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5
CONVENTIONAL OPERATION
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Call procedure
When your system employs tone signalling (excluding CTCSS and
DTCS)
, the call procedure may be necessary prior to voice trans-
mission. The tone signalling employed may be a selective calling
system which allows you to call specific station(s) only and prevent
unwanted stations from contacting you.
q
Select the desired Tx code channel or 5-tone code according to
your System Operator’s instructions.
• This may not be necessary depending on programming.
• Refer to the next page for selection.
w
Push the call switch (assigned to one of the dealer program-
mable switches: [P
0
], [P
1
], [P
2
], [P
3
], [F2] and [F3]).
e
After transmitting a 5-tone code, the remainder of your commu-
nication can be carried out in the normal fashion.
Selective calling
Non-selective calling