Icom IC-F7000, Instruction Manual

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SELCALL/ALE OPERATION
ï 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
HI