Motorola MICOM-2E ALE, Owner'S Manual

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MICOM-2E-ALE Owner’s Manual
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Transmitting Calls
MICOM-2E can transmit the same kinds of calls that it can receive:
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AllCalls
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Individual calls
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Net calls
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Sound calls
Transmitting AllCalls
The AllCall feature is programmable; it is possible to set MICOM-2E to
receive or ignore both outgoing (Transmit) or incoming (Receive)
AllCalls. For example, it is possible that a MICOM-2E station be
configured to receive AllCalls but not to be able to initiate one. At the
end of an AllCall, MICOM-2E automatically returns to its previous
working mode.
The most common use of AllCalls is in cases of distress. A person
initiating an AllCall because of distress is more likely to want to make
any available connection in the minimum period of time than to issue a
call to an individual or to a select group. In some situations, it may be
decided to program a MICOM-2E to ignore AllCalls to ignore calls from
addresses outside of a receiver’s net.
If the MICOM-2E station is set to receive AllCalls, it stops scanning
when an AllCall is received.
If the MICOM-2E stations is set to issue AllCalls, when it issues an
AllCall, it broadcasts a message to all the other stations. All the stations
that are capable of receiving calls can receive the AllCall.
In Channel mode, the call is performed on the current channel.
In Scan mode, if an AllCall channel has been defined, then the call is
performed on that channel. If no AllCall channel has been defined, the
call is performed on the first scanned channel of the net.