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Table of Contents
FOREWORD ......................................................................................vii
System Configuration .....................................................................viii
1. VHF Radiotelephone Operational Overview
1.1 Controls, Indications ..................................................................................................1-2
1.2 Telephone Operation .................................................................................................1-3
2. DSC Terminal Operational Overview
2.1 DSC Messages ...........................................................................................................2-1
2.2 Controls, LEDs...........................................................................................................2-3
2.3 Basic Operation ..........................................................................................................2-5
2.4 Auto Acknowledge .....................................................................................................2-8
3. DSC Distress Alert
3.1 Distress Alert Transmission........................................................................................3-1
3.2 Manual Entry of Ship’s Position and Time ................................................................3-4
3.3 Receiving Distress Alert from Other Ship..................................................................3-5
3.4 Distress Relay.............................................................................................................3-9
4. DSC Communication
4.1 Transmitting Individual Calls.....................................................................................4-1
4.2 Receiving Individual Call (ACK RQ) ........................................................................4-5
4.3 Transmitting All Ships Calls ......................................................................................4-9
4.4 Receiving All Ships Calls.........................................................................................4-12
4.5 Creating and Saving Transmit Messages .................................................................4-15
4.6 Writing Over Files ....................................................................................................4-17
4.7 Retrieving, Transmitting Files..................................................................................4-18
4.8 Transmit/Receive Message Memory ........................................................................4-19
5. Other Calling Types and Other Functions
5.1 Other Calling Types....................................................................................................5-1
5.2 Making Telephone Calls.............................................................................................5-4
5.3 Receiving Telephone Call from Coast Station ...........................................................5-7
5.4 Other Station IDs and Telephone Nos. .......................................................................5-8