Position Request By Manually Entering A Mmsi; Receiving A Position Request - Standard Horizon GX2150 Owner's Manual

9.8.3.2 Position Request by Manually Entering a MMSI

This feature allows you to request the position of vessel by manually entering
the MMSI of the ship you want to send your position to.
1. Press the
appear.
2. Rotate the CHANNEL knob to select "POS
REQUEST".
3. Press the
Individual Call".
4. Rotate the CHANNEL knob to select the
"MANUAL," then press the
5. Rotate the CHANNEL knob to select the first
number of the MMSI (nine digits) which you
want to contact, then press the
key to step to the next number.
6. Repeat step 5 to set the MMSI number.
7. If a mistake was made entering in the MMSI
number, repeat pressing the
the wrong number is selected, then rotate the
CHANNEL knob to correct the entry.
8. When finished entering the MMSI number, press
and hold the
9. Press the
request DSC call.
10. When the GX2000/GX2150 receives the position
from the polled vessel it is shown on the radio display and also trans-
ferred to the GPS Chart plotter with NMEA DSC and DSE sentences.
11. Press the

9.8.4 Receiving a Position Request

When a position request call is received from another vessel, a ringing alarm
sounds and POS REQUEST will be shown in the display. Operation and trans-
ceiver function differs depending on "Position Reply" in the "DSC Setup" menu
setting discussed below:
Automatically reply:
1. When a position request call is received, a calling
alarm sounds 4 times. Then requested position co-
ordinates are transmitted automatically to the ves-
sel requesting your vessels position.
2. To exit from position request display, press the
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key. The "DSC Menu" will
soft key to show the "Last
soft key.
soft key to transmit the position
soft key to return to radio operation.
soft key.
soft
soft key until
soft key.
GX2000/GX2150