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Contents
MICOM-2ES/2RS/2TS ALE
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Commercial Warranty Standard
Computer Software Copyrights
MICOM-2ES/2RS/2TS ALE HF-SSB Transceiver
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General Safety Precautions
Radio device is not authorized for general population
This radio is intended for use in occupational/controlled
Consumer or similar use
Federal Communication Commission Regulations
Communication Commission Regulations section
Driver Safety
Interference EMI if inadequately shielded, designed, or
Operational Warnings
Table of Contents
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Introduction
Channel CH Menu
Frequency Freq Menu
Prog Menu Radio Parameters Programming
Prog Menu ALE Parameters Programming
Selective Calling
ALE Addressing Method
Address and Call Types
Use of @ Stuffing Symbol
Individual Station Address
Group Addresses
Net Addresses
Special Addressing Modes Use of Wildcards
Use of ? Wildcard Symbol
? ? ?
Use of ? Wildcard Symbol
AllCall Addresses
AnyCalls
Self Addresses
Null Address
Inlink Address
Using the MultiNet Feature
Using ALE Functions in the Channel Mode
Using the Caller Stack
Messages
Quick Call
Entering the ALE Mode
Enabling the ALE Mode
To enter the ALE mode
ALE and Rx Only or Tx Only Channels
ALE Mode Options
ALE NET
Receiving and Transmitting Calls in ALE Mode
Information appearing in this section updates the ALE
Operating instructions presented in previous publications
ALE operating instructions appearing in this Supplement
Receiving Calls in ALE Mode
Receiving an individual call
Receiving a net call
Receiving an AllCall
Receiving an AnyCall
Receiving a sounding call
Receiving a bidirectional handshake call
To answer an incoming call
Function is not available when receiving an AllCall
Abcpack
To display LQA for the received call
Link State
RPL MORE, F1
Replacing the Current Channel While in the Link State
To replace the channel
Using the Caller Stack
To view the calls in the stack
To return a call to a station registered in the stack
Address
Disconnecting Calls
To remove an address from the stack
To disconnect an incoming call
END Calling
Transmitting Calls in ALE Mode
Using the MON F4 key
Selecting the Desired Net
To select a net
Calls to an Individual Station
To transmit an individual call with MultiNet OFF
To transmit an individual call with MultiNet on
Channel mode. If the other station is in the Channel mode
Your radio switches to the Channel mode for the duration
To transmit on a specific channel
Pressing Best F3 is the first scanned channel of the net
Quick Call
Contained a message
Data exists
To send a quick call
Using Autodial
To use Autodial to send a call
To transmit an individual call with a message
Sending Messages
AMD11 AMD Mess
To send a message during a call link state
Other Types of Calls
To select a special call type
Option Capabilities See Page …
ALL
GRP
ANY
Wild
Self
To send global AllCall using the ESC key
To send global AllCall using the Call function
GL Allcall
Link GL Allcall
If you decide to send a Global AllCall, press Glob F3
To send selective AllCall
If you decide to send a global AllCall, press Glob F3 or ?
Link SL Allcall
To transmit a net call
Transmitting Net Calls
Call NET
Transmitting Group Calls
Characters. Therefore, when an address is not an exact
Explained on page 6, each ALE word must include
To transmit a group call
Request is rejected and you will see for a few seconds AT
To define or change a group
If adding the station would cause
Total length of the station addresses
After pressing ADD F1 you will see
Transmitting AnyCalls
DIR BU
DIR BUD
Call ANY
To transmit an AnyCall
ALL Ending
ALL ENDING1
ALL ENDING59
You can press Stop F1 or ESC to abort the entire process
Link ANY
Transmitting Wildcard Calls
To transmit a wildcard call
Call Wild
AT Least
You can also include the self address in a group call
Transmitting a Self Call
To send a self-call
MICOM-2 can also be programmed to automatically initiate
Bidirectional Handshake
Options
LQA
Bdir
Bdir NET
To execute a bidirectional handshake with a net
Change the net, see
To manually initiate sounding
Sounding
Sond Sound OFF
Using the Inlink Function
Do not enable the inlink function when communicating with a
All the stations
Radio that does not support the full ALE capabilities
Transmitting ALE Calls in the Channel Mode
To enter the ALE Programming mode
Menu
Prog
NET RCV
Programming Nets
DIR AMD
You can also edit, or prepare a new message, on-line
OPT Auto Stor
Name Memb Chan
Default Values
GET Eras
Setting the Net Options
AMD Message Configuration
Directory Parameters
ALE Options Configuration
Exal Alrt
Mlqa Qcal
If the directory is full, new addresses will not be added
Ilnk Bdlk
MNT
Auto Dial Parameters
Storing ALE Parameters
AMD
Ilnk Bdlk
Using the New Station Address Filter