Yaesu Musen 30593X3D MOBILE MARINE TRANSCEIVER User Manual GX6000 Owner s Manual

Yaesu Musen Co., Ltd. MOBILE MARINE TRANSCEIVER GX6000 Owner s Manual

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Page 68 GX60003. Press the [ENTER] soft key to store the selected setting.4. Press the CLEAR key to return to radio operation.10.6.2 Transmitting a Position Request to Another VesselPosition Request using the Individual/Position DirectoryRefer to section “10.4 INDIVIDUAL CALL” to enter information into the indi-vidual directory.1. []  “DSC CALL”  “POS REQUEST CALL”2. Rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select “HISTORY” or “MEMORY”, then press the [SELECT] soft key.3. Rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select a name that was stored in the individual/position directory.4. Press the [SELECT] soft key, then press the [YES] soft key to transmit the position request DSC call.5. When the GX6000 receives the position from the polled vessel it is shown on the radio display.6. Press the [QUIT] soft key to return to radio operation.NOTEIf the GX6000 does not receive position data from the polled vessel, the display will show “NO POSITION DATA”.Position Request by Manually Entering an MMSIThis feature allows you to request the position of a vessel by manually enter-ing the MMSI.1. []  “DSC CALL”  “POS REQUEST CALL”
Page 69GX60002. Rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select “MANUAL”, then press the [SELECT] soft key.3. Rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select the rst number of the MMSI (nine digits) which you want to contact, then press the [SELECT] soft key to step to the next number.4. Repeat step 3 to set the MMSI number. If a mistake was made entering in the MMSI number, rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select “←” or “→”, press the [SELECT] soft key until the wrong character is selected, then perform step 3.5. When nished entering the MMSI number, press the [FINISH] soft key.6. Press the [YES] soft key to transmit the position request DSC call.7. When the GX6000 receives the position from the polled vessel it is shown on the radio display.8. Press the [QUIT] soft key to return to radio operation.NOTEThe received position from the polled vessel can be transferred to a GPS chart plotter via NMEA DSC and DSE sentences.10.6.3 Receiving a Position Request1. When a position request call is received from another vessel, a ringing sound will be produced, and the display will be as shown in the illustration at the right.2. Press any key to stop the alarm.3. To send your vessel’s position to the requesting vessel, press the [REPLY] soft key. Or to exit from position request display, press the [QUIT] soft key.
Page 70 GX60004. Press the [QUIT] soft key to return to the channel display.NOTEWhen there is an unread position request call, “ ” icon will appear on the display. You may review the unread individual call from the DSC log, refer to the section “10.11.3 Reviewing Other Logged Calls”.10.6.4 Manual Input of Position InformationIf the GX6000 is located in an area where GPS reception is limited when you are going to reply to the received position request, you may manually input your location (latitude and longitude) and time to be sent.1. []  “MMSI/POS INFO”2. Press the [POS/TM] soft key.3. Rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select the rst number of latitude, then press the [SELECT] soft key to step to the next number.4. Repeat step 3 to set the position and time. If a mistake was made, rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select “←” or “→”, press the [SELECT] soft key until the wrong character is selected, then perform step 3.5. When nished programming the position and time, press the [FINISH] soft key. The display will return to the previous screen.6. Press the [OK] soft key.7. Press the CLEAR key to return to radio operation.
Page 71GX600010.6.5 Setting up a Position Request RingerThe GX6000 has the capability to turn off the position request ringer.1. []  “SETUP”  “DSC SETUP”  “DSC BEEP”2. Rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select “POS REQUEST”, then press the [SELECT] soft key. 3. Rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select “OFF”. 4. Press the [ENTER] soft key to store the selected setting.5. Press the CLEAR key to return to radio operation.To enable the ringer tone, repeat the above procedure, rotating the DIAL/ENT knob to select “ON” in step 3 above.10.7 POSITION REPORTThe feature is similar to position request, however instead of requesting a position of another vessel this function allows you to send your position to another vessel. 10.7.1 Transmitting a DSC Position Report CallDSC Position Report Call using the Individual/Position DirectoryRefer to section “10.4 INDIVIDUAL CALL” to enter information into the indi-vidual directory.1. []  “DSC CALL”  “POS REPORT CALL”2. Rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select “HISTORY” or “MEMORY”, then press the [SELECT] soft key.3. Rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select the name in the directory, then press the [SELECT] soft key.
Page 72 GX60004. If you want to change the position displayed, press the [POS/TM] soft key to go to the position information input screen. After inputting new position information, press the [FINISH] soft key to conrm.5. Press the [YES] soft key to send your position to the selected vessel.6. Press the [QUIT] soft key to return to radio operation.DSC Position Report Call by Manually Entering an MMSIThis feature allows you to send your position to another vessel by manually entering the MMSI of the ship you want to send your position to.1. []  “DSC CALL”  “POS REPORT CALL”2. Rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select “MANUAL”, then press the [SELECT] soft key.3. Rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select the rst number of the MMSI which you want to contact, then press the [SELECT] soft key to step to the next number.4. Repeat step 3 to set the MMSI number. If a mistake was made entering in the MMSI number, rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select “←” or “→”, press the [SELECT] soft key until the wrong character is selected, then perform step 3.5. When nished entering the MMSI number, press the [FINISH] soft key.6. If you want to change the position displayed, press the [POS/TM] soft key to go to the position information input screen. After inputting new position information, press the [FINISH] soft key to conrm.7. Press the [YES] soft key to send your position to the selected vessel.
Page 73GX60008. Press the [QUIT] soft key to return to radio operation.10.7.2 Receiving a DSC Position Report CallWhen another vessel transmits their vessels location to the GX6000 the follow-ing will happen:1. When a position report call is received from another vessel, a ringing sound will be produced.2. Press any key to stop ringing.3. Press the [INFO] soft key to see more detailed posi-tion information of the station.4. To exit to radio mode, press the [QUIT] soft key.10.7.3 Navigating to the Reported PositionThe GX6000 has a feature that allows you to navigate to a received position report call by using the compass display. Navigating to the position of a position report call may be enabled by the procedure below.1. After the position report call has been received, press the [INFO] soft key.2. Press the [WPT] soft key.
Page 74 GX60003. The display indicates the distance and direction of the received vessel, and the compass displays the received vessel with a dot ().Stopping Navigation to the Reported Position1. Press one of the soft keys to show the key selections.2. Press the [STOP] soft key. The radio will stop navigat-ing to the waypoint and the normal VHF display will be shown.10.7.4 Saving the Reported Position as a WaypointThe GX6000 can save a position report call in the radio’s memory as a waypoint.1. After the position report call has been received, press the [SAVE] soft key.2. If you want to change the name of the waypoint, rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select “NAME”, then press the [SELECT] soft key. 3. Enter the name of the waypoint you want to reference in the directory. For details, refer to “10.4.1 Setting up the Individual / Position Call Directory”. 4. Rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select “SAVE”, then press the [SELECT] soft key to save the waypoint into memory.5. Press the [OK] soft key to return to the position report display.
Page 75GX6000Navigating to a Saved WaypointRefer to section “11.1.1 Starting and Stopping Navigation” for details.10.7.5 Setting up a Position Report RingerThe GX6000 has the capability to turn off the position report ringer.1. []  “SETUP”  “DSC SETUP”  “DSC BEEP”2. Rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select “POS REPORT”, then press the [SELECT] soft key. 3. Rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select “OFF”. 4. Press the [ENTER] soft key to store the selected setting.5. Press the CLEAR key to return to radio operation.To re-enable the ringer tone, repeat the above procedure, rotating the DIAL/ENT knob to select “ON” in the step 3 above.10.8 POLLING CALLThe GX6000 has the capability to track another vessel.10.8.1 Transmitting a Polling Call to a VesselPolling Call using the Individual/Position Call Directory1. []  “DSC CALL”  “POLLING CALL”2. Rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select “HISTORY” or “MEMORY”, then press the [SELECT] soft key.3. Rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select a name that was stored in the individual/position call directory, then press the [SELECT] soft key.

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