User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Section 1 - General Information
- Section 2 - The Radio Menu (MENU)
- Section 3 - Radio Setup Menu (RADIO SETUP)
- Section 4 - DSC Setup Menu (DSC SETUP)
- 4-1 DSC Setup - Menu Options
- 4-2 Enter or View Your USER MMSI (USER MMSI)
- 4-3 Maintain Your Groups (GROUP SETUP)
- 4-4 Response to Individual Calls (INDIV REPLY)
- 4-5 ATIS MMSI & ATIS Functionality
- 4-6 DSC functionality options (DSC FUNC)
- 4-7 Response Type to LL Polling Calls (LL REPLY)
- 4-8 Automatic Channel switching (AUTO SWITCH)
- 4-9 DSC Test Reply (TEST REPLY)
- 4-10 Set the inactivity timer (TIMEOUT)
- 4-1 DSC Setup - Menu Options
- Section 5 - Sending and Receiving DSC Calls
- 5-1 What is DSC?
- 5-2 Sending DSC calls
- 5-2-1 Make a Routine Call (INDIVIDUAL)
- 5-2-2 Retrying a Routine Call
- 5-2-3 Acknowledgement of an Individual Incoming Call (INDIV)
- 5-2-4 Recall the Most Recent Incoming Call (LAST CALL)
- 5-2-5 Call a Group (GROUP)
- 5-2-6 Call All Ships (ALL SHIPS)
- 5-2-7 Call using the Call Log (CALL LOG)
- 5-2-8 Call using the Distress Log (DISTR LOG)
- 5-2-9 Call using the Sent Call Log (SENT CALL)
- 5-2-10 Request the LL Position of a Buddy (LL REQUEST)
- 5-2-11 Make a DSC test call (DSC TEST)
- 5-3 Receiving DSC Calls
- 5-2 Sending DSC calls
- 5-1 What is DSC?
- Section 6 - Distress Calls
- Section 7 - Installation
- Appendix A - Technical Specifications
- Appendix B - Troubleshooting
- Appendix C - US & ROW VHF Marine Channel Charts
- Appendix D - EU VHF Marine Channel Charts
- Appendix E - MMSI, FCC and License Information
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General remarks to Country Specic table:
1 The channels for service categories ship-to-ship and nautical information may also
be used for vessel traffic -sys tems by traffic centres.
2 In some countries, frequencies certain channels are used for an other service
category or other radio services. These countries are Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the
Federal Republic of Yugosla via, Hun gary, Moldova, Romania, the Russian Federation,
the Slovak Republic, the Czech Republic (with exemption of channels 08, 09, 72,
74 and 86), Ukraine and the Federal Republic of Yugosla via. The Administra tions
concerned should make any possible attempt to make these fre quencies channels
as soon as possible available for the radiotelephone service on Inland Waterways
and/or the required service catego ry.
77 a) k) 156.875 156.875 x
18 156.9 161.5 x
78 156.925 161.525 x
19 156.95 161.55 x
79 a) 156.975 161.575 x
20 157 161.6 x
80 157.025 161.625 x
21 a) 157.05 161.65 x
81 a) 157.075 161.675 x
22 157.1 161.7 x
82 l) m) 157.125 161.725 x
23 m) 157.15 161.75 x
83 a) m) 157.175 161.775 x
24 m) 157.2 161.8 x
84 m) 157.225 161.825 x
25 m) 157.25 161.85 x
85 a) m) 157.275 161.875 x
26 m) 157.3 161.9 x
86 a) m) 157.325 161.925 x
27 m) 157.35 161.95 x
87 a) d) 157.375 157.375 x
28 m) 157.4 162 x
88 a) p) 157.425 157.425 x
AIS 1 a) n) 161.975 161.975
AIS 2 a) n) 162.025 162.025
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