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4. CALLING ............................................................................................................. 4-1
4.1 All Ships Call ...............................................................................................................................4-1
4.1.1 Sending all ships call .........................................................................................................4-1
4.1.2 Receiving all ships call.......................................................................................................4-3
4.2 Individual Call..............................................................................................................................4-4
4.2.1 Sending individual call........................................................................................................4-4
How to set working frequency............................................................................................4-6
How to set DSC frequency.................................................................................................4-8
4.2.2 Receiving individual call...................................................................................................4-12
4.3 Group Call .................................................................................................................................4-17
4.3.1 Sending a group call ........................................................................................................4-17
4.3.2 Receiving a group call......................................................................................................4-19
4.4 Geographical Area Call.............................................................................................................4-20
4.4.1 Sending a geographical area call.....................................................................................4-20
4.4.2 Receiving a geographical area call..................................................................................4-23
4.5 Neutral Craft Call.......................................................................................................................4-24
4.5.1 Sending a neutral craft call ..............................................................................................4-24
4.5.2 Receiving a neutral craft call............................................................................................4-25
4.6 Medical Transport Call ..............................................................................................................4-26
4.6.1 Sending a medical transport call......................................................................................4-26
4.6.2 Receiving a medical transport call ...................................................................................4-27
4.7 Polling Call ................................................................................................................................4-28
4.7.1 Sending a polling call .......................................................................................................4-28
4.7.2 Receiving a polling call ....................................................................................................4-31
4.8 Position Call ..............................................................................................................................4-33
4.8.1 Position call: requesting other ship’s position ..................................................................4-34
4.8.2 Position call: other ship requests your position................................................................4-36
4.9 PSTN Call .................................................................................................................................4-39
4.9.1 Sending PSTN call, receiving acknowledge back (ACK BQ) ..............................................4-39
4.9.2 Sending PSTN call, receiving acknowledge back (QUEUE indication),
ring back...........................................................................................................................4-43
4.9.3 Receiving PSTN call, sending acknowledge back (ACK BQ)..........................................4-47
4.9.4 PSTN call disconnection, receiving charge information
(ship disconnects line) .....................................................................................................4-48
4.9.5 PSTN call disconnection, receiving charge information
(coast station disconnects line)........................................................................................4-50
5. LOG FILE............................................................................................................. 5-1
5.1 Log File Description ....................................................................................................................5-1
5.2 Opening a Log File......................................................................................................................5-1
5.2.1 Distress log ........................................................................................................................5-1
5.2.2 Ordinary log........................................................................................................................5-3
5.2.3 Transmitted log ..................................................................................................................5-4
6. PREPARING SEND MESSAGES ........................................................................ 6-1
6.1 Preparing Individual Call Messages............................................................................................6-1
6.2 Preparing Group Call Messages.................................................................................................6-4
6.3 Preparing Geographical Area Call Messages.............................................................................6-5
6.4 Preparing PSTN Call Messages .................................................................................................6-7
6.5 Preparing Test Call Messages ....................................................................................................6-8