40 About messages
Sending and receiving messages
About messages
Note: This feature is available for digital channels only.
You can send short messages to another radio user.
These messages are defined at programming time and
are known variously as ‘pre-programmed messages’,
‘short data messages’ (SDMs), or ‘short messages’.
Note: The person to whom you are sending a message
must have the same message programmed into their
radio so that he or she can read your message.
Sending a message
1 Press Menu and select Services > Send message.
2 Select the message you want from the message list
and press Send to.
Note: The person or group to whom the message is
sent to depends on how your radio is programmed.
You may be able to send messages to whomever you
choose or your radio may be programmed to
automatically send messages to the current
talkgroup or a specific person (such as the
dispatcher).
3 (Optional, depending on how your radio is
programmed. See note above.) Select the recipient
(radio unit ID) from the call list or enter their radio
unit ID using the alphanumeric keypad.
4 Press the PTT or select Send to.
At scene
Send message
Send ToCancel
En route