All Ships Call Transmission - Icom IC-M59euro Instruction Manual

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DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING

All ships call transmission

Large ships use channel 70 as their "listening channel." When
you want to announce a message to these ships, use the "all
ships call" function.
Rotate [SQUELCH] clockwise until the audio noise disap-
pears.
Push and hold [
select a category:
• URG (urgency) ... Used for urgent announcements (Use for gen-
• SAF (safety) ....... Used for sending safety information.
• dTR (distress) ..... Used for specifying a Narrow Band Direct
LOW
INT
Keep pushing [
sec. until you hear 4 short
beeps change to one long
beep.
• The all ships call is automatically
transmitted.
• The display changes as at right.
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•ALL] then rotate the channel selector to
C
eral ship-to-ship calls)
Printer (NBDP) after DSC connection.
•ALL] for 5
C
T X
INT
INT
Push and hold [PTT] to send an announcement via the mi-
crophone to all ships.
NOTE: Channel busy
When channel 70 is busy, the
all ships call (with urgency
category) is not transmitted.
The transceiver waits until the
channel is clear, then trans-
mits the call automatically.
Push [ •CLR] to cancel the
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all ships call while waiting.
BUSY
LOW
INT
This display appears
while the call is in
standby.