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9. D-STAR OPERATION (BASIC)
Making a Gateway CQ call
Calling an individual station
You can make a Gateway CQ call when a destination
repeater is selected in “TO” (Destination).
You can make a call to an individual station when the
station call sign is selected in “TO” (Destination).
When you call an individual station through a
gateway, your call is automatically sent to the last
repeater that the station accessed. So, even if you
don’t know where the station is, you can make a call
using Call Sign Routing.
What is a Gateway CQ call?
• To call a CQ through a repeater connected to the
Internet.
• You can call a CQ to the areas where you cannot
directly access because the communication is
routed through the Internet.
Step 1: Set “FROM” (Access repeater)
1. Select the operating band.
2. Hold down
CALL
DR
for 1 second.
3. Touch “FROM” to select, and then touch “FROM”
again.
4. Touch “Repeater List.”
5. Select the repeater group where your access
repeater is listed.
6. Touch your access repeater. (Example: Melbourne)
• Returns to the DR screen, and the selected repeater
name is displayed in “FROM.”
Step 1: Set “FROM” (Access repeater)
1. Select the operating band.
2. Hold down
CALL
DR
for 1 second.
3. Touch “FROM” to select, and then touch “FROM”
again.
4. Touch “Repeater List.”
5. Select the repeater group where your access
repeater is listed.
6. Touch your access repeater. (Example: Melbourne)
• Returns to the DR screen, and the selected repeater
name is displayed in “FROM.”
Step 2: Set “TO” (Destination)
1. Touch “TO” twice.
Step 2: Set “TO” (Destination)
1. Touch “TO” twice.
Step 3: Hold down [PTT] to transmit
Push
TRANSMIT
, or hold down the microphone’s
[PTT] to transmit.
2. Touch “Gateway CQ.”
3. Select the repeater group where your destination
repeater is listed.
4. Select your destination repeater. (Example: Inage)
2. Touch “Your Call Sign.”
3. Select your destination repeater. (Example: Rick)
• Returns to the DR screen, and the selected repeater
name is displayed in “TO.”
NOTE:
If the selected Access repeater does not
connect to the gateway, “
” is displayed. In
that case, you cannot select “Gateway CQ.”
• Returns to the DR screen, and the selected name is
displayed in “TO.”
Step 3: Hold down [PTT] to transmit
Push
TRANSMIT
, or hold down the microphone’s
[PTT] to transmit.