User Manual

GX1600/GX1700
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5. Press the soft key to store the selected setting.
6. Press the
soft key twice to return to radio operation.
9.7.2 Transmitting a Position Request to Another Vessel
9.7.2.1 Position Request using the Individual/Position Call Directory
1. Press the
key. The “
DSC Menu
” will
appear.
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2. Press the / key to select “
POS
REQUEST
”, then press the soft key.
The “
POS Request Call
” menu will appear.
The previous six position request contacts
will be listed.
3. Press the
/ key to select a name
that you want to contact, then press the
soft key.
Press the soft key to select an indi-
vidual other than those on the display.
4. Press the
/ key to select the nature
of call (“
ROUTINE
” or “
SAFETY
”), then press
the soft key.
5. Press the
soft key to transmit the
position request DSC call.
6. When the GX1600 and GX1700 receive the
position from the polled vessel it is shown
on the radio display and also transferred to
a GPS chart plotter with NMEA DSC and
DSE sentences.
7. Press the
soft key to return to radio
operation.
NOTE
“
SAFETY
” is normally used as the category for position request calls.
However, “
ROUTINE
” should be selected when calling a vessel with
radios of certain legacy models that cannot accept position request
calls categorized as “
SAFETY
”.
NOTE
If the GX1600 and GX1700 do not receive a position data from the
polled vessel, the display will show “
NO POSITION DATA
.”