All Ships Call; Transmitting An All Ships Call - Standard Horizon GX2200 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 direc-
tory. 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: This type of call is used to transmit boating safety informa-

9.4.1 Transmitting an All Ships Call

1. Press the
appear.
2. Rotate the CH knob to select " All SHIPS ".
3. Press the
the soft key.)
4. Rotate the CH knob to select the nature of
call (" SAFETY " or " URGENCY "), then press the
soft key.
5. Rotate the CH knob to select the operating
channel you want to communicate on, then
press the
6. Press the
selected type of all ships call.
7. After the all ships call is transmitted, the
transceiver will switch to the selected chan-
nel.
8. Listen to the channel to make sure it is not
busy, then key the microphone and say "PAN
PAN, PAN PAN, PAN PAN" or "Securite,
Securite, Securite" depending on the prior-
ity of the call.
9. Press the
ships call menu.
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distress, but have a potential problem that may lead to a
distress situation. This call is the same as saying "PAN PAN,
PAN PAN, PAN PAN" on Channel 16.
tion to other vessels. This message usually contains infor-
mation about an overdue boat, debris in the water, loss of a
navigation aid or an important meteorological message. This
call is the same as saying "Securite, Securite, Securite."
key. The " DSC Menu " will
CALL
MENU
soft key. (To cancel, press
soft key.
soft key to transmit the
soft key to exit the all
-DSC Menu-
Individual
Group
ALL SHIPS
POS Request
POS Report
-Category-
Auto POS Polling
SAFETY
Urgency SELECT
QUIT
SELECT
-All Ships Call-
Category:Safety
CH: 06
Transmit?
YES
-All Ships Call-
Category:Safety
CH: 06
Transmiting
-All Ships Call-
Category:Safety
CH: 06
Since: 00:25
QUIT
QUIT
QUIT
GX2200