Manual Garmin VHF 315 serie (page 9 of 18) (English)

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The radio tunes to channel 16 on high (25 W) power.

Select PTT on the handset or radio to relay your distress

message.

The radio waits for an acknowledgment (ACK) on channel 70

from a listening station.

Sending a Designated Distress Call

When you send a designated distress call, the nature of your

emergency is transmitted to the receiving stations.

Lift the spring-loaded door, and press DISTRESS.

Turn the ENTER dial, and select the type of distress call.

TIP: You can select CLEAR to exit the screen without

sending a distress call.

Hold DISTRESS for at least three seconds.

The radio beeps and counts down the seconds. DISTRESS

CALL COUNTING DOWN appears on the screen.

The radio sounds an alarm, switches to channel 70, and

transmits your call on high (25 W) power.

Press any key to silence the alarm sound.

The radio tunes to channel 16 on high (25 W) power.

Select PTT on the handset or radio to relay your message.

The radio waits for an acknowledgment (ACK) on channel 70

from a listening station.

Waiting For and Receiving and Acknowledgment for a

Distress Call

If the radio does not receive an acknowledgment for a distress

call, the radio retransmits the distress call randomly between 3.5

to 4.5 minutes later, and continues to retransmit the distress call

at random intervals until the radio receives an acknowledgment.

When the radio receives the acknowledgment, it begins beeping

and DISTRSS ACK appears on the screen.

Press any key to turn off the beeping.

Select to view additional information.

TIP: If the MMSI of the station transmitting the

acknowledgment signal is an entry in your directory, the

name associated with the MMSI number appears on the

screen. If the MMSI of the station is not in your directory, the

MMSI number appears on the screen.

Select ACCEPT.

Pausing and Resuming Distress Call Retransmission

If the radio does not receive an acknowledgment for a distress

call, the radio retransmits the distress call randomly between 3.5

to 4.5 minutes later, and continues to retransmit the distress call

at random intervals until the radio receives an acknowledgment.

You can pause and resume the retransmission countdown.

Send a designated or undesignated distress call.

Select PAUSE.

The distress-call-retransmission countdown stops.

Select an option:

• To resume the countdown, select RESUME.

• To revoke the distress call, select CANCEL (Revoking a

Distress Call, page 5).

Stopping Automatic Retransmission of Distress Calls

Select CANCEL.

The radio remains tuned to channel 16.

NOTE: Selecting CANCEL ends the automatic repetition of

the call, but does not communicate to other stations that you

no longer have an emergency. If you no longer have an

emergency, you should revoke the distress call (Revoking a

Distress Call, page 5).

Revoking a Distress Call

You do not transmit a distress call until you hold DISTRESS for

at least three seconds. If you inadvertently make a distress call,

or are no longer in distress, you should cancel the call

immediately by transmitting a voice message to all stations on

channel 16.

Select CANCEL > YES, and wait until DISTRESS CANCEL

HAS BEEN SENT appears on the screen.

Select OK.

Hold PTT on the handset, and transmit an appropriate voice

message to cancel the distress call (Distress Call

Cancellation Script, page 5).

Select an option:

• Select END to complete the distress-call cancellation and

return to normal radio operation.

• Select RESEND to resend the distress-call cancellation

and start the process again.

Distress Call Cancellation Script

When you revoke a DSC distress call (Revoking a Distress Call,

page 5), you should transmit an appropriate cancellation

message.

For example, "All stations, all stations, all stations, this is

_____(vessel name), MMSI number ____, position ____(North

or South), ____(West or East). Cancel my distress alert of

____(date and time). This is ____(vessel name), MMSI number

____. Out."

Placing Calls

Placing Individual Calls

Select DSC > INDIVIDUAL.

Select an option:

• To enter the MMSI number manually, select MANUAL,

enter the MMSI number, and select ACCEPT.

• To select an entry from the directory, select DIRECTORY,

and select an entry.

• To select a recent call, select RECENT CALLS.

Select a channel (Individual Call or Group Call Channels,

page 6).

The radio transmits the request with your call.

Select CALL.

The radio transmits the call on channel 70, and returns to the

previous channel while listening for an acknowledgment on

channel 70. After an acknowledgment is received, the radio

changes to the channel you selected for the call.

Placing Group Calls

Before you can place a call to a group, you must enter the MMSI

number of the group into the directory (Adding a Group,

page 8).

You can contact a group of specific vessels, such as a sailing

club or flotilla, by making a group call.

Select DSC > GROUP > CALL.

Select a saved group.

Select a channel (Individual Call or Group Call Channels,

page 6).

The radio transmits the channel request with your call.

Select CALL.

The radio transmits the call on channel 70, then changes to

the selected channel.

Placing All-Ships Calls

All-ships calls are transmitted to all stations within receiving

distance of your radio. You can make two types of all-ships

Digital Selective Calling 5

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