Operation Manual

GX1100SPage 38
11.5.4 Transmitting an Individual Call
This feature allows the user to contact another vessel with a DSC radio and
have the radio switch to another channel and ring like a telephone. This feature
is similar to calling a vessel on CH16 and requesting to go to another channel.
Pre-Programmable Calling
1. Press the
[
CALL
(
MENU
)]
key. The “
DSC MENUDSC MENU
DSC MENUDSC MENU
DSC MENU”
will appear.
2. Press the
[
S
(
UP
)]
/
[
T
(
DOWN
)]
keys to select
“
INDIVIDUALINDIVIDUAL
INDIVIDUALINDIVIDUAL
INDIVIDUAL”. (To cancel, press the
[
16/9
]
or
[
CLR
]
key.)
3. Press the
[
ENT
]
key. The transceiver will beep,
and the “Individual directory” will appear.
4. Press the
[
S
(
UP
)]
/
[
T
(
DOWN
)]
keys to select
the “Individual” you want to contact.
5. Press the
[
ENT
]
key, then press the
[
S
(
UP
)]
/
[
T
(
DOWN
)]
keys to select the operating channel
you want to communicate on and press the
[
ENT
]
key.
6. Press the
[
ENT
]
key again to transmit the individual
DSC signal.
7. After INDIVIDUAL CALL is transmitted, if the reply
signal is not received, “
WAIT FOR ACKWAIT FOR ACK
WAIT FOR ACKWAIT FOR ACK
WAIT FOR ACK” notation
will show on the display. To send the call again,
press the
[
T
(
DOWN
)]
key followed by the
[
ENT
]
key.
8. When an individual call acknowledgment is re-
ceived, the established channel is automatically
changed to the channel which is selected on step
5 above and a ringing tone sounds.
9. Press the
[
CLR
(
WX
)]
key to listen to the channel
to make sure it is not busy, then key the micro-
phone and call the other vessel you desire to com-
municate with.