You can enter a message or bulletin using up to 45 alphanumeric characters. To transmit a message, first enter the call sign of the target station. To transmit a bulletin to all other stations in your group, enter “BLN 
” as the call sign; where 
must be any single alphanumeric character. When the length of your bulletin exceeds 45 digits, you may transmit more than one packet to send the entire bulletin. You can use 
to indicate the sequence of the bulletin portions. For example, you may program “BLN0” (or “BLNA”) to send the first packet, then “BLN1” (or “BLNB”) to send the second packet.
1Press [MSG].
2Press [UP]/ [DWN] to select “INPUT”.
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3Press [OK].
•The display for entering a call sign appears; the first digit blinks.
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4Press [UP]/ [DWN] to select a character.
•You can enter alphanumeric characters plus special ASCII characters.
•You may use the keypad. For example, each press of [TNC] switches entry as A, B, C, then 2. Press [ENT] to enter
5Press [OK].
•The cursor moves to the next digit.
6Repeat steps 4 and 5 to enter up to 9 digits.
•Pressing [OK] after selecting the 9th digit causes the cursor to move to the start of the next field.
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•To complete programming the call sign after entering less than 9 digits, press [OK] twice.
•Each press of [ESC] causes the cursor to move backward.
•Pressing [A/B] deletes the digit at which the cursor is blinking.
7Press [UP]/ [DWN], then [OK] to select the first digit of a message (or bulletin).
•You may use the keypad. For example, each press of [TNC] switches entry as A, B, C, a, b, c, then 2. Press [ENT] to switch among the special ASCII characters.
8Repeat step 7 to enter a message (or bulletin) with up to 45 digits.
•To complete programming after entering less than 45 digits, press [OK] twice.
•Completing step 8 causes the transceiver to automatically transmit the message (or bulletin). If you send a message (not a bulletin), a reception acknowledgment should be returned; “ack” appears.
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