Making A Gateway Cq Call; Calling An Individual Station - Icom IC-705 Advanced Manual

13. 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?
• Calling CQ through a repeater connected to the
Internet.
• You can call CQ to areas where you cannot
directly access, because the communication is
routed through the Internet.
Step 1: Set "FROM" (Access repeater)
LSame as described in page 13-6.
Step 2: Set "TO" (Destination)
1. Touch "TO" twice.
2. Touch "Gateway CQ."
• Displays the REPEATER GROUP screen.
3. Touch the repeater group where your
destination repeater is listed.
4. Touch your destination repeater.
(Example: Hirano)
• Returns to the DR screen, and the selected
repeater name is displayed in "TO."
Step 3: Hold down [PTT] to transmit
1. Hold down [PTT] to transmit.
2. Release [PTT] to receive.
NOTE: If the selected Access repeater is not
connected to the Internet,
that case, you cannot select "Gateway CQ."
is displayed. In
13-9

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)
LSame as described in page 13-6.
Step 2: Set "TO" (Destination)
1. Touch "TO" twice.
2. Touch "Your Call Sign."
3. Touch your destination station.
(Example: Rick)
• Returns to the DR screen, and the selected
name is displayed in "TO."
Step 3: Hold down [PTT] to transmit
1. Hold down [PTT] to transmit.
2. Release [PTT] to receive.