Icom ic-m423 Instruction Manual page 78

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DSC OPERATION
■ Making an Individual call using an AIS transponder (Continued)
After making the individual DSC call, the transponder will
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display "DSC Transmission COMPLETED."
• Push [CLEAR] to return to the screen displayed before you en-
tered the voice channel selection screen in step w.
• The transceiver stands by on Channel 70 until an acknowledge-
ment is received.
Transponder's display
Step 2: Transceiver's operation
When the acknowledgement is received, alarm sounds.
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If the acknowledgement 'Able to comply' is received,
➥
push [ALARM OFF] to stop the alarm, and then select
the intership channel specified in step w.
• A different intership channel will be selected if the station you
called cannot use the channel.
• To reply, push [PTT] and speak at your normal voice level.
• You can check the MMSI code or the name, if entered, of the
AIS target on the display.
If the acknowledgement 'Unable to comply' is received,
➥
push [ALARM OFF] to stop the alarm, and then "INDI-
VIDUAL CALL FAILED" is displayed.
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Transceiver's display
'Able to comply' is received
'Unable to comply' is received
y After the communication is finished, push [EXIT] to return
to the normal operating mode.
TRANSPONDER
[Y]
[Z]
[CLEAR]
[DSC]