Icom iM323 Instruction Manual

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417DSC OPERATION12345678910111213141516Transmitting a Test callDTesting on the exclusive DSC distress and safety calling chan-nels should be avoided as much as possible. When testing ona distress/safety channel is unavoidable, you should indicatethat these are test transmissions.Normally the test call would require no further communica-tions between the two stations involved.Enter “TEST CALL” in the DSC CALLS menu.qSelect a desired preprogrammed individual address, orw“Manual Input,” then push Dial or [ENT].฀ •฀The฀ID฀code฀for฀the฀Individual฀call฀can฀be฀set฀irst.฀(p.฀19)฀ •฀฀When฀“Manual฀Input”฀is฀selected,฀set฀the฀9฀digit฀MMSI฀ID฀code฀for฀the individual you wish to call.฀ •Push฀[EXIT]฀to฀return฀to฀the฀normal฀operating฀mode.฀ •Push฀[BACK]฀to฀return฀to฀the฀previous฀screen.About Manual Inputting:Enter a desired address ID in the following way:•฀Select฀a฀desired฀number฀using฀Dial,฀or฀[Ω]/[≈].•฀Push฀[ENT]฀or฀Dial฀to฀set฀it.•฀฀To฀move฀the฀cursor,฀select฀either฀arrow,฀“←” or “→,” then push[ENT] or Dial.•฀฀The฀irst฀digit฀is฀speciied฀as฀‘0’฀for฀a฀Group฀ID.฀If฀a฀9฀digit฀Group฀ID฀is entered, an error beep sounds when pushing [ENT] or dial.•฀The฀irst฀two฀digits฀are฀‘0’฀for฀any฀Coast฀station฀ID.A confirmation screen appears.e฀ •฀Conirm฀the฀call฀contents.+ Continued on the next page.MENU ➪ DSC Calls ➪ Test Call(Push [MENU]) (Rotate Dial, then push [ENT].)