User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Safety summary
- Preface
- Training information (for FCC approved equipment)
- Introduction
- Operation
- Overview
- General use and navigation
- Power on, speaker volume and antenna tuning
- SSB, AM BROADCAST, DSC or TELEX mode
- Radio settings and ITU channel selection
- Entering Rx and Tx frequencies
- Adjusting RF gain
- Soft-key functions
- Position and MMSI Information
- Channel information always available in the display
- Engagement status
- Speaker devices
- Changing the display colors and dim function
- Squelch on/off (soft key)
- Basic MF/HF radio communication
- Watch function
- DSC calls
- Phone book
- Radiotelex
- Replay function
- Setup
- Service & maintenance
- Glossary
- Index
Chapter 2: Operation
General use and navigation 11
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Operation
Soft-key functions
A number of functions of the SAILOR
6300 MF/HF DSC are accessed using
the four soft keys to the left of the
display. The current function of a soft
key is shown in the display next to the
soft key.
Use the soft key MORE to display
further soft key functions.
The following soft-key functions are available from top-level standby:
Soft key Function
CALL Make DSC non-Distress calls
ALERT Make a Distress call, categories can be assigned
DROBOS Distress relay call on behalf of someone else
POS Current GPS position, including UTC time and MMSI number
HI/LO Switch between high and low power
PHBOOK Phone book
WATCH Dual watch, current frequencies plus 1 DSC frequency (2177 kHz)
SQLCH Squelch enable or disable
a
a. Not available in WATCH mode.
SETUP Setup pages. For more details see Setup on page 37.
CALL
ALERT
DROBOS
MORE
MMSI: 123456789
N 12°34.5678
E 123°45.6789
22:07
GPS
4357.0
4065.0
SSB 401
SQ
kHz/TX
RX
kHz/