Neutral Craft Call; Sending A Neutral Craft Call - Furuno FM-8800D Operator's Manual

3. DSC OPERATION FOR NON-DISTRESS CASES
3.7

Neutral Craft Call

The neutral craft call, which contains own ship position and ID, informs all ships
that your ship is not a participant in armed conflict. Send the call BEFORE
entering an area of armed conflict.
To enable the neutral craft call, set the NEUTRAL CALL to ABLE in the
SPECIAL CALL menu. See section "4.9 Special Call Setup."
3.7.1

Sending a neutral craft call

1. Press the CALL key. The display changes from the standby display to the
COMPOSE MESSAGE screen and the CALL TYPE is displayed in reverse
video.
2. Press the ENT key to open the call type list.
3. Rotate the CH knob (or press up / down arrow key) to choose SPECIAL and
press the ENT key.
Note: The NEUTRAL and/or MEDICAL are indicated if each one is set to ABLE
in the SPECIAL MENU. See page 4-15.
4. Choose NEUTRAL and press the ENT key.
5. Press the CALL key more than three seconds to transmit the call. After the
call is transmitted, the standby display appears with CH16 selected.
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NEUTRAL
MEDICAL
** Compose Message **
CALL TYPE : NEUTRAL
CRAFT
URGENCY
COMM MODE : TELEPHONE
KIND : NEUTRAL CRAFT
CH : 16
NO ACK REQ