Receiving Dsc Calls - M-tech MT-500 Owner's Handbook Manual

• Use the SELECT/ENT knob to select REQ POS.
• Press the
CALL
observe the display closely, you will see the channel number change to
channel 70 momentarily and then revert to the previous working chan-
nel.
• W h i l e w a i t i n g f o r t h e r e p l y f r o m t h e c a l l e d v e s s e l ,
WAITING . . . . appears in the lower line of the display.
• When the called vessel reply to your call, an alert sounds and RECEIVED
POSITION appears in the display.
• Push the SELECT/ENT knob to see the received Lat/Lon position.

7.5 Receiving DSC Calls

Your MT-500 can receive four types of DSC calls; Distress, All Ship's, Indi-
vidual, and Group. Except for Distress, each call type is subdivided into one
or more priorities.
All Ship's type receives the following priorities: Distress ACK, Distress Re-
lay, Urgency, and Safety.
Individual type receives the following priorities: Safety and Routine.
Group type receives one priority: Routine.
Also MT-500 can receive the calls of advanced Individual Routine priority;
Position Send, and Position Request. Lat/Lon position from another vessel
ND V DUAL
vessel name
REQ POS
PRESS CALL.
Position Request Screen
key to send the call. Call is made on channel 70. If you
ND V DUAL
vessel name
REQ POS
WA T NG....
Waiting For the reply
9:3 UTC +
vessel name
>RECEIVED
5 POSITION
Position Received
INT
INT
INT
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