Safety Calls; Routine Calls - Raymarine Ray260 User Manual

7.4 Safety calls

Making a safety call
A safety call should be used when there is an important
navigational warning or meteorological forecast/broadcast.
Safety alerts can also used for communications during search
and rescue operations.
HI HI
- - - - DSC M ENU- - - - ALL SHIP
INDIVIDUAL SAFETY
DISTRESS URGENCY
ALL SHIP BACK
OK
HI HI
ALL SHIP ALL SHIP
SAFETY SAFETY
SELECT CHA NNEL NOT
CH: 0016 CH: 0072
BACK SEND BACK
HI HI
ALL SHIP ALL SHIP
SAFETY SAFETY
TX COMPLETE
CALLING... CH CHG TO: 0016
BACK
From the DSC menu:
1. Select ALL SHIP.
2. Select SAFETY.
3. If required use the Channel Up and Channel Down buttons
to select the relevant channel for subsequent communication.
The default channel is 16.
4. Select OK to confirm the channel.
5. Select SEND to send the DSC safety call.
6. Wait for the TX COMPLETE message to be displayed
on-screen and then select OK.
The channel is now changed to the chosen channel.
7. Press and hold the PTT button and speak the following
message:
SECURITE, SECURITE, SECURITE
ALL STATIONS, ALL STATIONS, ALL STATIONS
This is <MMSI of your vessel, name of your vessel repeated
3 times, call sign of your vessel>
Position <Your vessel's position>
Reason for call <state the reason for the safety call>
OUT
Receiving a safety call
If you receive a safety call from another station the details are
displayed on-screen.
When a safety call is received:
1. Press the RIGHT soft button to cycle through the information
pages.
2. Select OK at any time to accept the safety call.
If auto channel change is turned on then the channel will
automatically change after 10 seconds.
The radio is re-tuned to channel 16.
3. Listen on channel 16 for the safety message.
46
HI
ALL SHIP
SAFETY
SELECT CHA NNEL
CH: 0016
BACK
DEFAULT CH
SEND
HI
INT
0016
CHANNEL NAME
OK 0 0 0 1 A 0 0 2 8 A
BACK

7.5 Routine calls

Individual calls can be made to ships and coast station contact
saved in your phonebook or to any station by manually entering
the stations MMSI number.
1
HI
INDIVIDUAL
OK
MANUAL
sSHIP- 001
COASTGUARD- 01
OK
HI
INDIVIDUAL
ROUTINE
MMSI: - - - - - - - - -
OK
82° 34.5N
123° 45.6W
AM01:23UT
0 0 8 8 A
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1. Individual routine call using manual MMSI entry.
2. Individual routine call to a vessel saved as a contact.
3. Individual routine call to a coast station saved as a contact.
Refer to the Phonebook section for details on adding contacts to
your phonebook.
Note: When calling a coast station there is no need to select
a channel for communication.
If a call cannot be accepted then a reason code will be displayed
on-screen.
100 NO REASON
101 CONGESTION
BUSY
102
103 QUEUE
BARRED
104
105 NO OPERATOR
106 UNAVAILABLE
DISABLE
107
108 UNABLE CH
109 UNABLE MODE
HI
- - - - DSC M ENU- - - -
INDIVIDUAL
DISTRESS
ALL SHIP
HI HI
INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUAL
MANUAL MANUAL
sSHIP- 001 sSHIP- 001
COASTGUARD- 01 COASTGUARD- 01
OK OK
HI
INDIVIDUAL
ROUTINE
SELECT CHA NNEL
CH: 0072
BACK OK
HI HI
INDIVIDUAL
INDIVIDUAL
ROUTINE ROUTINE
sSHIP- 001 COASTGUARD- 01
CH: 0072 CH: UNSPECIFIED
BACK SEND BACK
HI
INDIVIDUAL
ROUTINE
CALLING...
END
HI
INDIVIDUAL 00'01
ROUTINE
AWAITING ACK...
END
HI
INDIVIDUAL 00'05
ACKNOWLEDG E
FROM: SHIP - 001
ACCEPTED
OK PAUSE p 1/2
P
No reason given
Congestion at maritime switching centre
Station Busy
Queue indication
Station barred
No operator available
Operator temporarily unavailable
Equipment disabled
Unable to use proposed channel
Unable to use proposed mode
3
SEND
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