User's Manual

4.2.3 All Ships Safety call

To make an All Ships Safety call, lift the protective cover on the

front of the handset and press the Safety key. The display will

show “Safety on Ch 16” (Fig 4.6) -

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SAFE T YAAAA

ON CH 16 00

INT

Fig 4.6 - Making an All Ships Safety call

Enter the required working channel using the numeric keypad,

or use the VOL or VOL keys to scroll through the four

default reply channels (06, 08, 72 & 77). Press Ok to conﬁrm.

NOTE Only simplex channels can be selected as the working channel.

The display will show “Press Ok To Send” - press Ok to initi-

ate the call, or On/C to abort.

4.2.4 All Ships Urgency call

To make an All Ships Urgency call, lift the protective cover on

the front of the handset and press the Urgency key. The dis-

play will show “Urgency on Ch 16” (Fig 4.7) -

URGEN CYAAA

ON CH 16 00

INT

Fig 4.6 - Making an All Ships Urgency call

NOTE As All Ships Urgency calls must use Ch 16 for voice commun-

ication, the option to manually select a working channel is not

available.

The display will show “Press Ok To Send” - press Ok to initi-

ate the call, or On/C to abort.