Midland Radio RG2W Group calling Group Call, Sending an individual call, Sending a group call

8.4.Sending an individual call

You can carry out an individual call using the following procedure:

5. Press briefly the function key corresponding to CALL. On the display appears :

6. The outlined line below under "Routine To” appears if no owner name was inserted in the column “Dir”,

otherwise a similar situation may appear: J

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7.Press the function key “Ch 06” to access the sub-menu.

8.Press several times the function key “Chan” in order to select one of the 23 available channels (simplex channels) and confirm by pressing the E-button.

9.Like mentioned above, it is possible, to insert manually the address you want to call (using the alphanumerical keypad), or to select one of the addresses previously stored (maximum 16) by pressing several times the function key related to the indication “DIR”.

10.Then, after you have selected the communication channel and the address, the call can be carried out by pressing the function key corresponding to “Send” and confirmed by pressing the E-button.

11.After the call execution the radio operates as follows:

− If you have carried out a call to a ship, after the call,

you will get an answer, the radio will move to the
channel previously selected under step 3-4.	L

12.At this point:

−If the call comes confirmed from the other part, the display shows the message:

In this case the answer is reached from ship 100000000 and the possible communication channel will be CH06.

To confirm the reception of the received message, REGATTA 2 will emit an acoustic message that can be interrupted by pressing the function key corresponding to ”OK” or “STOP”.

Pressing OK beyond interrupting the acoustic signalling, REGATTA 2 is set to the chosen communication channel (in our example 06).

If no function key comes pressed at that time (1 minute) the acoustic message will extinguish automatically.

−If the call is not acknowledged, the display will indicate

(M), by pressing the function key corresponding to

“Stop” the radio will return to the normal radio mode. M

2Once inside a sub-menu, you can return at any time to the

main individual CALL-menu (Routine to) by pressing the C- button and terminating the current operation.

8.5Group calling (Group Call)

This function allows the user to call a specific group of stations which have the same MMSI group code memorized in their transceivers and which signals the channel the user wishes to speak on. Therefore you can only carry out the group call when you have programmed the addresses in a directory as described in par. 10.10

8.5.Sending a group call

1.You can carry out a group call through following procedure:

2.1. Press briefly the function key corresponding to

“Call”. On the display appears: N

3.Press three times the function key corresponding to

the written “Type” in order to to visualize on the display the following situation:

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4.The outlined line below under “Group Call” appears when no address has been programmed in the column “Dir”.

5.Press the function key “Ch 06” to access the sub-menu.

6.Press several times the function key “Chan” to select one of the 23 available channels (simplex channels) and confirm by pressing the E-button.

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