Digital Selective Calling

mikeporterinmd · Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 4:43 pm Post subject:

So polling requests are not automatically answered? At least on the 504?

That is probably a good thing.

Mike

thataway · Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 5:26 pm Post subject:

Gene,
Does your Plotter show his boat as an icon, or as Lat Long? My Standard Horizon does, but I have heard complaints from some folks who could not get an icon to appear on the chart plotter. Sounds like you have it set up correctly.

Gene Morris · Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 6:02 pm Post subject:

Mike;
On my system the person being called must acknowledge & accept the call. Otherwise no information is transmitted

Dr. Austin;
My plotter shows an icon & name of the polled radio, when the acknowledgment is received. My radio will display the lat/long & name of the polled radio. If an icon is supposed to appear, the communication ports may not be configured to accept the data. My plotter has two com ports and both are set to accept nema in/nema out.

What is your itenirary for this spring? Margaret & I will launch at Blaine around June 4th in the AM and head north for a week. Then we need to deliver Margaret's sister to Campbell river on June 9th so she can travel home. Then we will explore the North around Port Hardy, etc.

Gene

thataway · Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 10:12 pm Post subject:

Gene,
We hope to launch at Port Hardy the first week in June. The unknowns are getting the boat finished in the next week and our health issues. We will keep in touch. We will have internet at Sequim at least.

therevdr · Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 6:40 pm Post subject: DSC

I responded to this topic string previously...but maybe there is something new to say in light of more recent responses:
(1) My Uniden Polaris needed to be re-programmed to have the DSC feature operational (the box and manual said it was and it would....but talking to Uniden, it needed to be "up-graded".
(2) I use DSC, with position, with a few friends on Lake St. Clair (Michigan); if they have given permission to reveal their location when they programmed their units, I can see where they are and/or make radio contact with them by pressing a couple of buttons.
(3) As I mentioned earlier, the DSC system is being phased in by the US COAST GUARD....in most of the country the COAST GUARD stations do not have DSC capacity. There is also an interesting "DSC POLICY" about how the COAST GUARD handles the DSC signal, especially if there is no way to establish voice contact with the vessel. All this information, from the perspective of the US COAST GUARD is at this website: http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/marcomms/gmdss/dsc.htm.
Be safe out there!!
therevdr on DRIFTWOOD DREI