User's Manual

6.6 Loudhailer / Foghorn

Up to two loudhailer / foghorns can be ﬁtted to the RS87 - one

Fore and one Aft.

To enter Hailer / Foghorn mode press Shift then 5 (Hail/Fog).

The display will show “Loudhailer Fwd” (Fig 6.7) -

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Fig 6.7 - Selecting Foghorn mode

To toggle between Loudhailer and Foghorn press the 5 key -

the display will show “Foghorn Fwd”.

NOTE If no hailers are connected to the radio the display will show

“Horns not enabled”.

6.6.1 Loudhailer

To cycle through the loudhailer options press the 4 key -

Loudhailer Fwd

Loudhailer Aft

Loudhailer Both

NOTE If a single loudhailer is ﬁtted, only the “Loudhailer Fwd” or

“Loudhailer Aft” option will show, depending on where ﬁtted.

Press the PTT key to make the loudhailer call. Press the

VOL and VOL keys while the PTT is pressed to adjust the

hailer volume.

Press Ok to open the talkback path, enabling users at the loud-

hailer to talk back.

Press the On/C key to exit Loudhailer /Foghorn mode.

NOTE If Interrupt Intercom is disabled (see section 3.3.4) the display

will show “Signal Present” if an incoming VHF transmission is

being received.