Receiving A Group Call - Standard Horizon QUANTUM GX6500E Owner's Manual

9.5.3

Receiving a Group Call

1. When a group call is received, the GX6500E/
GX6000E will produce a ringing alarm sound.
2. The display shows the group MMSI number.
3. Press any key to stop the alarm.
4. Monitor the channel for the person calling the group
for a message.
On the display you will notice 3 soft key selections.
These selections are described below:
[ACCEPT]: Press this key to accept the group call
and to switch to requested channel.
[PAUSE]: Press this key to temporarily disable auto-
matic switching to the requested channel.
[QUIT]: Press this key to quit the automatic channel switching and revert
to the last selected working channel.
5. If you want to respond, monitor the channel to make sure it is clear, then
press the microphone's PTT switch and talk into the microphone to the
group of vessels.
6. Press the [QUIT] soft key to return to radio operation.
Note: If a key is not pressed for 30 seconds or longer
the radio will automatically change to radio operation.
When there is an unread group call, "
You may review the unread group call from the DSC log, refer to the
section "10.11.3 Reviewing Other Logged Calls".
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" icon will appear on the display.
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