Icom IC-F8100 Instruction Manual page 25

ï Get Position call
ï Get Position call
The Get Position call allows you to request the in-
tended ID station to send position information.
• Preparation for Get Position call
Sending a Channel Test call on several Selcall chan-
nels, and check the propagation on each channel to
select the channel of good signal quality. (p. 24)
• Sending Get Position call
q On the Memory Channel display, push [
enter the Call select menu.
w Push [t](§) or [u](§§§) to select the Call to "SEL-
CALL," then push [
e Push [t](§) or [u](§§§) to select the Call type to
"GET POSITION."
• "SELECTIVE," "PHONE," "MESSAGE," "SEND POSI-
TION," "GET POSITION," "GET STATUS," "EMERGENCY"
and "CHANNEL TEST" are selectable.
r Push [ ] to forward to the next screen.
• Push [HOME] to return to the previous screen.
❍ Call ID input
Push numeral keys to enter the Call ID.
• Push [8] to delete the number.
• This Call ID is not stored in the Call ID list.
❍ Call ID selection
➥ Push [List](§ § ) to call the list selection
mode.
➥ Push [t](§) or [u](§§§) to select the Call ID.
• Push [Edit](§§) to return to the direct input mode.
t Push [ ] to forward to the next screen.
• Push [HOME] to return to the previous screen.
❍ Network selection
Push [t](§) or [u](§§§) to select the Network.
y Push [ ] to forward to the next screen.
• Push [HOME] to return to the previous screen.
❍ Self ID selection
Push [t](§) or [u](§§§) to select the Self ID.
] to
] to enter the Selcall menu.
SELCALL/ALE OPERATION
❍ Self ID input
➥ Push [Edit](§§) to call the direct input mode.
➥ Push numeral keys to enter the Self ID.
• Push [8] to delete the number.
• This Self ID is overwritten or stored in the Self ID list.
• Push [List](§§) to return to the list selection mode.
u Push [ ] to enter the Channel Menu, and then
push [t](§) or [u](§§§) to select the desired oper-
ating channel.
• Push [HOME] to return to the Selcall menu.
i Push [ ] to transmit the Get Position call. The
call is stored in the Call Out memory.
• While calling, push [PTT] to cancel the call.
You can also transmit the Get Position call on the
Selcall Address display. In this case, you can skip
above steps q to t, after selecting the Get Posi-
tion call address.
• Receiving Get Position call acknowledgement
q After the call is transmitted, your calling station re-
sponds a position/time information for an acknowl-
edgement. Push [ ] to enter the Call In memory.
w Push [More](§§§) or [Prev](§) to select the infor-
mation.
e Push [HOME] to return to the normal operating
mode.
• Receiving Get Position call
When a transceiver receives a Get Position call with
your individual ID, it automatically responds by trans-
mitting. The receiving Get Position call is stored in the
Call In memory.
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