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5 CALLING, RECEIVING
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5.4 Geographical Area Call
The geographical area call is for sending a call to all ships within the area you designate in
your geographical area call. In the figure below, for example, the call will be sent to all ships
within 24-34°N, 135-140°W.
Reference point
(For example,
34°N 140°W)
5°
140°W
135°W
10°
34°N
24°N
5.4.1 Sending a geographical area call
1. Press the [2/DSC] key and then push the [ENTER] knob to open the CALL TYPE menu.
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Compose message
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STATION ID
PRIORITY
COM. TYPE
COM. FREQ
DSC FREQ
: All ships
: Safety
: Telephone
: 2187.5 kHz
CALL TYPE
PSTN CALL
TEST CALL
ALL SHIPS
GROUP CALL
AREA CALL
POSITION
INDIVIDUAL
POLLING
NEUTRAL
MEDICAL
RELAY ALL
RELAY SEL
DISTRESS
Rotate [ENTER]
knob to scroll.
GO
2. Rotate the [ENTER] knob to choose AREA CALL and then push the [ENTER] knob.
3. Push the [ENTER] knob to open the AREA menu.
GO TO ALL VIEW
CALL TYPE
PRIORITY
COM. TYPE
COM. FREQ
DSC FREQ
: AREA CALL
: ROUTINE
: TELEPHONE
: NO INFO
: 2M-INTL
00°N 000°E ↓ 00°→ 00AREA
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Compose message
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4. Using the numeric keys, enter latitude and longitude of reference point and southerly
degrees and easterly degrees of area. To change coordinate, choose it and press the
[1] key for North or East; [2] key for South or West. After entering data, push the
[ENTER] knob.