Ale Operation; Sending An Ale Call; Sending An Ale Call With An Imbedded Message - Vertex Standard VX-1700 Operating Manual

ALE O
PERATION R
The VX-1700's ALE (Automatic Link Establishment) fea-
ture allows you to select the channel with the best LQA
(Link Quality Analysis) score from the programmed chan-
nels automatically.

Sending an ALE Call

Press the [ 7 ( V/M )] key, as needed, to select the Memory
Channel mode.
Press the [ AEL ] key momentarily to activate the ALE
feature. The VX-1700 will display the last-activated
network. After five seconds from the initial pressing
of the [ AEL ] key, the VX-1700 will initiate the ALE
scanner.
If you wish to change the current ALE network, rotate
the CH Selector knob to select the desired network.
Press the [ CALL ] key momentarily to open the station
list.
Rotate the CH Selector knob to select the station name
to which you wish to direct an ALE Call. Available
stations are: the last-received station, 100 pre-pro-
grammed stations, and ALL CALL, which is a broad-
cast message which your radio uses to establish a con-
nection with all other stations simultaneously.
Press the [ CALL ] key again to transmit the ALE Call.
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Sending an ALE Call
with an Imbedded Message
Press the [ 7 ( V/M )] key, as needed, to select the Memory
Channel mode.
Press the [ ALE ] key momentarily to activate the ALE
feature. The VX-1700 will display the last-activated
network. After five seconds from the initial pressing
of the [ ALE ] key, the VX-1700 will initiate the ALE
scanner.
If you wish to change the current ALE network, rotate
the CH Selector knob to select the desired network.
Press the [ CALL ] key momentarily to open the station
list.
Rotate the CH Selector knob to select the station name
to which you wish to direct the ALE Call. Available
stations are: the last-received station, 100 pre-pro-
grammed stations, and ALL CALL, which is a broad-
cast message which your radio uses to establish a con-
nection with all other stations simultaneously.
Press the keypad's [ F ] key, then press the [ CALL ] key
to display the ten pre-programmed messages.
Rotate the CH Selector knob to select the desired mes-
sage. If you wish to edit the message:
Press the [ ENT ] key again, then press the keypad
to select the first digit of the message.
Example 1: Press the [ 1 ( MODE )] key repeatedly
to select the character "1" and any of the 27 avail-
able characters.
Example 2: Press the [ 2 ( NB )] key repeatedly to
toggle among the available characters associated
with that key: 2
Example 3: Press the [ 0 ( DIM )] key to toggle the
characters "0" and "space."
Rotate the CH Selector knob one click clockwise
to move on to the next character.
If you make a mistake, press the [ 1 ( MODE )] key
to back-space the cursor, then re-enter the correct
letter, number, or symbol.
Repeat the above steps to program the remaining
letters or numbers of the desired message. A total
of 90 characters may be used in the message.
Press and hold the [ 1 ( MODE )] key to delete the
previously-stored data after the cursor.
Press the keypad's [ ENT ] key to terminate the mes-
sage.
If you select the "None" option, you may send just the
ALE Call instead of the ALE Call with the imbedded
message.
Press the [ CALL ] key again to transmit the ALE Call
with the imbedded message.
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