Barrett PRC-4090 - Status Call

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BARRETT PRC-4090 TACTICAL HF SDR TRANSCEIVER - SELCALL
Status Call
A Status call allows the operational status parameters of any Barrett transceiver
tted with Selcall to be accessed. This status is sent from the remote transceiver
as a Selcall with the status information embedded within the Selcall structure.
Information retrieved for remote diagnosis of transceiver performance includes:
• Selcall ID
• Receive state battery voltage
• Last transmit state battery voltage
• Signal strength indication of received status request Selcall
• Forward power output level
• VSWR of the antenna
• Temperature
• Selcall ID of the last radio called.
Sending a Status Call
1. Select the channel to send the Status Call on
(Beacon Call can be used to determine the
best channel)
2. Listen for trafc on that channel. If trafc is
not heard, continue.
3. Press
4. Either:
• Select Status, enter the selcall ID of trans-
ceiver you wish to contact and press
Enter, or
• Choose a contact from the Contacts icon
and then select Status.
5. Wait for the call to be sent and for the remote
station to return its status data.