Using selective call
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Selective call terms
The following terms are used in this section.
This term… Means…
Decoding Receiving and translating the encoded message.
Encode The translation of the identification number and instructions
into a coded message for transmission.
Group call A call to all transceivers within a selected group. For
example, a call using the identification address 0200 (group
call) will be received by all transceivers whose identification
address falls in the two hundred digit range (0201 to 0299).
Preamble Part of the coded selective call message structure which is
transmitted when you press the Call button. The message
contains the preamble tone which precedes the called
address and the self-identification address codes.
Program Setting the identification addresses into the transceiver.
Revertive Signal A signal automatically transmitted back from the receiving
transceiver to indicate message received and decoded
satisfactorily.
This signal does not apply to group calls.
Selective beacon
call
A call used to check signal conditions to a selected station.