Selcall (Selective Calling); Status Message - Kenwood TK-780 Series Instruction Manual

SELCALL (SELECTIVE CALLING)
A Selcall is a voice call'to-a particular. station or to a:group of.stations. :
m@ Transmitting
1 Select your desired system and group (or group and channel).
2 Press the A key.to enter Selcall Mode..
3 Use the W/Wkeys ognt st side ne only) to select the ID of the Station
you want fo call.
e You can also enter, digits Syl using the DTMF kamen if anual Diali is enabled.
(Press * to erase an incorrect digit.)
4. Press the PTT switch and begin your conversation.
m Receiving
An alert tone will sound, the transceiver will automatically enter Selcall Mode,
and the calling station's ID will appear when a Selcall is received.
To respond to the call, press the PTT switch and speak into the microphone. **
mw Identification Codes
An ID code is a combination of a 3-digit Fleet number and a 4-digit ID a
number. Each transceiver must have its own Fleet and ID number.
e Enter a Fleet number (100 ~ 349) to make a group call.
e Enter an ID number (1000 ~ 4999) to make an individual'call in'your fleet:
e -Enter.a Fleet number followed by:an.ID number:to make.an:individual call
in your desired. fleet (Inter-fleet.call).
e Select "ALL" Fleet and "ALL" ID to make a call to all units s (Broadéast call).
e Select "ALL" Fleet and enter an ID number to make a call to the selected
'1D in'all fleets s(Superviscr call).
@ Broadcast and Supervisor calls.are progatnied functions that cannot be jada witha keypad.
© The ID range may be limited by programming. , ,
STATUS MESSAGE
You can send and receive 2-digit Status messages (10 ~ 79) which may be decided
in your talk group. Messages can contain up to 16 alphanumeric characters. .
A maximum of 9 received messages can be stored in the stack memory of your
transceiver. These saved messages can be reviewed after reception. Ifthe —
stack memory'is full, the oldest message will be erased when a new message is
received. The mail icon ( /) lights when a message is stored i in the stack
memory.
Note: All stored messages will be cleared when the transceiver power is turned OFF.