Codan_9390_user.pdf

9390 User guide No part of this handbook may be reproduced, transcribed, translated into any language or transmitted in any form whatsoever without the prior written consent of Codan Pty Ltd. Copyright 1996 Codan Pty Ltd. Codan part number 15-04068 Issue 1, May 1996 9390 User guidei Contents 1 Quick reference Sending a distress call ............................................................1-2 Sending a voice call................................................................1-3 Navigation and weather reports..............................................1-4 Telstra Radphone servicevoice...........................................1-5 Telstra Radphone serviceselcall.........................................1-6 Weather fax............................................................................1-7 Receiving time signals............................................................1-8 Receiving broadcast stations ..................................................1-9 2 About this user guide Standards and icons ..........................................................2-2 Glossary............................................................................2-3 Other documents...............................................................2-5 3 Overview Your 9390 transceiver............................................................3-2 Channels ...........................................................................3-3 Scanning ...........................................................................3-3 Free-tuning receiver..........................................................3-4 Cloning .............................................................................3-4 Selective call (selcall) option............................................3-4 Paging option....................................................................3-5 GPS option........................................................................3-5 Telephone option..............................................................3-5 Fax and data options.........................................................3-5 Installing your transceiver.................................................3-5 Contents ii9390 User guide Transceiver controls...............................................................3-6 The display layout................................................................3-11 Transceiver rear panel..........................................................3-14 4 Using the transceiver Types of calls .........................................................................4-2 Switching the transceiver on and off ......................................4-4 Adjusting the volume..............................................................4-6 Selecting channels..................................................................4-7 Selecting a channel by viewing the list of channels..........4-8 Selecting a channel by recalling its channel number.........4-9 Selecting a channel by recalling its channel frequency...4-10 Selecting AM or single sideband (SSB)...............................4-12 Tuning the antenna...............................................................4-14 Manual tuner...................................................................4-14 Automatic antenna tuner.................................................4-15 Using the microphone...........................................................4-16 Muting the transceiver..........................................................4-17 The Voice Mute button on the control panel ..................4-17 The SCall Mute button on the control panel..................4-18 The Mute button on the microphone...............................4-18 Selecting the operating mode ...............................................4-19 Changing the operating mode.........................................4-20 Scanning for incoming calls .................................................4-22 Selecting a scan table and starting the scan.....................4-23 Starting the scan using the last scan table used...............4-25 Changing transmitter power .................................................4-26 Changing RF gain.................................................................4-27 Adjusting the display brightness...........................................4-28 Adjusting the display contrast ..............................................4-29 Using Clarifier mode............................................................4-30 Using View Channel Options mode .....................................4-31 Contents 9390 User guideiii Using Free-Tune Receiver mode..........................................4-33 Setting a receive frequency.............................................4-34 Entering a receive frequency...........................................4-36 Using View All Settings mode .............................................4-38 Customising your transceiver...............................................4-40 5 Sending calls Voice call ...............................................................................5-3 Distress (emergency alarm) call .............................................5-5 Tone call.................................................................................5-8 Selective beacon call (option) ..............................................5-10 Selcall (option).....................................................................5-13 Telcall (option).....................................................................5-16 Radphone Direct Dial.....................................................5-18 GPS beacon call (option)......................................................5-23 GPS position call (option)....................................................5-27 Page call (option) .................................................................5-31 ALE call (option) .................................................................5-36 6 Receiving calls Receiving basic calls..............................................................6-2 Distress (emergency alarm) call........................................6-2 Responding to an incoming voice call during scanning....6-3 Receiving selective calls (option)...........................................6-4 Responding to an incoming selective call during scanning.............................................................................6-6 Reviewing and returning calls held in memory.................6-8 Receiving beacon calls....................................................6-10 7 Additional features Group calling (option)............................................................7-2 Selcall lockout (option)..........................................................7-3 Contents iv9390 User guide Using more than one control panel.........................................7-4 Multi-Access mode...........................................................7-4 Single-Access mode..........................................................7-5 Operating the transceiver from a computer ............................7-7 Commands entered at the computer..................................7-8 Computer display in response to a command..................7-10 Telstra services (Australia only)...........................................7-13 Transmitting a Telstra beacon call..................................7-14 Radphone Direct Dial (RDD).........................................7-15 Transmitting a Telstra selcall (Radphone or Radphone Selcall service).........................7-16 Receiving a Telstra telcall or selcall...............................7-17 Index Figures Figure 3.1Front panel of the transceiver and control head...3-6 Figure 3.2The microphone...................................................3-6 Figure 3.3The display for a transmit channel.....................3-11 Figure 3.4The display for a receive-only channel..............3-11 Figure 3.5Rear panel of the 9390 transceiver ....................3-14 Figure 3.6Rear panel of the 9390-H receiver-exciter.........3-14 Figure 5.1Private network for sending telephone calls ......5-17 9390 User guide1-1 1 Quick reference The following pages are a quick reference for the most commonly used features of the transceiver: Sending a distress call (1-2) Sending a voice call (1-3) Navigation and weather reports (1-4) Telstra Radphone servicevoice (1-5) Telstra Radphone serviceselcall (1-6) Weather fax (1-7) Receiving time signals (1-8) Receiving broadcast stations (1-9). These procedures use channels set up for Australian territorial waters. Quick reference 1-29390 User guide Sending a distress call 1To switch the transceiver on, press On/Off.On/Off 2To select the standard distress frequency 2182kHz on AM, channel 1, press 2182. 2182 3Tune the antenna system. If you have an automatic tuner, press Tune. Tune 4To transmit the alarm signal, press Emgcy Call for three seconds. Alarm signal transmission lasts 45 seconds. To stop transmission, press Emgcy Call. Emgcy Call 5If you do not receive a reply almost immediately, send the call again either on this channel or one of the other distress frequencies: ChannelkHz 1 2 3 4 5 6 2182 4125 6215 8291 12290 16420 6If the emergency station operator asks you to change your sideband setting (AM or USB), press AM/SSB. AM/SSB 7To respond to the emergency station operator, press PTT to transmit. Speak clearly with the microphone held side-on and close to your mouth. Quick reference 9390 User guide1-3 Sending a voice call Use this procedure for voice calls in your local network and intership communication. 1To switch the transceiver on, press On/Off. The display shows the last channel used. On/Off 2To select a channel, rotate Select to scroll through the channels. Select OrPress Enter/Rcall for channel recall, enter the frequency to one decimal point or the channel number, and press Enter/Rcall again. Enter Rcall 3To change the sideband setting (AM or USB) if the channel allows, press AM/SSB. AM/SSB 4Tune the antenna system. If you have an automatic tuner, press Tune. Tune 5To switch off selected mute so that you can hear channel traffic, press Mute/9. Mute 9 6Adjust Volume as required. Volume 7When the channel is clear of voice and data traffic, press PTT to transmit. Speak clearly with the microphone held side-on and close to your mouth. Quick reference 1-49390 User guide Navigation and weather reports Use this procedure to obtain navigational warnings and weather reports from coast stations. 1To switch the transceiver on, press On/Off.On/Off 2Rotate Select to select a weather report channel or Volmet channel. Select 3Tune the antenna system. If you have an automatic tuner, press Tune. Tune Quick reference 9390 User guide1-5 Telstra Radphone servicevoice Telstras Radphone service allows you to make operator connected telephone calls by sending voice calls from your transceiver. 1From the Telstra Radphone directory, select a voice calling channeldenoted by V monitored for your time of day. If there are none, use one of the distress frequencies 2182, 4125 or 6215kHz. Select 2Tune the antenna system. If you have an automatic tuner, press Tune. Tune 3To switch off selected mute so that you can hear channel traffic, press Mute/9. Mute 9 4Adjust Volume as required. Volume 5When the channel is clear of voice and data traffic, press PTT to talk to the Telstra operator. Speak clearly with the microphone held side-on and close to your mouth. Quick reference 1-69390 User guide Telstra Radphone serviceselcall Telstras Radphone selcall service allows you to make operator connected telephone calls by sending selcalls from your transceiver. Selective beacon call 1From the Telstra Radphone directory, select a selcall channeldenoted by Smonitored for your time of day. Select 2To switch off selected mute so that you can hear channel traffic, press Mute/9. Mute 9 3When the channel is clear of voice and data traffic, press Call. Enter the Telstra station ID (for example, 0104 for Brisbane). Bcon 0 4To send the call, press Call. You should receive a revertive signal within 20 seconds. Call 5If the signal is weak or inaudible, send selective beacon calls on other suitable Telstra channels. Compare signal strengths to determine the best channel. Selcall 6Having selected the best channel, press Call and enter the Telstra station ID. Call 7To send the selcall, press Call. Wait for the Telstra operator to talk to you. Call 8Press PTT to transmit. Speak clearly with the microphone held side-on and close to your mouth. Quick reference 9390 User guide1-7 Weather fax Before you can receive weather fax transmissions, you need to connect your transceiver to a processing decoder and weather fax machine. 1To switch the transceiver on, press On/Off.On/Off 2Select one of the weather fax channels. These do not let you transmit. Select 3Tune the antenna system. If you have an automatic tuner, press Tune. Tune 4Refer to the operating instructions for your weather fax machine. Quick reference 1-89390 User guide Receiving time signals 1To switch the transceiver on, press On/Off.On/Off 2Select whichever of the time signal channels is clearly audible for your position and the time of day. These channels do not let you transmit. Select 3Tune the antenna system. If you have an automatic tuner, press Tune. Tune Quick reference 9390 User guide1-9 Receiving broadcast stations You can use your transceiver to receive any HF SSB transmission in the short wave range 250kHz30MHz. This procedure sets up a temporary channel which will be lost when you select another channel or turn the transceiver off. 1To switch the transceiver on, press On/Off.On/Off 2Repeatedly press Mode to display Free Tune Receiver. Mode 3Press Enter/Rcall and enter the frequency to two decimal places. For example, enter 11955kHz as 1195500. Enter Rcall 4Press Enter/Rcall. Enter Rcall ? Quick reference 1-109390 User guide 9390 User guide2-1 2 About this user guide This user guide describes how you use the Codan 9390 HF SSB transceiver or the Codan 9390-H receiver-exciter to send and receive calls. This issue of the user guide incorporates operating information for software versions: transceiver 3.02 control head 3.01. To check the version of your transceiver, see Chapter 4, Using View All Settings modetransceiver software issue. The user guide contains seven chapters. Chapter 1 is a quick reference section for commonly used procedures. Chapter 2 explains how to use this user guide. Chapter 3 gives you an overview and describes the equipment and controls. Chapter 4 explains the basic steps necessary to operate your transceiver. Chapter 5 explains how to send calls. Chapter 6 explains how to respond to incoming calls. Chapter 7 describes additional features of the transceiver. About this user guide 2-29390 User guide Standards and icons In this guide, Arial typeface in single quotes is used for text shown on the transceiver