Codan SRx User manual

HF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS
GETTING STARTED GUIDE
NGT Transceiver
SRx

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Codan part number 15-04140-EN Issue 4, September 2008.
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Table of contents
Introduction
Overview of this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Accessing the CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1 Installation
Mobile stations for NGT SRx Transceivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Mounting a mobile NGT SRx station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Connecting a mobile NGT SRx station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Fixed stations for NGT SRx Transceivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Mounting a fixed NGT SRx station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting a fixed NGT SRx station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2 The handset
Hot keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
The channel screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3 Getting started
Switching on the transceiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Switching off the transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Setting up basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Selecting a channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Making a basic voice call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Making a selective call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Scanning channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Switching scanning on or off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Pausing scanning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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Appendix A—Entering and editing text
Editing a screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Entering text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Changing between alpha and numeric characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Moving the cursor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Inserting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Deleting text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Saving text changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Appendix B—Using Quick Start
Appendix C—Using a GPS receiver
Appendix D—Specifications
Appendix E—Compliance
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
European R&TTE Directive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
EMC and safety notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
FCC compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
C-tick approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Register of hazardous substances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Appendix F—HF radio transmission
Frequency, distance and time of day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Channels and modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Networks and scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Etiquette for the use of HF radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

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Appendix G—Definitions
Standards and icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Acronyms and abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Unit multipliers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
About this issue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Index

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List of figures
Figure 1: Typical mobile NGT SRx station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Figure 2: Typical fixed NGT SRx station. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Figure 3: The handset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Figure 4: The channel screen in the Channel List . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 5: The reflective properties of the ionosphere . . . . . . . . . . 62

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List of tables
Table 1: Cables for a typical mobile NGT SRx station. . . . . . . . . . 6
Table 2: Cables for a typical fixed NGT SRx station . . . . . . . . . . 13
Table 3: Standard hot keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Table 4: NGT SRx Transceiver specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Table 5: Earth symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Table 6: 有毒有害物质列表 (Register of hazardous
substances) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Table 7: Examples of channels and modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Table 8: The phonetic alphabet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

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