Arts – Motorola CT-39A User Manual

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station responds with its own ARTS polling signal, the display will change to “IN.RNG”
to confirm that the other station’s polling code was received in response to yours.

7. Press the “Main” band DIAL knob momentarily to exit ARTS operation and resume

normal functioning of the transceiver.

CW Identifier Setup

The ARTS feature includes a CW identifier, as discussed previously. Every ten minutes
during ARTS operation, the radio can be instructed to send “DE (your callsign) K” if this
feature is enabled. The callsign field may contain up to 6 characters.

Here’s how to program the CW Identifier:
1. Press the [SET] key momentarily to enter the Set mode.
2. Rotate the “Main” band DIAL knob to select Menu #8 (CWID W).
3. Press the “Main” band DIAL knob momentarily.
4. Press the “Main” band DIAL knob momentarily again to enable entry of your callsign.
5. Rotate the “Main” band DIAL knob one click clockwise to begin entry of the letters and

numbers in your callsign.

6. Press the “Main” band DIAL knob momentarily to set the first letter or number in your

callsign.

7. When the correct character has been selected, Press the “Main” band DIAL knob mo-

mentarily to move on to the next character.

8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 as many times as necessary to complete your callsign.
9. Press the “Main” [SCN] key to delete all data after the cursor that may have been previ-

ously stored (erroneously).

10. When you have entered your entire callsign, press the “Main” band DIAL knob momen-

tarily to confirm the callsign.

11. Press the [SET] key momentarily, then rotate the “Main” band DIAL knob one click

counter-clockwise to select the Menu #7 (CWID).

12. Press the “Main” band DIAL knob momentarily, then rotate the “Main” band DIAL knob

to select “TX ON” (to enable the CW identifier).

13. Press the “Main” band DIAL knob momentarily to save the setting and exit to normal

operation.

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