SENDING A MESSAGE
1. Turn the radio on, select and set the desired System and Group
as described under previous section, GE-MARC - Receiving A
Message.
2. Observe the display - the BUSY should
not
be present, confirming
that no one is transmitting on the selected Group.
3. Press and release the PTT bar. The display will show "WAIT"
while the radio performs the required signaling to obtain a
communication channel. If the signaling is unsuccessful, the radio
is out of range or inoperative, "NO SERV" will appear on the
display, and a sequence of five beeps will be heard at the speaker.
Any subsequent attempt to initiate a call within the next 20 seconds
will be ignored.
If all available repeaters are busy when the call is attempted,
one long beep is heard, and BUSY is displayed. The call will not
be retried automatically.
NOTE:
If the "call retry" option is active, the radio will display
"RETRYNG" and try the channel at twenty (20) second intervals for
five minutes before returning to the normal System / Group display.
4. When the channel has been acquired, the BUSY indicator will
appear and, if programmed, the call originate tones (a three-tone
alert) will be heard from the speaker.
5. Press the PTT button. The red TX (transmit) LED will illuminate.
Hold the radio about three inches from your mouth and speak
in a normal tone into the microphone.
6. Release the PTT button when the transmission is complete and
listen for a reply.
SENDING A SPECIAL CALL
1. Press the SPC (special) key to put the radio into Special Call mode
which also provides access to a pre-programmed special call list.
Each selection from the list is programmed with either anindividual
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