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Choosing and Sending the Message
After specifying the destination radio’s User ID (Section 6.27.1), the radio automatically allows you to
choose a message. The current message scrolls across the top line of the display. To choose a message:
1. Scroll through the message list using . The next available message in the list is displayed.
Pause between each arrow button depress to observe the entire message as it scrolls across the top line
of the display.
2. To select and send the displayed message, press the Select button, or press the # button on the
keypad.
3. The status of the sent message will be momentarily displayed (Table 6-6).
Table 6-6: Status of Selective Alert
STATUS MESSAGE DEFINITION
Delivering Select Alert message transmit attempt
Busy Too busy – Try again
Dest Down Receiving radio not logged on – Not registered
Not Reg Transmitting radio not logged on – Not registered
Delivered Transmission complete
Unreachable No response
Partial Transmission interrupted

6.27.2 Receiving Messages

When a selective alert message is received by a radio, a four-beep tone is heard and “NewAlert” flashes
until the new message is read. Up to eight (8) received messages are stored. If another message is
received, the first (oldest) message is automatically deleted to make room for new incoming messages.
Displaying Received Messages
1. Using , scroll through the menu until “AlertsRecvd” (Alerts Received) appears in the bottom
line of the display. “No alerts” or the last received (newest) message appears in the display. It is
preceded by the time the message was received, and the sender’s name/alias.
2. View other received messages using .
3. To delete the message currently being viewed, press the MENU button.
Deleting Received Messages
To delete a received message:
1. Display the message.
2. Delete the message by pressing the MENU button.
3. Confirm the deletion by pressing the MENU button again.

6.27.3 Defining Pre-Programmed Messages

All selective alert messages are pre-defined by the radio system’s maintenance personnel. These messages
are sometimes referred to as “canned” messages. Custom selective alert messages cannot be created by
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