Operating Manual 42_52

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Transmitting the Distress Alert with Nature of Distress The HX890 is capable of transmitting the Distress Alert with the following “Nature of Distress” categories: Undesignated, Fire, Flooding, Collision, Grounding, Capsizing, Sinking, Adrift, Abandoning, Piracy, MOB. Press SELECT DIST ALERT MSG SELECT     key ( / / / key) ( key) ( / key) ( key) 1. Press the [NATURE] soft key. The “NATURE DIST ALERT MSG NATURE OF: OF” menu will appear on the display. UNDESIGNATED POSITION: 2. Press the CH▼/CH▲ key to select the 24° 118° 25.9755 N 59.4566 E TIME:12:56 UTC DIST ALERT MSG desired nature of distress category, then [DISTRESS] Hold for 3sec. NATURE OF UNDESIGNATED press the [SELECT] soft key. BACK NATURE POS/TM FIRE.EXPLSION FLOODING 3. Press and hold the DISTRESS key until a COLLISION Distress Alert is transmitted. GROUNDIND BACK SELECT Transmitting the Distress Alert by Manually Inputting Location and Time In case the HX890 fails to get a GPS position fix, you may manually input the latitude and longitude, and the time to transmit the Distress Alert. Press SELECT DIST ALERT MSG SELECT     key ( / / / key) ( key) ( / key) ( key) 1. Press the [POS/TM] soft key. DIST ALERT MSG 2. Press the CH▼/CH▲/◄/► key to select NATURE OF: UNDESIGNATED POSITION: 24°25.9755 N the first number of latitude, then press 118°59.4566 E 12:56 TIME: DIST ALERT MSG UTC the [SELECT] soft key to step to the next [DISTRESS] Hold for 3sec. POSITION/TIME Lat 24˚25.9755N number. BACK NATURE POS/TM Lon 118˚59.4566E 3. Repeat step 2 to set the position and time. UTC 12:56 12 34 567890 If a mistake was made, press the CH▼/ Delete BACK FINISH SELECT CH▲/◄/► keys to select “←” or “→”, press the [SELECT] soft key until the wrong char- acter is selected, then perform step 2. 4. When finished programming the position and time, press the [FINISH] soft key. The display will return to the previous screen. 5. Press and hold the DISTRESS key until the Distress Alert is transmitted. 42

Pausing the Distress Alert When the Distress Alert is transmitted, it is repeated every 4 minutes until the Distress Alert is canceled by the user, or until the radio is turned OFF and ON again. The HX890 Distress Alert may be suspended (paused) using the procedure below. 1. After the Distress Alert is transmitted, the !!DISTRESS!! radio will show the display as on the right. UNDESIGNATED 24° POS:25.9755 S Looking at this display you will notice “TX 118°59.4566 W 12:56 UTC TIME: !!DISTRESS!! IN: 0:15”, this is the time when the radio 00:15 TX IN: UNDESIGNATED Waiting for ACK will re-transmit the DSC Distress Alert. PAUSE CANCEL Retransmission is now pausing 2. To suspend re-transmitting the Distress TX IN: 00:15 Alert, press the [PAUSE] soft key. RESUME CANCEL 3. To resume counting down to transmit the Distress Alert, press the [RESUME] soft key. Canceling the Distress Alert If a DSC Distress Alert was sent by error the HX890 allows sending a message to other vessels to cancel the Distress Alert that was made. Press the [CANCEL] soft key, then press the [YES] soft key. After the cancel message has been transmitted, press the [OK] soft key. !!DISTRESS!! !!DISTRESS!! UNDESIGNATED UNDESIGNATED CANCEL Do you want to DIST CANCEL cancel a DIST? Transmitted YES NO OK 11.3.2 Receiving the Distress Alert 1. When the Distress Alert is received, an emergency alarm RX DISTRESS 366901235 sounds. Yaesu NATURE:UNDESIGNATED POS: 24° 25.9755 N 2. Press any key to stop the alarm. 118° 59.4566 E TIME: 12:56 UTC 3. Press the CH▼ key several times to show the information NOT ACKNOELESGED SINCE: 00:05 about the vessel in distress. STOP ALERM On the display you will notice 3 soft key selections. These RX DISTRESS 366901235 selections are described below: Yaesu NATURE:UNDESIGNATED POS: 24° 25.9755 N [ACCEPT]: Press this key to accept the Distress Alert and 118° 59.4566 E TIME: 12:56 UTC to switch to Channel 16. NOT ACKNOELESGED SINCE: 00:05 ACCEPT PAUSE QUIT 43

Note: If a key is not pressed for 15 seconds or longer the radio will auto- matically select Channel 16. (Timer setting time is set in “CH SWITCH TIME” from “DSC SETUP”. The default setting is 15 sec.) [PAUSE]: Press this key to temporarily disable automatically switching to Channel 16. [QUIT]: Press this key to quit the automatic Channel 16 switching and revert to the last selected working channel. 4. After accepting the call, press the [TO WPT] soft key to set RX DISTRESS ACK the vessel in distress as a destination for navigation. DIST INFO DIST:366901235 Horizon Note: You may change the waypoint name. NATURE:UNDESIGNEATED 24°25.9755 POS: N 5. Press the CH▼/CH▲ key to select “SAVE & GO”, then 118°59.4566 12:56 TIME: UTC E press the [SELECT] soft key to return the display to the 10:00 DST: BACK TO WPT QUIT NM waypoint screen. The display indicates the distance and WAYPOINT direction of the distressed vessel, and also the distressed NAME: 001WPT--------- POSITION: vessel is indicated on the compass by a dot (). 34°25.9755 S 118° 59.4566 W 6. To stop navigating to a waypoint, press one of the soft keys, SAVE then press the [STOP] soft key. The radio is switched to SAVE & GOTO BACK SELECT the normal mode. BUSY USA HI WPT P DW-16 16 BRG T 300° DSTkm 35.2 SOGkph N-UP 20nm 36.0 WPT 001WPT NOTE • You must continue monitoring Channel 16, as a coast station may require assistance in the rescue attempt. • When there is an unread Distress Alert, the “ ” icon will appear on the display. You may review the unread Distress Alert from the DSC log, refer to the section “11.11.2 Reviewing a Logged Distress Alert”. • Not all DSC radios can receive a DSC distress relay call. 11.4 ALL SHIPS CALL The all ships call function allows calls DSC equipped vessels without having their MMSI in the individual calling directory. 44

11.4.1 Receiving an All Ships Call 1. When an all ships call is received, an emer- RX ALL SHIPS 366901234 gency alarm will sound. Yaesu SAFETY CATEG: 16CH: The display shows the MMSI of the vessel 00:15 SINCE: RX ALL SHIPS transmitting the all ships call and the radio 366901234 Yaesu CATEG:SAFETY will change to the requested channel after 15 STOP ALARM CH:16 SINCE:00:15 seconds (the default setting of “CH SWITCH RX ALL SHIPS 366901234 TIMER”). Yaesu SAFETY CATEG: ACCEPT PAUSE QUIT 16CH: 2. Press any key to stop the alarm. 00:15 SINCE: 3. Monitor the requested channel until the all ships voice communication is completed. QUIT On the display you will notice 3 soft key selections. These selections are described below: [ACCEPT]: Press this key to accept the DSC all ships call and to switch to the requested channel. Note: If a key is not pressed for 15 seconds or longer the radio will automati- cally change to the requested channel (the default setting of “CH SWITCH TIMER”). [PAUSE]: Press this key to temporarily disable automatically switching to the requested channel. Note: In some cases, automatically switching to a requested channel might disrupt important ongoing communications. This feature allows commer- cial users to suspend channel switching and stay on the working channel selected before the all ships call was received. [QUIT]: Press this key to quit the automatic channel switching and revert to the last selected working channel. 4. Press the [QUIT] key to return to the channel display. NOTE When there is an unread all ships call, the “ ” icon will appear on the display. You may review the unread all ships call from the DSC log, refer to the section “11.11.3 Reviewing Other Logged Calls”. 45

11.5 INDIVIDUAL CALL This feature allows the HX890 to contact another vessel with a DSC VHF radio and automatically switch the receiving radio to a desired communications chan- nel. This feature is similar to calling a vessel on CH16 and requesting to go to another channel (switching to the channel is private between the two vessels). Up to 100 individual contacts may be programmed. 11.5.1 Setting up the Individual Call Directory The HX890 has a DSC directory that allows you to store a vessel or person’s name and the associated MMSI number you wish to contact via individual calls, position report, and test call transmissions. To transmit an individual call, this directory must be programed with information of the vessel you wish to call, similar to a cellular phones telephone directory. Press and hold DSC SETUP SELECT INDIVIDUAL DIR. SELECT     key ( / key) ( key) ( / key) ( key) 1. Select “ADD” with the CH▼/CH▲ key, then DSC SETUP INDIVIDUAL DIR. press the [SELECT] soft key. ADD EDIT 2. Press the CH▼/CH▲ key to scroll through DELETE INDIVIDUAL DIR. the first letter of the name of the vessel or NAME: ----------------- person you want to reference in the direc- MMSI: BACK SELECT --------- tory. INDIVIDUAL DIR. SAVE NAME 3. Press the [SELECT] soft key to store the BACK SELECT S -------------- first letter in the name and step to the next A B C D EF G HI J K LM N O P Q RS T UV W X YZ letter to the right. 0 1 2 3 45 6 78 9 a& Delete [ BACK FINISH SELECT 4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until the name is complete. The name can consist of up to eleven characters, and if you do not use all eleven characters, select “→” to move to the next space. This method can also be used to enter a blank space in the name. If a mistake was made entering in the name, press the CH▼/CH▲/◄/► key to select “←” or “→”, press the [SELECT] soft key until the wrong character is selected, then perform steps 2 and 3. 5. After the eleventh letter or space has been entered, press the [FINISH] soft key to advance to the MMSI number entry. 6. Press the CH▼/CH▲ key to scroll through numbers, 0-9. To enter the desired number and move one space to the right by pressing the [ENTER] soft key. Repeat this procedure until all nine characters of the MMSI number are entered. 46

If a mistake was made entering in the MMSI number, press the CH▼/ CH▲/◄/► key to select “←” or “→”, press the [SELECT] soft key until the wrong character is selected, then perform step 11. 7. After the ninth character has been entered, press the [FINISH] soft key. 8. To store the entered data, press the CH▼/CH▲/◄/► key INDIVIDUAL DIR. to select “SAVE”, then press the [SELECT] soft key. NAME: STANDARD--------- 9. To enter another individual address, repeat steps 6 through MMSI: 987654321 13. Saved 10. Press the CLR key to return to radio operation. BACK ENTER 11.5.2 Setting up the Individual Call Reply This menu item sets up the radio to automatically (default setting), or manually respond to a DSC individual call requesting you to switch to a working channel for voice communications. When “Manual” is selected the MMSI of the calling vessel is shown allowing you to see who is calling. This function is similar to caller id on a cellular phone. Press and hold DSC SETUP SELECT INDIVIDUAL REPLY SELECT     key ( / key) ( key) ( / key) ( key) 1. Press the CH▼/CH▲ key to select “AUTO” or “MANUAL”. DSC SETUP INDIVIDUAL REPLY 2. Press the [ENTER] soft key to store the selected setting. AUTO MANUAL 3. Press the CLR key to return to radio operation. BACK ENTER 11.5.3 Enabling the Individual Call Acknowledgment When the individual reply setting (described in the previous section) is set to “AUTOMATIC”, the transceiver reply message can be set to “Able” (default) or “Unable” Press and hold DSC SETUP SELECT INDIVIDUAL ACK SELECT     key ( / key) ( key) ( / key) ( key) 1. Press the CH▼/CH▲ key to select “ABLE” or “UNABLE”. DSC SETUP INDIVIDUAL ACK 2. Press the [ENTER] soft key to store the selected setting. ABLE UNABLE 3. Press the CLR key to return to radio operation. BACK ENTER 47

11.5.4 Transmitting an Individual Call This feature allows the user to contact another vessel with a DSC radio. This is similar to calling a vessel on CH16 and requesting the operator to go to another working channel. Individual Call using the Individual/Position Directory Press SELECT INDIVIDUAL SELECT     key ( / / / key) ( key) ( / key) ( key) 1. Press the CH▼/CH▲ key to select “HISTO- INDIVIDUAL CALL HISTORY RY” or “MEMORY”, then press the [SELECT] MEMORY NEW ID soft key. INDIVIDUAL CALL 2. Press the CH▼/CH▲ key to select an indi- KAREN HISTORY vidual you want to contact. BACK SELECT BOB 366901254 Horizon-1 3. Press the [SELECT] soft key, then press INDIVIDUAL CALL Standard INTERSHIP CH Horizon-2 the CH▼/CH▲ key to select the operating CH:06 USCG BACK SELECT CH:08 channel you want to communicate on, then CH:09 INDIVIDUAL CALL press the [SELECT] soft key. To select an CH:10 987654321 Horizon-1 CH:13 CATEG: ROUTINE operating channel from all the voice chan- BACK MANUAL SELECT CH: 26 nels, press the [MANUAL] soft key. INDIVIDUAL CALL 987654321 Do you want to Horizon-1 transmit a Call? CATEG: ROUTINE YES NO CH: 26 4. Press the [YES] soft key to transmit the INDIVIDUAL CALL 987654321 individual DSC signal. Transmitting Horizon-1 CATEG: ROUTINE 5. When an individual call acknowledgment is CH: SINCE: 26 00:05 received, the established channel is auto- Waiting for ACK matically changed to the channel which is RESEND QUIT selected on step 3 above and a ringing tone sounds. 6. Press the [QUIT] soft key to listen to the channel to make sure it is not busy, then press the PTT button and talk into the micro- phone to the other vessel. 48

Individual Call by Manually Entering a MMSI An MMSI number to be contacted may be manually entered without storing it in the individual directory. Press SELECT INDIVIDUAL SELECT     key ( / / / key) ( key) ( / key) ( key) 1. Press the CH▼/CH▲ key to select “NEW ID”, INDIVIDUAL CALL HISTORY then press the [SELECT] soft key. MEMORY NEW ID 2. Press the CH▼/CH▲ key to select the first INDIVIDUAL CALL number of the MMSI which you want to MMSI contact, then press the [SELECT] soft key BACK SELECT 98765432 - to step to the next number. 12 34 567890 Delete BACK FINISH SELECT 3. Repeat step 2 to set the MMSI number (nine INDIVIDUAL CALL INTERSHIP CH digits). CH:06 CH:08 If a mistake was made entering in the MMSI CH:09 INDIVIDUAL CALL number, press the CH▼/CH▲/◄/► key to CH:10 CH:13 987654321 ROUTINE select “←” or “→”, press the [SELECT] soft CATEG: BACK MANUAL SELECT 67 CH: key until the wrong character is selected, INDIVIDUAL CALL Do you want to 987654321 transmit a Call? then perform step 2. ROUTINECATEG: YES NO 67 CH: 4. When finished entering the MMSI number, INDIVIDUAL CALL 987654321 press the [FINISH] soft key. To select an Transmitting ROUTINE CATEG: operating channel from all the voice chan- 67 00:05 CH: SINCE: nels, press the [MANUAL] soft key. Waiting for ACK 5. Press the CH▼/CH▲ key to select the oper- RESEND QUIT ating channel you want to communicate on, then press the [SELECT] soft key. 6. Press the [YES] soft key to transmit the individual DSC signal. 7. When an individual call acknowledgment is received, the established channel is automatically changed to the channel which is selected in step 8 above, and a ringing tone sounds. 8. Press the [QUIT] soft key to listen to the channel and make sure it is not busy, then press the PTT button and talk into the microphone to the other vessel. 49

11.5.5 Receiving an Individual Call When an individual DSC call is received, the radio will automatically respond (default setting) to the calling ship, and switch to the requested channel for voice communications. If you want to see who is calling before replying to the call, change the Call Reply setting to manual. Refer to section “11.5.2 Setting up the Individual Call Reply”. Automatic reply: 1. When an individual call is received, an individual call ringing RX INDIVIDUAL 366901235 alarm sounds. CATEG: Yaesu ROUTINE CH:06 The radio automatically switches to the requested channel. SINCE:00:15 The display shows the MMSI of the vessel calling. Connected 2. Press any key to stop the alarm. STOP ALARM 3. Monitor the requested channel until the message is RX INDIVIDUAL 366901235 completed. CATEG: Yaesu ROUTINE CH:06 Press the PTT button and talk into the microphone to SINCE:00:15 respond to the calling Connected 4. Press the [QUIT] soft key to return the transceiver to normal RESEND QUIT operation. Manual reply: 1. When an individual call is received, an indi- RX INDIVIDUAL 366901235 vidual call ringing alarm sounds. Yaesu ROUTINE CATEG: 06 CH: The display shows the MMSI of the vessel 00:15 SINCE: RX INDIVIDUAL transmitting the individual call. 366901235 Yaesu ROUTINE CATEG: 2. Press any key to stop the alarm. STOP ALARM 06 CH: 00:15 SINCE: 3. On the display you will notice 3 soft key selections. These selections are described ACCEPT PAUSE QUIT below: [ACCEPT]: Press this key to accept the DSC individual call and automati- cally switch to the requested channel. [PAUSE]: Press this key to temporarily disable automatic switching to the requested channel. Note: In some cases, automatically switching to a requested channel might disrupt important ongoing communications. This feature allows commercial users to suspend channel switching and continue communications on the working channel selected before the individual call was received. [QUIT]: Press this key to quit the automatic channel switching and revert to the last selected working channel. Note: If a key is not pressed within 30 seconds, the radio will automatically revert to normal operation. 50

4. To accept and respond to the call, press the RX INDIVIDUAL [ABLE] soft key to switch to the requested 366901235 Yaesu ROUTINECATEG: channel. (To inform calling vessel that you 06 00:15 CH: SINCE: RX INDIVIDUAL cannot respond, press the [UNABLE] soft 366901235 Yaesu key.) ABLE UNABLE QUIT ROUTINE 06 CATEG: CH: 00:15 SINCE: 5. Press the [YES] soft key to send an acknowl- RX INDIVIDUAL 366901235 Able to comply edgement. Yaesu Transmit? ROUTINECATEG:YES CHG CH NO Press the [CHG CH] soft key to change to 06 00:15 CH: SINCE: another channel for communication instead Connected of the requested one. RESEND QUIT 6. Monitor the requested or specified channel until the message is completed. Press the PTT button and talk into the microphone to respond to the calling vessel. 7. Press the [QUIT] soft key to return to the channel display. NOTE When there is an unread individual call, the “ ” icon will appear on the display. You may review the unread individual call from the DSC log, refer to the section “11.11.3 Reviewing Other Logged Calls”. 11.5.6 Setting up the Individual Call Ringer When an individual call is received the radio’s default setting will produce a ringing sound for 2 minutes. This DSC Set Up selection allows the individual call ringer time to be changed. Press and hold DSC SETUP SELECT INDIVIDUAL RING SELECT     key ( / key) ( key) ( / key) ( key) 1. Press the CH▼/CH▲ key to select ringing time of individual DSC SETUP INDIVIDUAL RING calls. 2min 5sec 2. Press the [ENTER] soft key to store the selected setting. 10sec 3. Press the CLR key to return to radio operation. 15sec 20sec BACK ENTER The HX890 individual call ringer may be turned ON or OFF. Press and hold DSC SETUP SELECT DSC BEEP SELECT     key ( / key) ( key) ( / key) ( key) 51

1. Press the CH▼/CH▲ key to select “INDI- DSC SETUP DSC BEEP VIDUAL”, then press the [SELECT] soft key INDIVIDUAL ON GROUP 2. Press the CH▼/CH▲ key to select “OFF”. ALL SHIPS ON ON POS REQUEST ON DSC BEEP 3. Press the [ENTER] soft key to store the INDIVIDUAL POS REPORT ON OFF selected setting. BACK SELECT ON BACK ENTER 4. Press the CLR key to return to radio operation. To re-enable the ringer tone, repeat the above procedure, pressing the CH▼/ CH▲ key to select “ON” in step 7 above. 11.6 GROUP CALL The Group Call feature allows the user to contact a specific group of vessels (e.g. members of a yacht club) using DSC radios and signal all the group to automatically switch to the designated channel for voice communications. This function is very useful for yacht clubs and vessels traveling together to collectively make announcements on a predetermined channel. Up to 20 group MMSI numbers may be programmed. 11.6.1 Setting up a Group Call For this function to operate, the same group MMSI (Maritime Mobile Service Identity Number) must be programmed into all the DSC VHF radios within the group of vessels that will be using this feature. To understand Group MMSI programming, first a ship MMSI has to be understood. Ship MMSI: This number is assigned by the FCC, or other organization licensed to assign ship MMSI numbers. The first three digits called MID (Mobile Identity Group) of a vessel’s MMSI denote the country where the MMSI is registered. The last 6 digits are specific to the ships ID. Ship MMSI Example: If the MMSI is “366123456”, “366” is the MID which denotes the country and “123456” is the ships MMSI. Group MMSI:  Group MMSI numbers are not assigned by the FCC or other organizations licensed to assign ship MMSI numbers.  The first digit of a group MMSI is always set to “0” by International rules. All Standard Horizon radios are preset so when programming a group MMSI the first digit is set to “0”.  The USCG recommends programming the MID of a ship MMSI into the Second, Third and Fourth digits of the group MMSI as it denotes the area the ship is located in.  The last 5 digits are decided upon by the members of the group. All radios 52


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