User manual ICOM IC-GM651

[. . . ] The IC-GM651 vhf marine transceiver s desgned and bult wth Icom's state of the art technology and craftsmanshp. Wth proper care, ths transcever should provde you wth years of trouble-free operaton. We want to take a couple of moments of your tme to thank you for makng the IC-GM651 your rado of choce, and hope you agree wth Icom's phlosophy of "technology first. " Many hours of research and development went nto the desgn of your IC-GM651. IMPORTANT READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS carefully and completely before usng the transcever. SAVE THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL -- Ths nstructon manual contans mportant operatng nstructons for the IC-GM651. EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS WORD RWARNING CAUTION NOTE DEFINITION Personal njury, fre hazard or electrc shock may occur. No rsk of personal njury, fire or electrc shock. D FEATURES m Built-in DSC meets ITU Class A requirement with PS-250 dc-dc power supply m Rugged waterproof construction m Large LCD with dot matrix characters m Microphone (to front panel) and Handset (to rear panel) connections Icom, Icom Inc. [. . . ] · Push [CLR] to cancel and back to the prevous condton. 38 DSC OPERATION 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 D Transmitting a Distress Acknowledgement call Distress Cancel Are You Sure?Push to Transmit Push TX Distress Cancel Transmitting Dstress call recepton should stop after one sequence snce the coast staton should send back an `acknowledgement' to the shp. If the dstress call contnues even the coast staton send back an `acknowledgement, ' the shp n dstress may not be recevng the call. In such cases, you should contact the coast staton va the phone and send back an `acknowledgement' on behalf of the coast staton f the coast staton requres. q Push [MENU] to enter the DSC menu, then rotate [SELECTOR] to select "Distress ACK, " push [ENT]. · "Distress ACK" s added to the DSC menu after recevng a dstress call. Transmitting e After 2 sec. , the transcever returns to the normal operaton condton. 25W TAG 34°34. 506N 123°23. 236W UTC 12:00 INT Rotate SELECTOR --DSC Menu-Select Item Distress Relay Distress ACK All Ships Call Individual Call Group Call Distress Call Push w Rotate [SELECTOR] to select the address, push [ENT] CALLING Rotate SELECTOR --DSC Menu-Select Address Station 1 Station 2 Station 3 Push 39 6 DSC OPERATION t After transmttng the Dstress Acknowledgement call, the transcever selects the Channel 16 automatcally. 25W TAG 34°34. 506N 123°23. 236W UTC 12:00 INT e The dstress nformaton appears. Push [ENT]. --DSC Menu-Distress Information Distress ID 121111113 Undesignated LAT: 12°23. 111N LON:123°23. 123E UTC:10:25 Telephony Rotate SELECTOR CALLING Push r Push [ENT] to transmt the Dstress Acknowledgement call. · Emergency channel (Channel 70) s automatcally selected. --DSC Menu-Distress ACK Are You Sure?Push to Transmit Push TX Distress ACK Transmitting Transmitting 40 DSC OPERATION D Transmitting a Distress Relay call 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 There are two ways to transmt the dstress relay call-- "DROBOSE (Dstress Relay On Behalf Of Someone Else)" and "Dstress Relay Call wth Dstress Call Log". DO NOT push [DISTRESS] to transmt a dstress relay call; t s used for the own dstress call. To transmit the distress relay call with "DROBOSE": You may transmt a dstress relay call when a shp n dstress s n a poston where the dstress call cannot be transmtted, or when you find a shp n dstress and a quck help s needed. Distress Relay Transmission No Distress Transmission Your ship Ship in Distress q Push [MENU] to enter the DSC menu, then rotate [SELECTOR] to select "Distress Relay, " push [ENT]. Rotate SELECTOR --DSC Menu-Select Item Distress Relay All Ships Call Individual Call Group Call Distress Call Received Call Log Push w Rotate [SELECTOR] to select the address, push [ENT]. Rotate SELECTOR --DSC Menu-Select Address Address ID All Ships Coast Station Push When "All Ships" s selected, step e does not appear. Go to step r. Contnue to the next page 41 6 DSC OPERATION r Dstress ID of the shp n dstress selecton screen appears. Rotate [SELECTOR] to select "Manual Input, " push [ENT]. Rotate SELECTOR e Rotate [SELECTOR] to select the desred pre-programmed coast staton address or "Manual Input" for transmttng a dstress relay call, push [ENT]. · The ID code can be set n advance. 19) Rotate SELECTOR --DSC Menu-Select Address Manual Input Coast St. 1 Coast St. 2 --DSC Menu-Select Distress ID Manual Input Ship 1 Ship 2 Ship 3 Push Push When the pre-programmed address is selected. Do not select for DROBOSE. When "Manual Input" s selected, set the 7-dgt address ID you wsh to call wth the keypad, push [ENT]. · 1st and 2nd dgts `00' are fixed for a coast staton ID. Push --DSC Menu-Input Address ID 001111112 CLR Push 42 DSC OPERATION t Input the 9-dgt Dstress ID (MMSI ID) code of the shp n dstress that you wsh to help wth the keypad. · Rotate [SELECTOR] to move the cursor backward or forward. · If nothng s nput, MMSI ID code s set as "Null. " 1st digit blinks Push --DSC Menu-Input Distress ID _________ 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 y Rotate [SELECTOR] to select the nature of the dstress, push [ENT]. · `Undesgnated, ' `Fre Exploson, ' `Floodng, ' `Collson, ' `Groundng, ' `Capszng, ' `Snkng, ' `Adrft, ' `Abandonng Shp, ' `Pracy (Pracy attack), ' `Man Overboard' and `EPIRB Emsson' are avalable. · The selected nature of the dstress s stored after selectng s finshed. --DSC Menu-Select Nature Undesignated Fire, Explosion UndesignatedFlooding Collision Fire, Explosion Flooding Collision Grounding Capsizing Sinking Adrift Abandoning Ship Piracy Man Overboard EPIRB Emission Input the Distress ID CLR Rotate SELECTOR Rotate SELECTOR --DSC Menu-Input Distress ID 1212_____ Cursor moves --DSC Menu-Input Distress ID 121212121 Push Contnue to the next page Push 43 6 DSC OPERATION i Input the shp n dstress longtude data drectly wth the keypad. After nputtng, push [ENT] to set. · If the data s not necessary to change, push [ENT] to skp the nput step. · Push [6·MNO] to nput N; North lattude or [7·PRS] to nput S; South lattude. 1st digit blinks Push --DSC Menu-Input Latitude 34°34. 506N · If the data s not necessary to change, push [ENT] to skp the nput step. · Push [9·WXY] to nput W; West longtude or [3·DEF] to nput E; East longtude. 1st digit blinks Push --DSC Menu-Input Longitude 123°23. 236W Input your longitude data CLR Input your latitude data CLR Rotate SELECTOR --DSC Menu-Input Latitude 25°25. 506N Rotate SELECTOR --DSC Menu-Input Longitude 154°13. 236W Cursor moves --DSC Menu-Input Longitude 154°11. 106W Cursor moves --DSC Menu-Input Latitude 25°25. 415N Push or Push or Set `N' (North) or `S' (South) Set `W' (West) or `E' (East) * If the transceiver has no position data, `_' (under bar) is indicated. Push * If the transceiver has no position data, `_' (under bar) is indicated. Push 44 DSC OPERATION o Input the current UTC tme wth the keypad. After nputtng, push [ENT] to set. · If the data s not necessary to change, push [ENT] to skp the nput step. [. . . ] 9) w CHANNEL UP/DOWN KEYS [Y]/[Z] Push ether key to change the operatng channels, Set mode settngs, etc. 7, 8, 104) Checks TAG channels, changes scannng drecton or resumes the scan manually durng scan. 16) e TRANSMIT POWER KEY [HI/LO] Push to toggle the power hgh and low. 8) · Some channels are set to low power only. Whle pushng and holdng [HI/LO], turn power ON to toggle the mcrophone lock functon ON and OFF. [. . . ]