Tx Call Menu; Setting Up A Call From Extended Menu - Skanti VHF 1000 P DSC Operator's Manual

TX CALL Menu

The TX Call menu offers a variety of possibilities of setting up DSC
calls for transmission, from totally manual call setup using the
extended calls entry, setting up each piece of information involved in
the call, to almost automatic setup of DSC calls using the menu
entries, ADDR BOOK, SHIP STN, and SHORE STN.
A distress call is set up automatically
by pressing the hook distress button.
For manual setup of distress call, use the DISTRESS entry in the TX
CALL menu.
TX CALL menu main entries:
1. SHIP STN
Your input: MMSI number or a pre-stored station from the
station register, change of working channel if desired.
Call setup: Automatic, individual routine incl. VHF working
channel, requests acknowledgment.
If MMSI number of group number (starting with '0'):
Group call incl. VHF working channel.
2. ADDR BOOK
Your input: Pre-stored name from the address book register.
Call setup: Automatic, depending on:
Ship station:
Shore station:
Shore station including telephony number:
3. SHORE STN
Your input: MMSI number or pre-stored station from the station
register, optional telephony number.
Call setup: Automatic, depending on:
Telephony number included:
No telephony number included:
4. EXTENDED
Your input: All information in call.
Call setup: As specified by user.
5. DISTRESS
Your input: Nature of distress, position and time. If a GPS is
connected, time and position are automatically inserted.
Call setup: A standard distress call.
6. ALL SHIP
Your input: Change of working channel if desired.
Call setup: Automatic.
All ships, safety, incl. VHF working channel.
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To navigate in the TX CALL menu use the keyboard keys:
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Setting up a Call from Extended Menu

To illustrate how to set up a DSC call in the TX CALL menu, the
following is an example of setting up an individual call using the
EXTENDED menu entry.
To enter the TX CALL menu to set up DSC call:
1. Press TX CALL
2. Press 3 times to find EXTENDED entry.
3. Press to enter item (info text)
4. Press . Use
dSC
SHIP STN
dSC
EXTENDED
dSC
CALL TYPE
to find INDV-STN
dSC
INDV-STN