Store-and-Forward Telex

The following is the sequence of events in transmission of Telex message in MARITEX.

1.Shipboard station sends message to MARITEX coast station.

2.MARITEX coast station stores message in memory buffer.

3.Shipboard station and MARITEX coast station clear the radio circuit.

4.MARITEX station sends message to subscriber designated.

No. Procedure

DisplayRemarks

1Call MARITEX.

2Transmit WRU signal.

3Key in subscriber's Telex number. Example: (Hong Kong) 12345

TLX80212345+

4Transmit file.

5When transmission is completed, type NNNN.

6Transmit BREAK command to clear radio circuit.

CONNECT appears in inverse video (and bell sounds).

MARITEX X

26 X X X SHIP X GA+?

MSG+?

26 X X X SHIP X MARITEX S DURATION DATE

GA+?

Free-signal found; radio circuit ready.

Initial identity exchange between coast station and shipboard station

Request to start message transmission

Message transmission

Transmit your answerback code. Receive MARITEX station's answerback code. Tx time and date appear on DP-6.

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RC-1500-1T specifications

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