All Ships Call; Transmitting An All Ships Call - Standard Horizon GX2150 Owner's Manual

9.4

ALL SHIPS CALL

The All Ships Call function allows contact to be established with DSC equipped
vessels without having their MMSI in the individual calling directory. Also, pri-
ority 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:

9.4.1 Transmitting an All Ships Call

1. Press the
pear.
2. Rotate the CHANNEL knob to select "All
SHIPS".
3. Press the
the soft key.)
4. Rotate the CHANNEL knob to select the na-
ture of call ("SAFETY" or "URGENCY"), then
press the
5. Rotate the CHANNEL knob to select the operating
channel you want to communicate on, then
press the
want to use is not listed, press the
soft key, then rotate the CHANNEL knob to
select the operating channel you want to communi-
cate on, then press the
6. Press the
type of all ships DSC call.
7. After the All Ships Call is transmitted, the transceiver
will switch to the selected channel.
8. Listen to the channel to make sure it is not busy,
then key the microphone and say PAN PAN PAN or
"Securite, Securite, Securite" depending on the pri-
ority of the call.
9. Press the
GX2000/GX2150
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."
key. The "DSC Menu" will ap-
soft key. (To cancel, press
soft key.
soft key. If the channel you
soft key to transmit the selected
soft key to exit the ALL ship call menu.
soft key.
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