I know basically how DSC works and have read information about using it from the USCG website and from my radio’s manual. I thought I was on top of it until recently.
Within the last couple of weeks our radio has received two “All Station” DSC calls. They were not distress calls but had the tag “safety”. One has an MMSI number containing asterisks and a message saying ECC Error. The other had a valid looking MMSI and said Safety, Telephony Ch 16. I couldn’t see any other information.
We were in a pretty busy area with a variety of boats around (sail, motor, working boats, etc).
I didn’t know what to do and ended up fishing around on the radio for a while trying to get more info about the call, then giving up.
What would you do if you received something like this?
Within the last couple of weeks our radio has received two “All Station” DSC calls. They were not distress calls but had the tag “safety”. One has an MMSI number containing asterisks and a message saying ECC Error. The other had a valid looking MMSI and said Safety, Telephony Ch 16. I couldn’t see any other information.
We were in a pretty busy area with a variety of boats around (sail, motor, working boats, etc).
I didn’t know what to do and ended up fishing around on the radio for a while trying to get more info about the call, then giving up.
What would you do if you received something like this?
