246 DSC OPERATIONe Rotate [SELECTOR] to select a desired intership channelor “Manual Input,” push [ENT].• Intership channels are already preset into the transceiver inrecommended order.--DSC Menu--Select Intership CH˘08697706 ≥˘Exit / ENT˘OK>--DSC Menu--Individual Call Ready˘Exit / ENT˘OK>r Push [ENT] to transmit the Individual call.• If Channel 70 is busy, the transceiver stands by until the chan-nel becomes clear.t Standby on Channel 70 until an acknowledgement is re-ceived.y When the acknowledgement ‘Able to comply’ is received,the specified channel (in step e) is selected with beepsautomatically. Or, when the acknowledgement ‘Unable tocomply’ is received, the display returns to the operatedchannel (before enter the DSC menu) with beeps.25W INTReceivedINDV ACK˘Beep Off> COMMERCIAL25W INTDUPReceivedUnable ACK˘Beep Off> INTL‘Able to comply’is received.‘Unable to comply’is received.u Push [CLR] to stop the beep, then push and hold [PTT]to communicate your message to the responding ship.✔ Convenient!When the Icom MA-500TR class b ais transponder is con-nected to your transceiver, an individual DSC call can betransmitted to a selected AIS target using the transponder,without needing to enter the target’s MMSI code.See the leaflet that comes with this manual for more details.