Basic Operation
21
•
Scan mode, WX mode, and Coast Guard/Distress/Hailing mode are cancelled when you
hold down
MEM/UIC
for about 2 seconds.
Using Hail
Note: You must connect an optional hailer horn to the radio to use the hail feature.
To use the hail feature, press
HAIL/INTERCOM
then press
PTT
on the microphone to speak.
HA
and
appear. Release
PTT
to listen. You hear any response to your hail through the
radio's speaker. To adjust the hail outgoing volume, repeatedly press
or
on the micro-
phone or rotate
PUSH/SELECT
on the radio. To exit hail, press
HAIL/INTERCOM
again.
Using the Intercom
The intercom feature lets you call optional WHAM x 4 microphones connected to the radio.
You can select and call one microphone, a group of microphones, or each microphone
connected to the radio.
Notes:
•
You cannot use a WHAM wireless microphone to use the intercom.
•
WHAM x 4 microphone users can also call each other and the radio.
•
If the WHAM x 4 microphone user cannot connect with the radio, intercom does not work
and the radio sounds an error tone.
•
Intercom mode is cancelled if
16/9 TRI
or
DISTRESS
is pressed.
Follow these steps to use the intercom.
1.
Hold down
HAIL/INTERCOM
for about 2 seconds.
2.
Follow one of these steps to select the WHAM x 4 microphone or microphones you want
to talk to.
a. To select one WHAM x 4 microphone, rotate
PUSH/SELECT
until the WHAM x 4
microphone you want to talk to is highlighted on the display, then press
PUSH/SELECT
to select it.
b. To select a group of WHAM x 4 microphones, rotate
PUSH/SELECT
until
GROUP
is
highlighted, then press
PUSH/SELECT
to select it. A screen appears you can use to
select the WHAM x 4 microphones you want to talk to. For each WHAM x 4 microphone
you want to talk to, rotate
PUSH/SELECT
to select it, then press
PUSH/SELECT
.
A symbol appears next to each selected microphone.
c. To call each microphone you selected, rotate
PUSH/SELECT
to select
CALL
, then
press
PUSH/SELECT
to select it.
LISTEN
and
GROUP
appear on the radio’s display
and each selected microphone sounds an audible tone.
Note: Only those WHAM x 4 microphones or sub radios with which the radio can
communicate appear on the display.
d. To select all connected WHAM x 4 microphones, rotate
PUSH/SELECT
until
ALL
is
highlighted, then press
PUSH/SELECT
to select it.
3.
Press
PTT
on the microphone to speak.
TALK
and the name of the WHAM x 4
microphone or microphones you selected appears. Release
PTT
to listen.
LISTEN
appears and you hear any response through the radio's speaker.
4.
To exit intercom, hold down
HAIL/INTERCOM
for about 2 seconds.
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