Codan NGT AR, NGT AR Voice, NGT SR, NGT VR Getting Started Manual
HF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS
NGT Transceiver
Getting Started Guide
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Codan part number 15-04127-EN Issue 8, April 2010.
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Table of contents
Introduction
Overview of this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Accessing the CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1 The handset
Hot keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
The channel screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2 Getting started
Switching on the transceiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Switching off the transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setting up basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Selecting a channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Making a basic voice call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Making a selective call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Scanning channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Switching scanning on or off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Pausing scanning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3 CES-128 voice encryptor option
Using the CES-128 voice encryptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Switching off the CES-128 voice encryptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Creating a secure key in a Corporate secure index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using a PIN for private communications within an organisation. . . . . . . . 25
Switching between Global and Corporate secure modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Switching between Corporate secure indexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Erasing all of the secure keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the CES-128 voice encryptor in standby mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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4 AES-256 digital encryptor option
Using the AES-256 digital encryptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Switching off the AES-256 digital encryptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using digital mute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Changing the data rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Creating a secure key in a secure index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Switching between secure indexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Erasing all of the secure keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
5 Installation
Mobile stations for NGT AR, SR, AR Voice, and VR Transceivers . . . . . . . 44
Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Mounting a mobile NGT station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Connecting a mobile NGT station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Fixed stations for NGT AR, SR, AR Voice, and VR Transceivers . . . . . . . . 53
Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Mounting a fixed NGT station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Connecting a fixed NGT station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Appendix A—Entering and editing text
Editing a screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Entering text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Changing between alpha and numeric characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Moving the cursor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Inserting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Deleting text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Saving text changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Appendix B—Using Quick Start
Opening and closing Quick Start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Adding/Editing a channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Setting up a scan list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Setting the time and date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
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Setting your station self address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Adding/Editing an entry in the Address List or Call Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Deleting an entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Appendix C—Using a GPS receiver
Appendix D—HF radio transmission
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Frequency, distance and time of day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Channels and modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Networks and scanning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Etiquette for the use of HF radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Appendix E—Definitions
Standards and icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Acronyms and abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Unit multipliers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
About this issue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
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Appendix F—Compliance
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
European R&TTE Directive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
EMC and safety notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
FCC compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
C-tick approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Register of hazardous substances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Index
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List of figures
Figure 1: The handset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Figure 2: The channel screen in the Channel List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Figure 3: Typical mobile NGT AR or SR station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Figure 4: Typical mobile NGT AR Voice or VR station . . . . . . . . . 46
Figure 5: Typical fixed NGT AR or SR station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Figure 6: Typical fixed NGT AR Voice or VR station . . . . . . . . . . 55
Figure 7: The reflective properties of the ionosphere . . . . . . . . . . 76
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List of tables
Table 1: Standard hot keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Table 2: Cables for a typical mobile NGT station . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Table 3: Cables for a typical fixed NGT station. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Table 4: Examples of channels and modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Table 5: The phonetic alphabet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Table 6: Earth symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Table 7: 有毒有害物质列表 (Register of hazardous
substances) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
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Introduction
Thank you for purchasing a Codan NGT AR, SR, AR Voice, or
VR Transceiver. With this great product and Codan’s supreme
after-sales support, you can look forward to many years of
clear and reliable HF communication. Please read this guide
thoroughly and retain it for future reference. There is an index
at the end of this guide to assist you in finding information.
Overview of this guide
This guide provides instructions on how to connect up your
NGT AR, SR, AR Voice, or VR Transceiver, and how to
perform basic setup and operating tasks. It assumes that you
have limited knowledge of HF communication and of using an
HF transceiver.
Extensive reference material is provided on the CD at the back
of this guide.
This guide contains the following sections:
Section 1 The handset—describes the handset and the
function of items on the handset
Section 2 Getting started—explains how to use the basic
operating features of your transceiver
Section 3 CES-128 voice encryptor option—describes
how to use the optional CES-128 voice
encryptor feature
Section 4 AES-256 digital encryptor option—describes
how to use the optional AES-256 digital
encryptor feature
Section 5 Installation—explains briefly how to connect
the components of your transceiver
Appendix A Entering and editing text—explains how to
enter and edit text in editable screens
Appendix B Using Quick Start—explains how to use the
Quick Start feature, if enabled
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Introduction
Appendix C Using a GPS receiver—explains the
Appendix D HF radio transmission—describes the medium
Appendix E Definitions—explains the terms and
Appendix F Compliance—provides compliance information
Accessing the CD
To access the CD:
1 Place the CD in the CD drive of your computer.
information provided by the GPS receiver, if
fitted
of HF communication and how to use it
effectively
abbreviations used in this guide
and safety notices for your transceiver
You can view and search the Reference Manual and
Getting Started Guide using the Adobe
supplied on the CD.
®
Reader®
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CLAR
2
ABC
MODE
3
DEF
6
MNO
5
JKL
4
GHI
7
PRS
SV
SEC
8
TUV
9
WXY
CALL
#
LOGS
VIEW
0
EASI
*
TALK
TUNE
1
QZ
MUTE CALL SCAN
programming jack
PTT button
microphone
1 The handset
Figure 1: The handset
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The handset
The handset comprises:
• an LCD
• navigation keys (
• volume controls (
• MUTE, CALL and SCAN hot keys
• alphanumeric keys (0–9,
• emergency key ( )
• power key ( )
• microphone
• PTT button
• programming jack
There are two ways to use the keys on the handset. You can:
• press a key, briefly
• hold a key for 2 seconds
The Tick and Cross keys
Press to:
• select the item on the active line in the list
, , , , )
, )
, #)
*
• save changes
• answer ‘yes’ to prompts
Hold to edit settings.
Press to:
• navigate up from settings to entries
• backspace over text
• remove messages on the screen
• cancel changes
• answer ‘no’ to prompts
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The handset
Hold to go from any location to the home screen. If you
have entered text into a setting and want to discard the
changes you made, hold .
The scroll keys
The and keys are the scroll keys. Use these keys to scroll
up or down through any list, to scroll left or right over text,
and to increase or decrease a value.
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The handset
Hot keys
Hot keys enable you to perform a task quickly. The transceiver
comes with some standard hot keys programmed; the keys are
labelled with the corresponding task performed. You can also
create your own hot keys (see the reference material on the
enclosed CD).
Table 1: Standard hot keys
Hot key Function
MUTE Pressing MUTE toggles mute on or off.
CALL Pressing CALL starts a call.
SCAN Pressing SCAN switches off scanning, or if you were in a call,
ends the call and switches scanning on.
TUNE Pressing TUNE displays the PTT to tune screen so you can
manually tune the antenna.
CLAR Pressing CLAR enables you to adjust the receive frequency to
compensate for any frequency offset between your transceiver
and the remote transceiver.
MODE Pressing MODE selects the next allowable mode programmed
for the channel, usually USB or LSB.
V/S Pressing V/S toggles the mute type between Voice mute and
Selcall mute.
If an AES-256 digital encryptor is fitted to the
NOTE
SEC Pressing or holding SEC enters Secure mode, if the hardware
option is fitted, and specific firmware is programmed into the
transceiver and enabled. For more information see page 19,
CES-128 voice encryptor option and page 33, AES-256 digital
encryptor option.
9 Pressing 9 displays your current GPS position, if the hardware
option is fitted and enabled.
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transceiver and switched on, digital voice only mute
(D) may also be selected.
The handset
Table 1: Standard hot keys (cont.)
Hot key Function
EASITALK Pressing EASITALK toggles the DSP noise reduction algorithm
on or off.
VIEW Pressing VIEW toggles between the channel screen and the
Address List.
CALL LOGS Pressing CALL LOGS repeatedly steps through a number of
call logs: Calls Out, Calls In, then back to the screen from which
you began. In these logs, you can view the details of the calls.
(Emergency)
Holding begins an automatic Emergency call transmission
using call information contained in the Emergency entries in the
Address List.
+ 9 Pressing + 9 enables you to change the default setting for the
screen contrast.
+ 0 Pressing + 0 enables you to change the default setting for the
screen and keypad backlighting.
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The handset
Tx power
indicator
(Hi/Lo)
channel name
call
Rx freq (kHz)
Rx/Tx indicator
mute type
indicator
signal
strength
(V/S,
type
icon
highlighted
when mute
is on)
mode
indicator
Tx freq (kHz)
(not shown if Tx/Rx
are the same)
The channel screen
The channel screen is displayed when you press or VIEW.
Figure 2: The channel screen in the Channel List
When the transceiver is scanning, the call type icon is replaced
by the scanning icon and the channel information is
replaced by Scanning.
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2 Getting started
This section contains the following topics:
Switching on the transceiver (10)
Setting up basics (11)
Selecting a channel (12)
Making a basic voice call (13)
Making a selective call (14)
Scanning channels (17)
You should not transmit from your transceiver
or tune the antenna unless people are beyond the
safe working distance of:
WARNING
• 1.5 m (5 ft) of any part of a mobile antenna
• 2 m (7 ft) of any part of a fixed antenna in a
data installation of up to 125 W output
• 5 m (17 ft) of any part of a fixed antenna in a
data installation of up to 1 kW output
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Getting started
Switching on the transceiver
To switch on the transceiver:
1 Press .
If you are prompted to enter a password, enter your user
or administrator password, then press .
If you enter an incorrect password it is automatically
erased. If you enter an incorrect password three times,
the transceiver automatically switches off.
When the transceiver is switched on, it runs a self-test
that checks the memory, hardware, LCD and keys.
Switching off the transceiver
To switch off the transceiver:
1 Hold .
The transceiver is switched off.
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Setting up basics
NOTE
Getting started
Basic information for the transceiver, such as
channels, self addresses, time and date, and
enabling channels for scanning, should be set up
by your system administrator using the NGT
System Programmer software. If Quick Start is
enabled you can enter some of this information
(see page 65, Using Quick Start).
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Getting started
Selecting a channel
To select a channel:
1 Press VIEW until the channel screen is displayed.
If scanning is on, press SCAN to switch it off.
1 Scroll through the channels in the list. Stop scrolling
when the channel you want is displayed.
The channel is selected.
1 If you want to change the sideband or IF filter settings,
press MODE.
If the mode does not change, there is only one mode for
the channel.
NOTE
If you have an automatic antenna fitted,
press PTT to tune the antenna to the
currently selected channel.
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Making a basic voice call
To make a basic voice call:
1 Select the channel that you want to use (see page 12,
Selecting a channel).
1 Hold down PTT then speak, releasing PTT when you
have finished speaking.
Muting the transceiver
If you do not want to listen to on-air noise, you can mute the
transceiver so that you only hear voice traffic on the channel.
To switch mute on or off:
1 Press MUTE.
When the channel screen is displayed, the mute status is
indicated by a V (Voice) or S (Selcall) at the top centre of
the screen.
Getting started
If an AES-256 digital encryptor is fitted to
NOTE
If the letter is highlighted, mute is on.
If the letter is not highlighted, mute is off.
the transceiver, Digital Voice Only mute
(D) may also be selected.
1 Press V/S until V is displayed on the channel screen.
The transceiver remains muted until it detects voice
traffic on the channel.
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Getting started
Making a selective call
NOTE
To make a selective call:
The call types available depend upon the
options installed in your transceiver.
1 Press CALL.
1 Enter the address of the station you want to call, scroll to
the type of call you want to make, then press CALL.
Call type Icon Used for...
Channel Test Testing the audible quality of a channel in a
Codan Selcall or Open Selcall network.
Emergency Sending an emergency alert tone with a call.
Get Position Requesting the location of a remote transceiver
with a GPS receiver connected and enabled, or
with a GPS position entered in the My GPS
entry in the Address List of the remote
transceiver.
Get Status Requesting diagnostic or configuration
information from a remote transceiver.
Message Sending a message to a remote transceiver.
Phone Sending a call to a radio/telephone
interconnect unit, which connects the call to
the public telephone network.
RFDS Emgcy Sending an emergency call to an RFDS base
station (Australia only).
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Getting started
Call type Icon Used for...
Selective Sending a selective call to a remote transceiver.
Send Position Sending your GPS position to a remote
transceiver. A GPS receiver must be connected
to and enabled in your transceiver, or a GPS
position must be entered in the My GPS entry
in the Address List.
1 If you are prompted for details about the call, use the
information in the following table to enter them, then
press CALL.
If this prompt is
displayed...
Select network • select the network in which you want to make the call
My address? • select or enter the self address from which you want to send
Select chan/mode In an ALE/CALM network:
Do this...
the call
• select <auto> if you want the transceiver to select the best
channel/mode for the call, starting with the channel on
which the most recent successful link was established, or
• select the channel/mode you want to use to make the call
In a Codan Selcall network:
• select the channel/mode you want to use to make the call
and check that it is clear of voice and data traffic
NOTE
To abort the call before a connection to the
other station is made, press PTT.
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Getting started
1 If you made the call in:
• an ALE/CALM network, wait until a message informs
you that the call has been successful (this means your
call has been automatically answered by the other
station)
• a Codan Selcall network, wait until a message informs
you that the call has been sent and listen for audible
beeps transmitted from the other station
1 Hold down PTT then speak.
Release PTT when you have finished speaking.
1 To end the call, press SCAN.
The transceiver resumes scanning.
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Scanning channels
Before you can switch scanning on, you need to allocate some
channels to be scanned. If Quick Start is available, you can
create a scan list from channels programmed into the
transceiver (see page 65, Using Quick Start). If this feature is
not available, your system administrator must allocate some
channels to a network, then enable scanning of this network.
Switching scanning on or off
To switch scanning on or off:
1 Press SCAN.
Scanning is toggled on or off.
Getting started
NOTE
When scanning is switched on, mute is also switched on.
If you press PTT while the transceiver is scanning, the scan is
paused.
SCAN is also used to end a call then
resume scanning.
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Getting started
Pausing scanning
To pause scanning:
1 Do one of the following:
1 While scanning is paused, do one or more of the
• To pause scanning on the current channel/mode,
press .
• To pause scanning and scroll to another channel/mode,
press or .
The channel/modes through which you can scroll are
those in the networks that were being scanned. They are
not listed alphabetically but in the order in which they
were being scanned.
If you do not press a key within 30 seconds, the
transceiver automatically resumes scanning.
following:
• To speak on air, hold down PTT.
• To resume scanning immediately, press .
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3 CES-128 voice encryptor
option
This section contains the following topics:
Using the CES-128 voice encryptor (20)
Switching off the CES-128 voice encryptor (21)
Creating a secure key in a Corporate secure index (22)
Using a PIN for private communications within an
organisation (25)
Switching between Global and Corporate secure modes (26)
Switching between Corporate secure indexes (27)
Erasing all of the secure keys (29)
Using the CES-128 voice encryptor in standby mode (30)
NOTE
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The CES-128 voice encryptor is an optional
feature.
CES-128 voice encryptor option
Using the CES-128 voice encryptor
To use the CES-128 voice encryptor:
1 Start a call (see page 14, Making a selective call).
1 Press SEC.
The transceiver responds with two high short beeps, and
displays Go Secure with the secure mode and
Corporate secure index used. For example:
If you are in the Channel List, the active CES-128 voice
encryptor is indicated by the text Secure <index>
highlighted at the bottom left of the channel screen. For
example:
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