GENERAL FEATURES
Landside-Originate Calls
Calls can be placed from a landside telephone to your transceiver if the radio system and transceiver have that capability. With most systems, a mobile can be called directly (each has a unique telephone number).
With others, a mobile may be called as follows:
1.Dial the number of the radio system in which the mobile is operating.
2.When the system answers, a short tone sounds to indicate that the number of the mobile should be dialed. This number is usually five digits long and is supplied by your system operator. The first two digits are the home repeater number and the other digits are the group ID of the mobile being called. This number must be dialed using a
3.Ringing is then heard by the landside caller while the mobile is being rung.
GENERAL FEATURES
Bank Select
A bank is a collection of selectable systems that have been set up for a specific application. For example, one bank could be programmed for operation in Minneapolis and another for operation in Milwaukee. Each bank is identified by a unique alpha tag, and up to sixteen banks can be programmed.
Banks are selected by the BANK SEL menu parameter (see page 32). Rotate the Select switch to display “BANK SEL” on the top line and the current bank is then displayed on the bottom line. Press the Select switch to change the bank. If this menu parameter is not available, banks are not selectable.
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