You mean on DSC? Kind-of-sort-of. Besides for making a voice call, you can page an individual station for help or any other reason like just saying hi. You can send an ALL SHIPS call that will set off an alarm on every boat that receives it and someone would probably wonder what you were doing and answer. You can page the USCG themselves or BOATUS. Note our Class D radios don’t have text fields like a Class A, you won’t be able to say “my prop is bent”, all they know is their radio is ringing/beeping and someone wants to talk to them. The nice part is someone going to your rescue can send a position request and see you on their charplotter, set it as a waypoint, and be on their way.
Joe Coquina From: Lee Youngblood [mailto:leeyoungbl...@earthlink.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 12:24 PM To: Della Barba, Joe <joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov> Subject: Re: Stus-List AIS improvement + general rewiring Hi Joe, I’m not really using all of the technology on my older SH radio, but are there levels of distress calls? If your son chewed up the prop is there a distress level for that, as apposed to the boat is sinking, MAY DAY someone out there, please call the CG? Lee On Dec 13, 2017, at 9:17 28AM, Della Barba, Joe <joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov<mailto:joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov>> wrote: The VHF radio will send data when it receives a DSC distress call or when you send a position request. For example, if my son is running around in the dinghy with a DSC handheld and I send a position request to that radio, it should answer and I should see the location on the plotter and computer. Likewise a distress call should show up. Joe Coquina From: Lee Youngblood [mailto:leeyoungbl...@earthlink.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 12:07 PM To: Della Barba, Joe <joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov<mailto:joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov>> Subject: Re: Stus-List AIS improvement + general rewiring Hi Joe, What is DSC out, from the radio? I don’t know what data or datastream that is. Thanks, Lee Simplicity in Seattle On Dec 13, 2017, at 8:49 02AM, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: I have got most of my gear in and this is the wiring diagram so far: http://www.moyermarine.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=13105&stc=1&d=1513183308 There are some possible belt and suspenders mods I haven’t decided if I want to add yet. The plotter could also feed the VHF and computer if the AIS failed, the actual GPS antenna unit can also feed those things even if the plotter is missing if I tap into the cable, and no autopilot feeds are in place yet since my autopilot won’t do that currently. I am looking forward to seeing how the $30 Wifi link works ☺ I am using some waterproof junction boxes from Amazon I got for a reasonable amount. I’ll post some photos or links of those soon. Joe Della Barba Coquina C&C 35 MK I _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
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