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4.5 Neutral Craft Call
This type of call informs all ships that your ship is not a participant in armed conflict, and position
and own ship ID are contained in the message. Send the call before entering an area of armed
conflict.
4.5.1 Sending a neutral craft call
1. Press the [CALL] key followed by the [ENT] key to display the CALL TYPE menu.
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Send mESSAGE
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STATION ID
PRIORITY
DSC FREQ
: Neutral
craft
: Safety
: 2187.5 kHz
INDIVIDUAL
PSTN CALL
TEST CALL
ALL SHIPS
GROUP CALL
AREA CALL
POSITION
RELAY SEL
NEUTRAL
MEDICAL
RELAY ALL
DISTRESS
POLLING
CALL TYPE
If this part of the menu appears
use to scroll the menu.
2. Use
or
to select NEUTRAL and press the [ENT] key.
3. Press the [ENT] key to open the PRIORITY menu.
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Send message
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CALL TYPE
COM. TYPE
DSC FREQ
: NEUTRAL
craft
: Safety
: TELEPHONE
: 2187.5 KHZ
GO TO ALL VIEW
URGENCY
SAFETY
PRIORITY
4. Select appropriate priority and press the [ENT] key.
5. Press the [ENT] key to open the DSC FREQ menu.
Note
: COM. TYPE is fixed at TELEPHONE.
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Send MESSAGE
***
CALL TYPE
PRIORITY
COM. TYPE
VIEW
: Neutral
craft
: Safety
: Telephone
:2187.5 kHz
4207.5
6312.0
8414.5
12577.0
16804.5
MANUAL
2187.5
DSC FREQ KHZ
GO TO ALL VIEW
MANUAL: For selection of frequency at
radiotelephone when there is "remote control
error."
6. Select appropriate frequency and press the [ENT] key.