Icom IC-M302 [32/48] D receiving a geographical area call

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D Receiving a Group call

While monitoring Channel 70 and a Group call is received:

➥ The emergency alarm or beeps sound depending on the

received category.

➥ “” scrolls at the channel comment indicator.

➥ Push [DSC•

POS

] to change to the channel speciﬁed by the

calling station for voice communication; push any other key

to ignore the Group call.

D Receiving an All Ships call

While monitoring Channel 70 and an All Ships call is received:

➥ The emergency alarm sounds when the category is ‘Dis-

tress’ or ‘Urgency’; 2 beeps sound for other categories.

➥ “” scrolls at the channel comment indicator.

➥ Push [DSC•

POS] to change to the channel speciﬁed by the

calling station for voice communication; push any other key

to ignore the All Ships call.

➥ Monitor the channel for an announcement from the calling

vessel.

D Receiving a Geographical Area call

While monitoring Channel 70 and a Geographical Area call

(for the area you are in) is received:

➥ The emergency alarm or beeps sound depending on the

received category.

➥ “” scrolls at the channel comment in-

dicator.

➥ Push [DSC•

POS] to change to the channel speciﬁed by the

calling station for voice communication; push any other key

to ignore the Geographical Area call.

➥ Monitor the selected channel for an announcement from

the calling station.

When no GPS receiver is connected or if there is a prob-

lem with the connected receiver, all Geographical Area

calls are received, regardless of your position.

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