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Sending calls

4-16 HF SSB transceiver user guide

GPS position call

GPS (Global Positioning System) is a system for displaying

the geographical location of a station. The GPS receiver

picks up latitude and longitude coordinates from passing

satellites.

A GPS position call sends your global position to another

station.

If you want to make sure that only the station you are calling

receives your GPS position, use the transceiver’s call privacy

feature. By setting up a privacy key, you limit the stations

that can read your GPS position to those stations using the

same privacy key. Refer to the HF SSB transceiver reference

manual, Chapter 5, Call privacy on/off.

You can send GPS position calls simultaneously to a range of

stations by group calling.

Before you can send a GPS position call, you need to:

• connect a GPS receiver and set the correct RS-232 and

baud rate settings (refer to the HF SSB transceiver

reference manual, Chapter 11, Connecting ancillary

equipment)

• enable GPS calling (refer to the HF SSB transceiver

reference manual, Chapter 7, Password entry to enable

transceiver options)

• make sure that the station you are calling is also set up

for using GPS

• decide whether you want to use a privacy key (refer to

the HF SSB transceiver reference manual, Chapter 5,

Call privacy on/off)

• set up your address (refer to the HF SSB transceiver

reference manual, Chapter 8, Selcall address setup)

• set up a channel for selcalling (refer to the HF SSB

transceiver reference manual, Chapter 3, Channel

creation and editing).