User's Manual

On initiation of the call, the display will show “Awaiting

Acknowledg” (Fig 4.2). Once an acknowledgement is received,

the radio will automatically.switch to the speciﬁed working

channel.

RS87 VHF

Part No. E04297

NOTE If an acknowledgement is not received, the radio will continue

showing the “Awaiting Acknowledg” display for 4.5 minutes

before timing out and returning to normal operation.

4.2.2 Public Correspondence call

For vessels within range of a country operating the necessary

network, the RS87 can be used to directly make and receive

Public Correspondence calls from a land based telephone sys-

tem via a coast station.

Press Shift then On/C to enter the Public Correspondence call

function.

Either manually enter the telephone number using the numeric

keypad (Fig 4.3), or press the VOL and VOL keys to scroll

through the telephone number directory. Press Ok to conﬁrm

the selected entry.

AWA I T I NGAA

ACKNOWLEDG

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Fig 4.2 - Call sent, awaiting acknowledgment from recipient

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NOTE Check with your local network provider for usage instructions.

Fig 4.3 - Dialling a number manually