Thrane&Thrane Sailor Radiotelex, User Manual

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RADIOTELEX
2 Operation
FEC reception in progress !
FEC communication is now being received. The transmission being received
can be a broadcast FEC transmission or a selective FEC transmission to your
ship.
The modem is disabled
The modem has been disabled. See explanation below.
Modem disabled by function Rx Control
Scanning has been disabled by the scan control function. Scanning can be
enabled again in the terminal function
F4
Rx. When the modem is disabled,
all scanning is stopped, and transmission cannot take place.
Scanning stopped, enabling listening to own TX frequency
A transmission to a ship is being set up. In order to let the operator check if
the channel is vacant, all scanning has been stopped, and the radio has been
set up with the TX frequency in the receiver.
TELEX messages logged - #
Number of logged TELEX messages. The maximum is a hundred. If a
hundred TELEX messages have been logged, the next time a message is
logged, the oldest message is deleted. For further information, please refer
to ‘TELEX log setup’ in the ‘Configuration’ section.
FEC messages logged - #
Number of logged FEC messages. The maximum is a hundred. If a hundred
FEC messages have been logged, next time a message is logged, the oldest
message is deleted. For further information, please refer to ‘FEC log setup’
in the ‘Configuration’ section.
The radio is busy !
Right after switching on, in order to have a frequency stability of ± 10 Hz, the
radio has to warm up. During this warm-up, the above message is issued.
If the radio is being configured, the radio is also busy.
When used for telephony, the status message ‘The radio is not ready’ is
shown.
The radio is controlled by DSC !
The DSC function has taken control, and Radiotelex has stopped all scanning
and all transmission.
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