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5. DSC GENERAL MESSAGE CALLING, RECEIVING
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5.5 Medical Transport Call
The medical transport call informs all ships, by urgency priority, that your ship carries
medical supplies. The medical transport call must be enabled on the [SPECIAL MSG]
menu. See section 6.18.
5.5.1 How to send a medical transport call
1. Press the OTHER DSC MSG key.
2. Rotate the ENTER knob to select [MSG TYPE] then push the knob.
3. Rotate the ENTER knob to select [SPECIAL MSG] then push the knob.
4. Rotate the ENTER knob to select [MEDICAL MSG] then push the knob. [PRIOR-
ITY] is automatically selected to [URGENCY].
5. With [AREA CR] selected, push the ENTER knob.
6. Enter the area range referring to step 5 in paragraph 5.3.1.
7. With [COMM MODE] selected, push the ENTER knob.
8. Rotate the ENTER knob to select [TELEPHONE] or [NBDP-FEC] then push the
knob.
9. Rotate the ENTER knob to select [DSC FREQ] then push the knob.
10. Rotate the ENTER knob to select DSC frequency desired then push the knob. The
communication frequency changes in conjunction with DSC frequency. If you
change the communication frequency, go to step 11. If not, go to step 14.
11. Rotate the ENTER knob to select [COMM FREQ] then push the knob.
12. Rotate the ENTER knob to select [FREQUENCY] or [CHANNEL] then push the
knob.
13. Referring to "How to set working channel, frequency" on page 5-3, set the fre-
quency or channel.