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9.7 POSITION REQUEST
Advancements in DSC have made it possible to poll the location of another
vessel and show the position of that vessel on the display of the GX1300.
Standard Horizon has taken this feature one step further, if any Standard
Horizon GPS is connected to the GX1300, the polled position of the vessel is
shown on the display of the GPS chart plotter making it easy to navigate to
the location of the polled vessel. This is a great feature for anyone wanting to
know the position of another vessel. For example your friend that is catching
sh, or nding the location of a person you are cruising with.
NOTE
9.7.1 Transmitting a Position Request to Another Vessel
Position Request from Individual / Position Call Directory
1. Press the MENU key to display the menu.
BACK SELECT
BACK SELECT
DSC CALL
GROUP
ALL SHIPS
DIST ALERT MSG
POS REQUEST
2. Press the ▲ / ▼ keys to select “
DSC
”, then
press the
SELECT
soft key.
3. Press the ▲ / ▼ keys to select “
POS
REQUEST
”, and then press the
SELECT
soft key.
(To cancel, press the
BACK
soft key.)
4. Press the ▲ / ▼ keys to select “
HISTORY
” or
“
MEMORY
”, then press the
SELECT
soft key.
BACK SELECT
POS REQUEST
HISTORY
MEMORY
NEW ID
5. Press the ▲ / ▼ keys to select an individual
you want to contact, then press the
SELECT
soft key.
BACK SELECT
MEMORY
YAESU
USCG
MEMORY SHIPS
HORIZON
The other vessel must have an operating GPS receiver connected to
its DSC transceiver and must not have its transceiver set to deny po-
sition requests. (Refer the section “9.5.1 Setting up the Individual /
Position Call Directory” to enter information into the individual direc-
tory).