Message Call - Icom IC-F8100 Instruction Manual

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SELCALL/ALE OPERATION
ï Message call
The Message call allows you to exchange text mes-
sages of up to 64 character,* with the intended ID sta-
tion, also you to leave a message at the station.
* 64 character for ICOM Selcall system; 32 character
for Open Selcall system.
• Preparation for Message call
Sending a Channel Test call on several Selcall chan-
nels, and check the propagation on each channel to
select the channel of good signal quality. (p. 30)
• Sending Message call
q On the Memory Channel display, push
the Call select menu
w Push t or u
[ ](§) [
CALL," then push
e Push t or u
[ ](§) [
"MESSAGE."
• "SELECTIVE," "PHONE," "MESSAGE," "SEND PO-
SITION," "GET POSITION," "GET STATUS," "EMER-
GENCY" and "CHANNEL TEST" are selectable.
r Push to go to the next screen.
[ ]
• Push [HOME] to return to the previous screen.
❍ Call ID input
Push the numeric keys to enter the Call ID.
• Push [8] to delete the number.
• This Call ID is not stored in the Call ID list.
❍ Call ID selection
Push [List]
➥
mode.
Push t
[ ](§)
➥
• Push [Edit](§ § ) to return to the direct input
mode.
t Push to go to the next screen.
[ ]
• Push [HOME] to return to the previous screen.
❍ Message selection
Push t or
[ ](§)
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[
.
to select the Call to "SEL-
](§§§)
the Selcall menu.
[ ] to enter
to select the Call type to
](§§§)
to enter the list selection
(§ § )
or u to select the Call ID.
[ ](§§§)
u to select the Message.
[ ](§§§)
❍ Message input
Push [Edit]
➥
Push the numeric keys to enter the Message.
➥
• Push [A/a](#) to select the character group, ABC
(Upper case letters), abc (lower case letters) or
123 (numbers).
• Push [8] to delete the character.
• This Message is overwritten or stored in the Mes-
sage list.
• Push [List](§ § ) to return to the list selection
mode.
y Push
[
] to enter
• Push [HOME] to return to the previous screen.
❍ Network selection
Push
u Push
[
• Push [HOME] to return to the previous screen.
❍ Self ID selection
Push
❍ Self ID input
Push [Edit]
➥
Push the numeric keys to enter the Self ID.
➥
• Push [8] to delete the number.
• This Self ID is overwritten or stored in the Self ID
list.
• Push [List](§ § ) to return to the list selection
mode.
i Push
[
push t
[ ](§)
ing channel.
• Push [HOME] to return to the Selcall menu.
o Push
[
stored in the Call Out memory.
• While calling, push [PTT] to cancel the call.
You can also transmit a Selective call when show-
ing the Selcall Address display. In this case, you
can skip steps q to y above, after selecting the
Message call address.
to enter the direct input mode.
(§§)
to go to the next screen.
]
t or u to select the Network.
[ ](§) [ ](§§§)
to go to the next screen.
]
t or u to select the Self ID.
[ ](§) [ ](§§§)
to enter the direct input mode.
(§§)
to enter the Channel Menu, and then
]
or u to select the desired operat-
[ ](§§§)
to transmit the Message call. The call is
]