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SELCALL/ALE OPERATION
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GPS Beacon call
The GPS Beacon call allows you to request the in-
tended ID station to send position information.
•
Preparation for GPS Beacon call
Sending a Selective Beacon call on several Selcall
channels, and check the propagation on each chan-
nel to select the channel of good signal quality. (p. 20)
• Sending GPS Beacon call
q
Push
[
∫
∫
]
or
[
√
√
]
to select the desired channel for
Selcall.
w
Push
[CALL]
momentarily to enter the Call menu.
e
Push
[
Ω
Ω
CLR]
or
[OK
≈
≈
]
to select ‘GPS BCON.’
• ‘SELCALL,’ ‘GPS BCON,’ ‘GPS POSN,’ ‘EMER SEL-
CALL,’ ‘PAGECALL,’ ‘STATUS CALL,’ ‘SEL BCON’ are
selectable.
r
Push
[
√
√
]
to select ‘ID,’ then select an intended ID.
• Last selected ID is displayed.
• Enter the 4-digits (or 6-digits depending on Initial set
mode setting) number of the desired ID using 10-key-
pad directly. Or push
[OK
≈
≈
]
to enter ID selection, push
[
∫
∫
]
/
[
√
√
]
to select the pre-programmed ID, then push
[OK
≈
≈
]
to
fi
x the ID.
t
Push
[
C
CA
AL
LL
L
]
for 1 sec. to transmit the GPS Bea-
con call.
• Before transmitting the GPS Beacon call, verify ‘SelfID’
for your own ID.
• While calling, push
[CALL]
to cancel the call.
y
After the GPS Beacon call, your calling station re-
sponds a position/time information for an acknowl-
edgement. Push
[
Ω
Ω
CLR]
or
[OK
≈
≈
]
to select the
call, the following indication is displayed.
•
Receiving GPS Beacon call
When a transceiver receives a GPS Beacon call with
your individual ID, it automatically responds by trans-
mitting. The receiving GPS Beacon call is stored in
the selcall memory.
After receiving a GPS Beacon call and push
[
Ω
Ω
CLR]
or
[OK
≈
≈
]
to select the call, the following indication is
displayed.
MES.20-01
--------
12:40
GPS
-
BCON
----------
1006
è-ID:2999
MES.20-01
--------
12:45
GPS
-
BCON
-
ack
------
1024
-
34"35'S
--------
130"30'E
--------å
-
12:44
--
2020:SELCALL
--
TX:
-
3.200.0
è-ID:
1024
------------
å
--
SelfID:1004
--------å
ç-
GPS
-
BCON
----
--
2020:SELCALL
--
TX:
-
3.200.0
è-
ID:1024
--
SelfID:1004
ç
-GPS
-
BCON
----------
-
å
--
2020:SELCALL
--
TX:
-
3.200.0
è-
ID:1024
--
SelfID:1004
ç
-SELCALL
-----------
-
å
SELCALL
USB
-A
12:34
RX
--
3.200.0
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