User's Manual

4.3.2 Public Correspondence call

A Public Correspondence call is a call made from a landbased

telephone which is routed via a coast station. This is only

available in countries operating the necessary network.

NOTE At present, it is not possible to receive incoming calls on the

Public Correspondence network - calls can only be made

from the radio. This section is for reference purposes only.

When a Public Correspondence call is received the radio will

sound an incoming call alarm.

The display will ﬂash between displaying “Tel Call From” and

the caller’s telephone number. If the caller’s number is stored

in the Telephone Number directory (see section 5.3), then the

display will show the name stored instead of the telephone

number (Fig 4.11) -

RS87 VHF

Part No. E04297

TEL CALLA0

FROM428599

INT

SIMRAD ONA0

8599

Fig 4.11 - Receiving incoming Public Correspondence call

Press Ok to accept the call or On/C to reject the call - the dis-

play will show “Call In Progress”.

NOTE As the telephone call is transmitted via a VHF channel

speciﬁed by the coast station, it will still be necessary to press

the PTT key to talk and release it to listen, as with a normal

VHF call. The coast station will disconnect the call if the PTT

is not pressed for 5 seconds at least every 45 seconds.

To end the call, press the On/C key, or wait until the caller

replaces the receiver (an End Call signal will be sent to the

radio). Replace the handset in the cradle.