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4. DSC GENERAL MESSAGE CALLING, RECEIVING
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4.5.2 Other ship requests your position
You can turn automatic acknowledge of position request on with [POSITION MSG] on
the [ACK SETTINGS] menu (see section 5.16).
Automatic reply
When another ship requests your position and the setting of [POSITION MSG] on the
[ACK SETTINGS] menu is [AUTO], the equipment automatically transmits a reply.
There are two types of automatic replies, one with position information (the setting is
[AUTO (ABLE)]) and the other with no position information (the setting is [AUTO (UN-
ABLE)]).
Manual reply
When a position request message is received and the setting of [POSITION MSG] on
the [ACK SETTINGS] menu is [MANUAL], send the reply manually.
To silence the audio alarm, press the CANCEL key.
• Send the ACK with position information: With [ACCEPT] selected, push the
CHANNEL/ENTER knob. The message with position information is sent.
• Send the ACK with no position information: Rotate the CHANNEL/ENTER knob
to select [UNABLE] in the user options area then push the knob. The message with
no position information is sent.
4.6 How to Receive a Polling Request
Polling means a coast station wants to confirm if it is within communicating range of
your ship.
4.6.1 Automatic reply
When a polling request message is received with [AUTO] setting on [POLLING MSG]
of the [ACK SETTINGS] menu, an acknowledge is sent automatically. See
section 5.16.
UNABLE
ACCEPT
(1) Polling
(2) Acknowledge
Your Ship
Coast
station