Selective Calls - Alerting Other Stations; Selcall; Sending A Selcall - Barrett 950 HF Operating And Installation Manual

Selective Calls - alerting other stations

Selcall

Selcall is a digital system of signalling between HF transceivers. Each transceiver is
assigned an individual ID (identification) and can be called using this ID.
Note:-

Sending a selcall

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Entering the desired destination ID
Destination ID range is from 0000 to 9999 inclusive (the destination ID
long)
All call*
Group call*
Sub-group call*
*Note:
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For selcall functions to operate the transceiver must be fitted with the selcall /
telcall option and the channels enabled for selcall operation.
If ALE is in used refer to the ALE section for details on the integration of the ALE
and normal selcall.
select the channel on which to send the selcall.
listen for traffic on that channel, if no traffic is heard then continue.
press the
enter the desired destination ID using the numeric keys.
Note:- If you don't enter a new destination ID at this stage and proceed to the next
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step he default destination ID ( the last received selcall callers ID or the last
selcall sent ID) will be sent.
press the
wait for the selective call to be sent.
listen for revertive tone from the called station that indicates the call was
successful.
will be decoded by stations X000 - X999 (up to 1000 stations)
will be decoded by stations XX00 - XX99 (up to 100 stations)
will be decoded by stations XXX0 - XXX9 (up to 10 stations)
Only available if the destination unit has all call, group call or sub-group call
enabled.
BARRETT 950 HF TRANSCEIVER
key.
key.
must be 4 digits