Position Report; Transmitting A Dsc Position Report Call - Standard Horizon ECLIPSE DSC+ GX1200E Owner's Manual

9.8 POSITION REPORT

The feature is similar to the position request, however instead of requesting
a position of another vessel this function allows you to send your position
to another vessel. In order to send your position you need to have a GPS
receiver connected or to have manually input your position. See section "9.11
MANUAL INPUTTING OF THE GPS LOCATION."

9.8.1 Transmitting a DSC Position Report Call

Position Report from Individual / Position Call Directory
1. Press the
appear in the display.
2. Press the
" POS REPORT ".
3. Press the
position report directory. The previous
four position report contacts will be
listed.
4. Press the
name you want to send your position to,
then press the
Press the
name other than those on the display.
This directory uses the individual/
position call directory information.
5. Press the
category (" ROUTINE " or " SAFETY ") for
the position report call, then press the
soft key.
" SAFETY " is normally used as the category for position report calls.
However, " ROUTINE " should be selected when calling a vessel with
radios of certain legacy models that cannot accept position report
calls categorized as " SAFETY ".
GX1200E
key. The " DSC MENU " will
/ keys to select the
soft key to show the
/ keys to select a
soft key.
soft key to select a
/ keys to select the
-DSC MENU-
INDIVIDUAL
GROUP
ALL SHIPS
-POS REPORT-
YAESU
STANDARD
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ROUTINE
SAFETY
NOTE
-DSC MENU-
ALL SHIPS
POS REQUEST
POS REPORT
-POS REPORT-
MANUAL
YAESU
STANDARD
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