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OTHER FUNCTIONS
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Hailer operation
The IC-M602 has a 2-way hailer function for voice amplifica-
tion and reception over a loudspeaker, making it unnecessary
to leave the bridge to hear a hailing party.
Connect an external hailer speaker as described on p. 49.
• Transmitting is not possible during hailer operation.
• The received signal is muted during hailer operation.
q
Push [
F
], then push [7
HAIL
] to enter hailer mode.
w
Push and hold [PTT] and speak at a normal voice level into
the microphone.
• “TALK” or “LISTEN” appears on the caller or listener function dis-
play, respectively.
• To adjust the hailer level , rotate [CHANNEL].
e
After releasing [PTT] you can hear the response through
the speaker.
r
To return to normal operation, push [CLR] or repeat step
q
.
• While in the hailer mode, the transceiver functions (trans-
mit and receive) are interrupted. If the transceiver is in
transmit condition, the hailer function is not available.
• When a DSC call is received, the hailer function is inter-
rupted with an automatic return to the transceiver mode.
The transceiver’s display indicates ‘Receiving DSC calls.’
(p 34)
BUSY-25W---INT---CALL
LOCAL--DUP
SCRAM--TAG
NORMAL-SCAN
HAILER
-34"34.506N
LISTEN
.236W
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cal--1:10--CALLING
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