Kenwood TH-D75 User Manual - Page 90

GATEWAY CALL A gateway call can be made by setting the area repeater to output the CQ to [TO] and pressing [PTT]. A gateway CQ is the output of a CQ to an area that is different from that of your station through a repeater connected to the Internet. A call can also be made to an area signals cannot directly reach because of the connection to the Internet. Setting the Access Repeater (FROM) Set a nearby repeater to [FROM]. Setting the Destination Repeater (TO) 1 Press and hold [ ]. The destination selection screen appears. This screen also appears when selecting [Destination Select] in the Digital Function Menu. 2 Select [Gateway CQ] and press [ENT]. The World Region, Country & Reagion, and group select screen appears. 3 Select your area group and press [ENT]. The repeater list selection screen appears. 4 Select the destination repeater. Press [ ] to display detailed information of the repeater that you selected. When you press [ENT], the repeater is set to [TO]. Checking Whether Signals Reach the Repeater (TO) 1 Press and hold [PTT] and transmit. 2 Check the response. If < > appears within 3 seconds, this indicates that signals are reaching the destination repeater through the Internet and signals are being output normally from the destination repeater. However, < > does not appear if there is an access from another station within 3 seconds. CALLSIGN DESIGNATION A call by Callsign designation can be made by setting the Callsign of the other party to [TO] and pressing PTT. A call to the specific station is relayed automatically to the last accessed repeater, so a call can be made without knowing the area in which the other station is currently located. Setting the Access Repeater (FROM) Set a nearby repeater to [FROM]. Setting the Destination (TO) 1 Press and hold [ ]. The destination selection screen appears. This screen also appears when selecting [Destination Select] in the Digital Function Menu. 2 Select [Individual] and press [ENT]. The Callsign list appears. 3 Select the Callsign and press [ENT]. The individual Callsign and name are set to [TO]. 4 Press [PTT] to transmit. CALLSIGN LIST Up to 300 Callsigns of the other stations can be registered. Names and any memo can also be registered instead of Callsigns. The registered names are displayed in the TX History and RX History. Editing the Callsign You can edit the information of the Callsign. 1 Access Menu No. 220. The Callsign list selection screen appears. Transmitting Press [PTT] to transmit. REPLY TO THE GATEWAY CALL When you reply to a Gateway CQ or a Gateway Individual call, you need to set the destination Callsign to [TO] before pressing [PTT]. 1 Press and hold [ENT] after the transmission by the caller station is finished. 2 Select the Callsign of the caller station by Call History, and press [ENT] to capture the Callsign. The Callsign is set to [TO], and the route setting for Gateway Call is also automatically set. Note: ¡ Due to the D-STAR structure, you can not make a reply to the Gateway Call in the setting by [Local CQ]. ¡ The Callsign of the other station is stored in Call History when the transmission by the other station is finished. Press and hold [ENT] after the transmission by the other station is finished. ¡ In stable communication condition, you can also make a reply by Direct Reply function without manually setting the destination Callsign. 2 Press [A/B]. The Callsign list editing screen appears. 3 Select the item and press [ENT]. The editing screen for the selected item appears. You can register or edit the name, Callsign, and memo, etc. 4 Press [ENT] after editing. Editing are completed and the Callsign list editing screen appears. 5 Press [A/B]. The Callsign list selection screen appears. 16-4