User's Manual

CONTACTS

ENTRIES FOR A CONTACT

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ALE|Selcall address

The address is used to identify the station that you want to call. This address is sent

with the preamble when the call is made. A station that is scanning to detect calls made

to its address responds according to the call system used by the associated HF

network.

NOTE: The ALE|Selcall Address entry is not shown if the call system is

RFDS, or if a valid phone link is selected.

Related links:

HF networks on page 129

ALE address syntax on page 409

Phone link

A phone link is pre-defined and you may select it when adding a Phone call to a

contact. When you select this phone link, you automatically select all of the details

defined in the phone link, such as its address and the HF network that you use to make

calls to this telephone station.

Phone number

The phone number is the number of the telephone that you want to call via the

radio/telephone interconnect at the telephone station.

Message|Status type

The Message|Status Type entry for the call information is available when you

select the Message or Get Status call types respectively. If you want to always send

the same message, for example, that you are shutting down for the day and include the

time and your GPS location, you would enter Shutting down, $TIME, $GPS. If

you want to send a different message every time, select Prompt, and you will be

prompted to enter a message at the time of sending the call.