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SELCALL/ALE OPERATION, ■ Selcall/ALE, Selcall or ALE - service manual

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4 SELCALL/ALE OPERATION ■■Selcall or ALE Selcall uses a 4 or 6-digit ID address and allows you to make individual or group calls. The ALE (automatic link establishment) is a system which automatically selects an available frequency and establishes a communication link. The IC-F8101 ALE system compiles with basic requirements of FED-STD-1045A. DDAvailable calls • Selective call Selective call allows you to make individual or group calls using an individual ID (identification) assigned to each transceiver. • Phone call Allows you to make a Phone call through a telephone interconnect service provider. • Message call Allows you to exchange text messages of up to 64 characters* with the intended ID station. * Icom Selcall: 6 4 characters (upper case/Lower case letters) Open Selcall: 3 2 characters (Only upper case let- ter) • Send Position call Allows you to send your own position information to the intended ID station. • Get Position call The Get Position call allows you to request the intended ID station to send its position information. • Get Status call (Only Icom Selcall) Requests to send radio status information including power supply voltage, signal strength, output power, VSWR, and so on. • Stun call (Only Open Selcall) The Stun call disables the specified station from either transmitting and receiving. • RFDS emergency call (Only Australian versions) The RFDS (Royal Flying Doctor Service) emergency call uses a 2-Tone signal for an emergency call. • Emergency call Allows you to send an emergency signal with your own position information. • The Icom Selcall uses Icom original commands, and may not be compatible with other brands. • Depending on the preprogramming, you can select the Open Selcall*. * The Open Selcall is compatible with other transceiver brands. Ask your dealer for details. • Channel Test call The Channel Test call allows the user to determine the signal quality between their transceiver and a specific transceiver, before making individual or group calls. • ALE individual or net call Automatically establishes a communication link by using the ALE table. • ALE sounding Automatically sends a sounding signal at a selectable interval (0.5-11 hours) to check the propagation, and stores the data in a table. Manual soundings can also be sent. • ALE AMD (Automatic Message Display) Automatically sends and receives text messages of up to 90 characters. 18

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SELCALL/ALE OPERATION
Selcall or ALE
■
Selcall uses a 4 or 6-digit ID address and allows you to
make individual or group calls. The ALE (automatic link
establishment) is a system which automatically selects
an available frequency and establishes a communica-
tion link. The IC-F8101 ALE system compiles with ba-
sic requirements of FED-STD-1045A.
Available calls
D
• Selective call
Selective call allows you to make individual or group
calls using an individual ID (identification) assigned to
each transceiver.
• Phone call
Allows you to make a Phone call through a telephone
interconnect service provider.
• Message call
Allows you to exchange text messages of up to 64
characters* with the intended ID station.
*
Icom Selcall: 64 characters (upper case/Lower case
letters)
Open Selcall: 32 characters (Only upper case let-
ter)
• Send Position call
Allows you to send your own position information to
the intended ID station.
• Get Position call
The Get Position call allows you to request the intend-
ed ID station to send its position information.
• Get Status call (Only Icom Selcall)
Requests to send radio status information including
power supply voltage, signal strength, output power,
VSWR, and so on.
• Stun call (Only Open Selcall)
The Stun call disables the specified station from either
transmitting and receiving.
• RFDS emergency call (Only Australian versions)
The RFDS (Royal Flying Doctor Service) emergency
call uses a 2-Tone signal for an emergency call.
• Emergency call
Allows you to send an emergency signal with your own
position information.
• The Icom Selcall uses Icom original commands,
and may not be compatible with other brands.
• Depending on the preprogramming, you can select
the Open Selcall*.
* The Open Selcall is compatible with other trans-
ceiver brands. Ask your dealer for details.
• Channel Test call
The Channel Test call allows the user to determine the
signal quality between their transceiver and a specific
transceiver, before making individual or group calls.
• ALE individual or net call
Automatically establishes a communication link by us-
ing the ALE table.
• ALE sounding
Automatically sends a sounding signal at a selectable
interval (0.5–11 hours) to check the propagation, and
stores the data in a table. Manual soundings can also
be sent.
• ALE AMD (Automatic Message Display)
Automatically sends and receives text messages of up
to 90 characters.