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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4. Press the [YES] soft key to transmit the polling call.
5. After a polling call is transmitted, if the reply signal
is not received, “Waiting for ACK” is shown on the
display which means the GX6000 is waiting for the
vessel you called to send an acknowledgement.
6. To transmit the call again, press the [RESEND] soft
key.
7. Press the [QUIT] soft key to return to radio operation.
Polling Call by Manually Entering an MMSI
This feature allows you to contact a vessel by manually entering the MMSI of
the ship you want to track.
1. [] “DSC CALL” “POLLING 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
in the MMSI and press the [SELECT] soft key.
4. Repeat step 3 until all the digits of the MMSI are shown
on the display.
5. 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.
6. When nished entering the MMSI number, press the [FINISH] soft key.
7. Press the [YES] soft key to transmit the polling call.
8. Press the [QUIT] soft key to return to radio operation.
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10.8.2 Receiving a Polling Call
When another vessel transmits a polling call to the GX6000 the following will
happen:
1. When a polling call is received, the radio will automati-
cally respond to the calling vessel.
2. To exit from the polling call display, press the [QUIT]
soft key.
10.9 AUTO POSITION POLLING
The GX6000 has the capability to automatically track seven vessels programmed
into the individual directory, or to automatically send your position information
to the programmed stations.
10.9.1 Setting up the Polling Operation
1. [] “SETUP” “DSC SETUP” “AUTO POSITION POLLING”
2. Rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select the desired
operation (AUTO POS REQUEST and AUTO POS
REPORT), and press the [ENTER] soft key.
3. Press the CLEAR key to return to radio operation.
10.9.2 Setting up the Polling Time Interval
1. [] “SETUP” “DSC SETUP” “AUTO POS INTERVAL”
2. Rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select “AUTO POS
INTERVAL”, then press the [SELECT] soft key.
3. Rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select the desired
interval time (30 second, 1, 2, 3, and 5 minutes) and
press the [ENTER] soft key.
4. Press the CLEAR key to return to radio operation.
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10.9.3 Selecting Vessels to be Automatically Polled
NOTE
The radio uses the individual directory to select vessels to be auto-
matically polled. Refer to section “10.4.1 Setting up the Individual /
Position Call Directory” and to enter MMSI of vessels you want to
poll before proceeding.
1. [] “DSC CALL” “AUTO POS POLLING”
2. Rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select “SELECTED ID”,
then press the [SELECT] soft key.
3. The radio will show a blank row highlighted when you
select the vessel for the rst time. Press the [SELECT]
soft key.
4. The radio will show the vessels programmed in the indi-
vidual directory. Rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select
the desired vessel, then press the [ENTER] soft key.
5. For more entries, rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select a
blank row, press the [SELECT] soft key, then perform
step 4.
6. When nished, press the CLEAR key to exit to the
radio mode.
10.9.4 Enabling/Disabling Auto POS Polling
1. [] “DSC CALL” “AUTO POS POLLING”
2. Rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select the “ACTIVA-
TION”, then press the [SELECT] soft key.
3. Rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select “START” to
enable transmissions or “STOP” to disable, then press
the [ENTER] soft key.
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4. Press the CLEAR key to return to radio operation.
5. Auto POS Polling starts and “[A]” icon will light up on
the screen.
10.10 DSC TEST
This function is used to contact another DSC equipped vessel to ensure the
DSC functions of the radio are operating.
NOTE
To use this feature, the radio that will receive the test call also needs
to have the DSC Test feature.
To perform the DSC test you will need to enter the MMSI of another vessel into
the individual directory or manually enter in the MMSI using the procedure below.
10.10.1 Programming MMSI into Individual Directory
Refer to section “10.4.1 Setting up the Individual / Position Call Directory”.
10.10.2 Transmitting a DSC Test to Another Vessel
DSC Test call by using Individual/Position Directory
1. [] “DSC CALL” “DSC TEST 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 ship name,
then press the [SELECT] soft key.
4. Press the [YES] soft key to transmit the DSC test call
to the other vessel.
5. Press the [QUIT] soft key to return to radio operation.
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DSC Test Call by Manually Entering an MMSI
1. [] “DSC CALL” “DSC TEST CALL” “MANUAL”
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 digit in
the MMSI, then press the [SELECT] soft key.
4. Repeat step 3 until all the numbers of the MMSI are
shown on the display.
5. Press the [FINISH] soft key to show the test call page.
6. Press the [YES] soft key to transmit the DSC test call
to the other vessel.
7. Press the [QUIT] soft key to return to radio operation.
NOTE
After the radio receives a test call reply from the vessel that was called,
the radio will ring and show “RX TEST CALL” display, which conrms
the radio you called has received the test call.
10.10.3 Receiving a DSC Test Call
When another vessel transmits a DSC Test call to the GX6000 the following
will happen:
1. When a DSC Test call is received, the radio will auto-
matically respond to the calling vessel.
2. To exit from the DSC Test call display, press the [QUIT]
soft key.
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10.11 DSC LOG OPERATION
The GX6000 logs transmitted calls, received DSC distress calls, and other calls
(individual, group, all ships, etc.). The DSC log feature is similar to an answer
machine where calls are recorded for review and a “ ” icon will appear on the
radio's display. The GX6000 can store up to 100 transmitted calls, up to the
latest 50 distress calls, and up to the latest 100 other calls (individual, group,
all ships, position report, position request ack, test call ack, and polling calls).
NOTE
When the “DSC LOG” menu is selected, the GX6000 may display
high-priority logged call automatically.
10.11.1 Reviewing and Resending a Transmitted Logged Call
The GX6000 allows transmitted logged calls to be reviewed and to resend the
call.
1. [] “DSC CALL” “DSC LOG”
2. Rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select “TRANSMIT-
TED”, then press the [SELECT] soft key.
3. Rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select the station (name
or MMSI number) you want to review and/or resend
the call.
4. Press the [SELECT] soft key to review details for the
selected station.
5. Depending on the type of the DSC LOG selected in
step 5, you can check the information of the LOG by
pressing the [INFO] soft key and can reply by press-
ing the [CALL] soft key.
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10.11.2 Reviewing a Logged DSC RX Distress Call
The GX6000 allows logged DSC RX distress call to be reviewed.
1. [] “DSC CALL” “DSC LOG” “RX DISTRESS”
2. Rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select the station (name
or MMSI number) you want to review and/or relay the
distress call to other vessels.
Note: When there is an unread received call, “ ” icon
will appear to the left of the logged call.
3. Press the [SELECT] soft key to review details for the selected station.
4. Press the [INFO] soft key to display more informa-
tion or press the [BACK] soft key to go back to the
received DSC distress call list.
10.11.3 Reviewing Other Logged Calls
1. [] “DSC CALL” “DSC LOG” “RX OTHER CALL”
2. Rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select the station (name
or MMSI number) you want to review and/or call back.
Note: When there is an unread received call, “ ” icon
will appear to the left of the logged call.
3. Press the [SELECT] soft key to review details for the
selected station.
4. Press the [REPLY] soft key to reply to the call or press
the [BACK] soft key to go back to the received call
list.
10.11.4 Deleting Logged Calls from the DSC Log Directory
1. [] “DSC CALL” “DSC LOG” “LOG DELETE”
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2. Rotate the DIAL/ENT knob to select the category
(“TRANSMITTED”, “RX DISTRESS”, “RX OTHER
CALL” or “ALL LOG”) to be deleted.
3. Press the [SELECT] soft key.
The display will show “Do you want to delete the
LOG?”.
4. Press the [YES] soft key. (To cancel, press the [NO]
soft key.)
5. Press the CLEAR key to return to radio operation.
NOTE
The procedure above will delete all logged calls of the selected category
at one time.
To delete logged calls one by one, review the details of the call you
want to delete, then press the [DELETE] soft key.
10.12 DSC LOOP BACK OPERATION
The GX6000 has a self-test feature for DSC call.
1. [] “DSC CALL” “DSC LOOP BACK”
2. Press the [YES] soft key to start a test. (To cancel,
press the [NO] soft key.)
The display will show “Passed!” if the DSC feature
properly operates, then press the [OK] soft key to
the “DSC CALL” menu.
3. Press the CLEAR key to return to radio operation.