527 OTHER FUNCTIONS■ Hailer operationThe IC-M505 has a hailer function for voice amplificationover a loudspeaker, making it unnecessary to leave thebridge to talk a hailing party.Connect an external hailer speaker (25 W nominal at13.8 V/4 Ω) as described on p. 58.• Transmitting is not possible during hailer operation.• The received signal is muted during hailer operation.q Push [HAIL•RX ] to enter hailer mode.HAILER15Pushw Push and hold [PTT] and speak at a normal voice levelinto the microphone.• “TALK” appears.• “WAIT” appears on the channel comment indicator, when op-erating the hailer function by using an optional command micro-phone.• To adjust the hailer level, rotate [CHANNEL].e To return to normal operation, push [CLR] or [HAIL•RX ].• While in the hailer mode, the transceiver functions (trans-mit and receive) are interrupted. If the transceiver is intransmit condition, the hailer function is not available.• When a DSC call is received, the hailer function is inter-rupted with an automatic return to the transceiver mode.The transceiver’s display indicates ‘Receiving DSC calls.’(p. 41)