User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Introduction
- 1 NGTtransceiver compliance
- 2 Installation
- 3 The handset
- 4 Getting started
- Switching on the transceiver
- Changing the screen contrast
- Changing the screen brightness
- Using the keys on the handset
- Accessing the Main Menu
- Switching scanning on or off
- Switching mute on or off
- Entering your station self address
- Listen Before Transmit Mode
- Replacing LQA information for all channels in an ALE/CALM network
- Making a manual sounding operation in an ALE/CALM network
- Selecting the best channel in an ALE/CALM network
- Making a Selective call from the Address List
- Making a Phone call from the Address List
- Making an emergency call using the emergency key
- Using a special ALE address syntax to make a call
- Appendix A— Standard hot keys
- Appendix B— Entering and editing text
- Appendix C— Finding words and values
- Appendix D— Creating an entry in a list
- Appendix E— HF radio transmission
- Appendix F— Definitions
- Index
Getting started
52 NGT ASR Transceiver Getting Started Guide
1 Wait until you hear a reply from the person you called.
1 Hold down the PTT button then speak.
Release the PTT button when you have finished
speaking.
1 To end the call, press the key.
If the transceiver was scanning prior to the call, it
resumes scanning.
Select chan/mode • select <auto> if you want the transceiver to select the best
channel/mode for the call, starting with the channel on
which the most recent successful link was established, or
• select the channel/mode you want to use to make the call, or
• press the key to select the best channel/mode
combination from the LQA database
NOTE
You can test the quality of the selected channel by
sending a Channel Test call (see page 45,
Replacing LQA information as part of a call in an
ALE/CALM network).
NOTE
To abort the call before a connection to the
other station is made, press the PTT button.
If this prompt is
displayed...
Do this...