.
3. The LCD shows the position of the vessel in distress.
4 If the position of the vessel distress data does not
include position, the LCD will show the display on
the right.
You must continue monitoring channel 16 as a coast station may re-
quire assistance in the rescue attempt.

11.4 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 or Safety.
URGENCY Call: This type of call is used when a vessel may not truly be in
SAFETY Call:

11.4.1 Transmitting an All Ships Call

1. Press the [ CALL ( MENU )] key. The "DSC
Call Menu" will appear.
Call Menu Call Menu
Call Menu Call Menu
2. Turn the CHANNEL selector knob to se-
lect "All Ships
All Ships All Ships All Ships."
All Ships
3. Press the [ ENT ] key. (To cancel, turn the
CHANNEL selector knob to select "Exit
4. Turn the CHANNEL selector knob to se-
lect the nature of call ("Urgency
Safety"), then press the [ ENT ] key.
"Safety
Safety Safety Safety
5. Press the [ ENT ] key again to transmit the selected
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distress, but have a potential problem that may lead to a dis-
tress situation. This call is the same as saying PAN PAN PAN
on channel 16.
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 impor-
tant meteorological message. This call is the same as saying
Securite, Securite, Securite."
Urgency" or
Urgency Urgency
Urgency
NOTE
DSC DSC
DSC DSC
Exit.") Exit Exit
Exit
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