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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Note:
1. Lightly Shaded Simplex channel CH00 is only available in the UK to Coast Guard users
with written authorization.
2. The special channels above maybe fitted to your radio. These are only licensed for use in
the country indicated. No attempt should be made to use them in any other country.
D-3 Special Channels
2
CH SEND
(MHz)
RECEIVE
(MHz)
TRAFFIC TYPE SHIP
TO SHIP
SHIP TO
SHORE
NAME TAG
00
1
156.000 156.000 UK Coast Guard Users Yes Yes UK COAST GRD
M1 157.425 157.850 UK Marina Channel M1 Yes Yes UK MARINA
M2 161.425 161.425 UK Marina Channel M2 Yes Yes UK MARINA
31 157.550 162.150 INT’L, Duplex (Holland) No Yes NL MARINA
96H 162.425 162.425 INT’L (Belgium) No Yes BEL G MARINA
L1 155.500 155.500 INT’L (Skandinavia) Yes No LEISURE 1
L2 155.525 155.525 INT’L (Skandinavia) Yes No LEISURE 2
L3 155.650 155.650 INT’L (Skandinavia– not in Denmark) Yes No LEISURE3
F1 155.625 155.625 INT’L (Skandinavia) Yes No FISHING 1
F2 155.775 155.775 INT’L (Skandinavia) Yes No FISHING 2
F3 155.825 155.825 INT’L (Skandinavia) call back Yes No FISHING 3
AIS1 161.975 161.975 AIS1 ----- ----- -----
AIS2 162.025 162.025 AIS2 ----- ----- -----
AT - Austria
BE - Belgium
BG - Bulgaria
CY - Cyprus
CZ - Czech Republic
DK - Denmark
EE - Estonia
FI - Finland
FR - France
DE - Germany
GR - Greece
HU - Hungary
IS - Iceland
IE - Ireland
IT - Italy
LI - Liechtenstein
LV - Latvia
LT - Lithuania
LU - Luxembourg
MT - Malta
NL - Netherlands
NO - Norway
PL - Poland
PT - Portugal
RO - Romania
SK - Slovakia
SI - Slovenia
ES - Spain
SE - Sweden
CH - Switzerland
TR - Turkey
UK - United Kingdom
Countries of Intended use in the EU:
Draft - Final approval