Receiving All-Ships Urgency and Safety Calls
When you receive an all-ships urgency or safety call, ALL SHIPS appears on the screen, and URGENCY or SAFETY appears as the type of call. If the channel request is for an invalid channel, INVALID CH REQUEST appears on the screen.
NOTE:
When an all-ships call is received, the radio switches to the requested channel automatically after ten seconds.
When an urgency or safety call is received, select an option:
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To view additional information about the call and switch to the requested channel, select
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To accept the call and switch to the requested channel, select OK.
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To review information about the call without switching to the requested channel automatically, select PAUSE.
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To ignore the call and stay on the current channel, press CLEAR.