Receiving Selcalls; Cancelling The Selcall Alert; Quiet Mode - GME GA9800 Instruction Manual

rEcEiVing sElcalls

When your tX3420 receives its selcall ident, an alarm will
sound to alert you to the call . initially the alarm will beep
urgently at 2 beeps per second for around 10 seconds then
slow to around 1 beep every 3 seconds if the call is not
answered . it will then continue to beep indefinitely until
you cancel it (the way your tX3420 handles the selcall
alert can be altered by your retailer) .
in addition to the alarm, the words 'cAll From' will appear
on the display along with the callers selcall ident or AlPhA
name to inform you of the identity of the person calling .
to switch between the
selcall ident and the alPha name
Briefly press the F key followed by the alPha key .

cancElling thE sElcall alErt

the following are the recommended methods:
to cancel the alarm and talk on the channel
Press the Ptt key and talk in the usual way . the alarm
will be cancelled and the channel will be open for normal
communication .
to return the call
Press and hold the call key for a few seconds until the
radio beeps . the callers selcall will be sent to the caller .
to cancel the alarm and listen on the channel
Briefly press the QuiEt key (if quiEt has been activated) .
the alarm will stop beeping and the channel will remain
open to any incoming signals .
QuiEt moDE (Q)
quiEt mode mutes the tX3420's receiver to prevent any
incoming signals from being heard in the speaker until your
selcall ident is received . in this way you can monitor
a busy channel for personal calls without being disturbed
by unwanted signals .
if your selcall ident is received, quiEt mode is then
cancelled and all incoming signals are heard in the speaker .
setting up QuiEt mode
to setup quiEt mode you must first 'tag' the channels
that you want to stay quiet, then activate the quiEt mode .
once quiEt mode is activated, the channels you have
tagged will remain quiet to all incoming signals unless
your selcall ident is received . channels not tagged will
remain open to all signals and will operate normally .
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to tag individual
channels for QuiEt operation
1 . select the required channel by rotating the
channel knob .
2 . Press and hold the QuiEt key until the radio beeps . 'q'
will appear to the right of the channel display indicating
the selected channel is now tagged for quiet operation .
to remove the QuiEt tag
from individual channels:
1 . select a channel that has been tagged for quiet
operation . 'q' will be displayed .
2 . Press and hold the QuiEt key until the radio beeps . 'q'
will disappear indicating this channel is no longer tagged
for quiet operation .
activating QuiEt mode
1 . First, select a channel that has been tagged for quiet
operation (you cannot activate quiet mode unless you
have selected a 'tagged' channel) . 'q' will be displayed
2 . now briefly press the F key followed by the QuiEt key .
'quiEt' will appear on the display .
now all channels that were tagged for quiet operation will
be operating in the quiEt mode .
Deactivating QuiEt mode
1 . select any channel that has been tagged for quiet
operation . 'q' and 'quiEt' will be displayed .
2 . Briefly press the F key followed by the QuiEt key .
'quiEt' will disappear from the display and all channels
that were tagged for quiet operation will now operate
normally again .
receiving signals in QuiEt mode
• If a normal signal is received on a QUIET channel, the
channel will appear busy (the 'Busy' indicator will be
visible) but no sound will be heard from the speaker .
this means you will not be disturbed by the signal .
• If a normal signal is received on an open channel (one
that is not tagged with 'q') the signal will be heard in
the usual way .
• If a signal containing your Selcall Ident is received
on any channel (open or quiEt) quiEt mode will be
cancelled and the alarm will beep to alert you to the
call . in addition, the caller's ident or AlPhA name will
be displayed . All channels will now be open for normal
transmission and reception .
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