Kenwood NX-1200NE2 User Manual page 79

STATUS MESSAGE
You can send and receive Status messages which may be decided in your talk
group. Messages can contain up to 8 alphanumeric characters.
A maximum of 32 received messages can be stored in the stack memory of your
transceiver.
Transmitting
1
Select your desired zone and channel.
2 Press the button programmed as [Status] to enter Status Mode (proceed to
step 5), or [Individual + Status]/ [Group + Status] to enter Selcall Mode
(proceed to step 3).
3 Press the [ <B ] and [ C> ] buttons to select the station you want to call.
4 Press the [ S ] button to enter Status Mode.
5 Press the [ <B ] and [ C> ] buttons to select the status you want to transmit.
6 Press the [ S ] button to complete the entry.
7 Press the button programmed as [Call 1] to [Call 6] to initiate the call.
Receiving
The " " indicator will flash and a calling ID or Status message will appear when
a Status call is received.
Press any button to return to normal operation.
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