Making A Gateway Cq Call; Calling An Individual Station - Icom IC-9700 Advanced Manual

9. D-STAR OPERATION (BASIC)

Making a Gateway CQ call

You can make a Gateway CQ call when a destination
repeater is selected in "TO" (Destination).
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
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.
2. Touch "Gateway CQ."
3. Select the repeater group where your destination
repeater is listed.
4. Select your destination repeater. (Example: Inage)
• Returns to the DR screen, and the selected repeater
name is displayed in "TO."
Step 3: Hold down [PTT] to transmit
Push , or hold down the microphone's
TRANSMIT
[PTT] to transmit.
NOTE: If the selected Access repeater does not
connect to the gateway, "
that case, you cannot select "Gateway CQ."
for 1 second.
" is displayed. In

Calling an individual station

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.
Step 1: Set "FROM" (Access repeater)
1. Select the operating band.
2. Hold down
CALL
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.
2. Touch "Your Call Sign."
3. Select your destination repeater. (Example: Rick)
• Returns to the DR screen, and the selected name is
displayed in "TO."
Step 3: Hold down [PTT] to transmit
Push , or hold down the microphone's
TRANSMIT
[PTT] to transmit.
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for 1 second.
DR