New ALE Features
Option | Capabilities | See Page … |
GRP | Group call – call directed to a group of individually selected | 38 |
| stations. Groups can be preprogrammed, but you can also |
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| select the stations to be called and save the selection for |
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| reuse. Up to five groups can be defined. |
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ANY | AnyCall – call directed to all the other stations | 41 |
| simultaneously, usually used to detect new stations. |
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WILD | Wildcard call – call simultaneously addressed to a selected | 44 |
| group of stations within a net, with wildcards used within |
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| the address to specify the desired stations. Wildcard calls |
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| use the special ALE addressing modes. If you are not |
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| familiar with these modes, you should review pages 7 to 11. |
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SELF | Self call – call using the station’s own address, generally | 46 |
| used for test purposes. |
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Transmitting AIICalls
An AllCall is a message which your radio uses to establish a connection with all the other stations simultaneously, and is typically used to broadcast a message or send a distress call. An AllCall can also include a message.
In addition to this type of AllCall (referred to as a global (GL) AllCall), it is also possible to use selective (SL) AllCall: this is a simultaneous call addressed only to all the stations whose names (addresses) end with a character you specify.
If so required, you can set your radio so that it cannot send
AIICalls.
Note
You cannot select the channel on which an outgoing AllCall will be sent: outgoing AIICalls are sent on the AllCall channel defined for the currently selected net, or on the best scanned channel of the net.
When radios in other nets have their MultiNet feature enabled,
AIICalls may also reach these radios. See details on page 11.
Note
There are two ways to send a global AllCall: using the ESC key or using the CALL function. A selective AllCall can be sent only using the CALL function.
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