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SELCALL/ALE OPERATION
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Status call
The Status call requests to send radio status informa-
tion including power supply voltage, signal strength,
output power, VSWR, etc.
•
Preparation for Status call
Sending a Selective Beacon call on several Selcall
channels, and check the propagation on each chan-
nel to select the channel of good signal quality. (p. 20)
• Sending Status call
q
Push
[
∫
∫
]
or
[
√
√
]
to select the desired channel for
Selcall.
w
Push
[CALL]
momentarily to enter the Call menu.
e
Push
[
Ω
Ω
CLR]
or
[OK
≈
≈
]
to select ‘STATUS CALL.’
• ‘SELCALL,’ ‘GPS BCON,’ ‘GPS POSN,’ ‘EMER SEL-
CALL,’ ‘PAGECALL,’ ‘STATUS CALL,’ ‘SEL BCON’ are
selectable.
r
Push
[
√
√
]
to select ‘ID,’ then select an intended ID.
• Last selected ID is displayed.
• Enter the 4-digits (or 6-digits depending on Initial set
mode setting) number of the desired ID using 10-key-
pad directly. Or push
[OK
≈
≈
]
to enter ID selection, push
[
∫
∫
]
/
[
√
√
]
to select the pre-programmed ID, then push
[OK
≈
≈
]
to
fi
x the ID.
t
Push
[
C
CA
AL
LL
L
]
for 1 sec. to transmit the Status call.
• Before transmitting the Status call, verify ‘SelfID’ for
your own ID.
• While calling, push
[CALL]
to cancel the call.
y
After the Status call, your calling station responds a
status information for an acknowledgement. Push
[
Ω
Ω
CLR]
or
[OK
≈
≈
]
to select the call, the following
indication is displayed.
• Status information includes power supply voltage, sig-
nal strength, output power and VSWR.
•
Receiving Status call
When a transceiver receives a Status call with your
individual ID, it automatically responds by transmit-
ting. The receiving Status Call is stored in the selcall
memory.
After receiving a Status call and push
[
Ω
Ω
CLR]
or
[OK
≈
≈
]
to select the call, the following indication is
displayed.
MES.20-01
--------
12:34
Status
-
call
-------
1006
è-ID:2999
MES.20-01
--------
12:36
Status
-
ack
--------
1024
è-ID:2999
DCV:13.5
--
SIG:
-
8.0
TXP:
-
8.0
--
SWR:
-
1.5
---å
--
2020:SELCALL
--
TX:
-
3.200.0
è-ID:
1024
------------
å
--
SelfID:1004
--------å
ç-
STATUS
-
CALL
----
--
2020:SELCALL
--
TX:
-
3.200.0
è-
ID:1024
--
SelfID:1004
ç
-STATUS
-
CALL
-------
-
å
--
2020:SELCALL
--
TX:
-
3.200.0
è-
ID:1024
--
SelfID:1004
ç
-SELCALL
-----------
-
å
SELCALL
USB
-A
12:34
RX
--
3.200.0
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