Codan NGT AR User manual

HF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS
Getting Started Guide
NGT Transceiver

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Codan part number 15-04127-EN Issue 8, April 2010.
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Table of contents
Introduction
Overview of this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Accessing the CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1 The handset
Hot keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
The channel screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2 Getting started
Switching on the transceiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Switching off the transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setting up basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Selecting a channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Making a basic voice call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Making a selective call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Scanning channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Switching scanning on or off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Pausing scanning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3 CES-128 voice encryptor option
Using the CES-128 voice encryptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Switching off the CES-128 voice encryptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Creating a secure key in a Corporate secure index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using a PIN for private communications within an organisation. . . . . . . . 25
Switching between Global and Corporate secure modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Switching between Corporate secure indexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Erasing all of the secure keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the CES-128 voice encryptor in standby mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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4 AES-256 digital encryptor option
Using the AES-256 digital encryptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Switching off the AES-256 digital encryptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using digital mute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Changing the data rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Creating a secure key in a secure index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Switching between secure indexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Erasing all of the secure keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
5 Installation
Mobile stations for NGT AR, SR, AR Voice, and VR Transceivers . . . . . . . 44
Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Mounting a mobile NGT station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Connecting a mobile NGT station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Fixed stations for NGT AR, SR, AR Voice, and VR Transceivers . . . . . . . . 53
Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Mounting a fixed NGT station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Connecting a fixed NGT station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Appendix A—Entering and editing text
Editing a screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Entering text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Changing between alpha and numeric characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Moving the cursor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Inserting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Deleting text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Saving text changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Appendix B—Using Quick Start
Opening and closing Quick Start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Adding/Editing a channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Setting up a scan list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Setting the time and date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

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Setting your station self address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Adding/Editing an entry in the Address List or Call Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Deleting an entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Appendix C—Using a GPS receiver
Appendix D—HF radio transmission
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Frequency, distance and time of day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Channels and modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Networks and scanning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Etiquette for the use of HF radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Appendix E—Definitions
Standards and icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Acronyms and abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Unit multipliers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
About this issue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Appendix F—Compliance
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
European R&TTE Directive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
EMC and safety notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
FCC compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
C-tick approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Register of hazardous substances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Index

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List of figures
Figure 1: The handset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Figure 2: The channel screen in the Channel List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Figure 3: Typical mobile NGT AR or SR station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Figure 4: Typical mobile NGT AR Voice or VR station . . . . . . . . . 46
Figure 5: Typical fixed NGT AR or SR station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Figure 6: Typical fixed NGT AR Voice or VR station . . . . . . . . . . 55
Figure 7: The reflective properties of the ionosphere . . . . . . . . . . 76

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List of tables
Table 1: Standard hot keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Table 2: Cables for a typical mobile NGT station . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Table 3: Cables for a typical fixed NGT station. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Table 4: Examples of channels and modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Table 5: The phonetic alphabet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Table 6: Earth symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Table 7: 有毒有害物质列表 (Register of hazardous
substances) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

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NGT Transceiver Getting Started Guide 1
Introduction
Thank you for purchasing a Codan NGT AR, SR, AR Voice, or
VR Transceiver. With this great product and Codan’s supreme
after-sales support, you can look forward to many years of
clear and reliable HF communication. Please read this guide
thoroughly and retain it for future reference. There is an index
at the end of this guide to assist you in finding information.
Overview of this guide
This guide provides instructions on how to connect up your
NGT AR, SR, AR Voice, or VR Transceiver, and how to
perform basic setup and operating tasks. It assumes that you
have limited knowledge of HF communication and of using an
HF transceiver.
Extensive reference material is provided on the CD at the back
of this guide.
This guide contains the following sections:
Section 1 The handset—describes the handset and the
function of items on the handset
Section 2 Getting started—explains how to use the basic
operating features of your transceiver
Section 3 CES-128 voice encryptor option—describes
how to use the optional CES-128 voice
encryptor feature
Section 4 AES-256 digital encryptor option—describes
how to use the optional AES-256 digital
encryptor feature
Section 5 Installation—explains briefly how to connect
the components of your transceiver
Appendix A Entering and editing text—explains how to
enter and edit text in editable screens
Appendix B Using Quick Start—explains how to use the
Quick Start feature, if enabled

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Appendix C Using a GPS receiver—explains the
information provided by the GPS receiver, if
fitted
Appendix D HF radio transmission—describes the medium
of HF communication and how to use it
effectively
Appendix E Definitions—explains the terms and
abbreviations used in this guide
Appendix F Compliance—provides compliance information
and safety notices for your transceiver
Accessing the CD
To access the CD:
1Place the CD in the CD drive of your computer.
You can view and search the Reference Manual and
Getting Started Guide using the Adobe®Reader®
supplied on the CD.

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1 The handset
Figure 1: The handset
CLAR
2ABC
MODE
3DEF
6
MNO
5
JKL
4
GHI
7PRS
SV
SEC
8
TUV
9WXY
CALL
#LOGS
VIEW
0
EASI
*TALK
TUNE
1QZ
MUTE CALL SCAN
programming jack
PTT button
microphone

The handset
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The handset comprises:
• an LCD
• navigation keys ( , , , , )
• volume controls ( , )
•MUTE, CALL and SCAN hot keys
• alphanumeric keys (0–9, *, #)
• emergency key ( )
• power key ( )
• microphone
• PTT button
• programming jack
There are two ways to use the keys on the handset. You can:
• press a key, briefly
•hold a key for 2 seconds
The Tick and Cross keys
Press to:
• select the item on the active line in the list
• save changes
• answer ‘yes’ to prompts
Hold to edit settings.
Press to:
• navigate up from settings to entries
• backspace over text
• remove messages on the screen
• cancel changes
• answer ‘no’ to prompts

The handset
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Hold to go from any location to the home screen. If you
have entered text into a setting and want to discard the
changes you made, hold .
The scroll keys
The and keys are the scroll keys. Use these keys to scroll
up or down through any list, to scroll left or right over text,
and to increase or decrease a value.

The handset
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Hot keys
Hot keys enable you to perform a task quickly. The transceiver
comes with some standard hot keys programmed; the keys are
labelled with the corresponding task performed. You can also
create your own hot keys (see the reference material on the
enclosed CD).
Table 1: Standard hot keys
Hot key Function
MUTE Pressing MUTE toggles mute on or off.
CALL Pressing CALL starts a call.
SCAN Pressing SCAN switches off scanning, or if you were in a call,
ends the call and switches scanning on.
TUNE Pressing TUNE displays the PTT to tune screen so you can
manually tune the antenna.
CLAR Pressing CLAR enables you to adjust the receive frequency to
compensate for any frequency offset between your transceiver
and the remote transceiver.
MODE Pressing MODE selects the next allowable mode programmed
for the channel, usually USB or LSB.
V/S Pressing V/S toggles the mute type between Voice mute and
Selcall mute.
NOTE
If an AES-256 digital encryptor is fitted to the
transceiver and switched on, digital voice only mute
(D) may also be selected.
SEC Pressing or holding SEC enters Secure mode, if the hardware
option is fitted, and specific firmware is programmed into the
transceiver and enabled. For more information see page 19,
CES-128 voice encryptor option and page 33, AES-256 digital
encryptor option.
9Pressing 9displays your current GPS position, if the hardware
option is fitted and enabled.

The handset
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EASITALK Pressing EASITALK toggles the DSP noise reduction algorithm
on or off.
VIEW Pressing VIEW toggles between the channel screen and the
Address List.
CALL LOGS Pressing CALL LOGS repeatedly steps through a number of
call logs: Calls Out, Calls In, then back to the screen from which
you began. In these logs, you can view the details of the calls.
(Emergency)
Holding begins an automatic Emergency call transmission
using call information contained in the Emergency entries in the
Address List.
+ 9Pressing + 9enables you to change the default setting for the
screen contrast.
+ 0Pressing + 0enables you to change the default setting for the
screen and keypad backlighting.
Table 1: Standard hot keys (cont.)
Hot key Function

The handset
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The channel screen
The channel screen is displayed when you press or VIEW.
Figure 2: The channel screen in the Channel List
When the transceiver is scanning, the call type icon is replaced
by the scanning icon and the channel information is
replaced by Scanning.
Tx power
indicator
(Hi/Lo)
channel name
call
Rx freq (kHz)
Rx/Tx indicator
mute type
indicator
signal
strength
(V/S,
type
icon
highlighted
when mute
is on)
mode
indicator
Tx freq (kHz)
(not shown if Tx/Rx
are the same)

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2 Getting started
This section contains the following topics:
Switching on the transceiver (10)
Setting up basics (11)
Selecting a channel (12)
Making a basic voice call (13)
Making a selective call (14)
Scanning channels (17)
WARNING
You should not transmit from your transceiver
or tune the antenna unless people are beyond the
safe working distance of:
• 1.5 m (5 ft) of any part of a mobile antenna
• 2 m (7 ft) of any part of a fixed antenna in a
data installation of up to 125 W output
• 5 m (17 ft) of any part of a fixed antenna in a
data installation of up to 1 kW output

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Switching on the transceiver
To switch on the transceiver:
1Press .
If you are prompted to enter a password, enter your user
or administrator password, then press .
If you enter an incorrect password it is automatically
erased. If you enter an incorrect password three times,
the transceiver automatically switches off.
When the transceiver is switched on, it runs a self-test
that checks the memory, hardware, LCD and keys.
Switching off the transceiver
To switch off the transceiver:
1Hold .
The transceiver is switched off.