Kenwood RC-D710 - Manual (Page 43)

APRS-
ReCeiVing A meSSAge
Each time a proper message is received, the frequency
display is interrupted to show information as below:
q : Indicator
w : Call sign (TX)
e : Receive time
r : Message
t : TX/RX date
y : Line number
• The display shows up to 67 characters of the message.
• “ 01” will appear to indicate the number of messages not yet
read.
• The following indicators appear depending on the types of
received messages:
Indicator Meaning
Message addressed to you
B Bulletin message
! Report by the National Weather Service
Reception acknowledgment (or rejection) to
your message
G Message group
• “ XX” appears on the display when you have an unread
message (where XX is the number of unread messages). When
you verify the reception of a message (by pressing the Tuning
control), the message is marked as read. For each message you
view, then number (XX) decreases by 1. When only 1 message
is unread (“ 01”), viewing this message will cause the icon to
be removed from the display. (When you enter the message list
display and select a message designated as unread by the “
XX” mark, the message will be marked as read.)
• When a duplicate message from the same station is received,
the reception interrupt display does not appear and an error
tone sounds. When the frequency at that time appears on the
display, “dM”(duplicate Message) and the calling station's call
sign appears on the display.
• When a message to other stations is received, “oM” appears.
Note:
u
This transceiver allows you to receive a message also when
the SSID does not match. However, it will not return a reception
acknowledgment.
u The dedicated memory is used for storing both incoming and outgoing
messages. Receiving a new message when the memory is full causes
the oldest message to be deleted. A message not yet transmitted 5
times may be unexpectedly deleted. If the oldest message has not
been accessed using the List function when memory is full, a new
message does not replace the oldest message. This transceiver will
return a reject command and display “rM”.
u This transceiver beeps each time it receives any type of APRS packet.
You may access Menu 624 (SOUND-RX BEEP) to change this
setting. The default is “ALL”.
enteRing A meSSAge
To transmit a message, first enter the call sign of the
target station. To transmit a bulletin, enter “BLN#” instead;
where # must be 0 to 9 or A to Z. When the length of your
bulletin exceeds 64 digits, you may transmit more than
one packet to send the entire bulletin. Use # to indicate
the sequence of the bulletin portions. For example, enter
“BLN0” (or “BLNA”) to send the first packet, then “BLN1”
(or “BLNB”) to send the second packet.
1 Press [KEY], [MSG] (or [MSG]).
2 Press [NEW] or [REPLY].
• The display for entering a call sign appears; the first digit
blinks. (When you press [REPLY], not necessarily)
[BACK]: Cancels entry of a call sign.
[
←]: Causes the cursor to move backward.
[INS]: Inserts the currently selected character.
[CLR]: Deletes the digit at which the cursor is blinking.
3 Rotate the Tuning control to select the first digit.
• You can enter 0 to 9, A to Z, and –.
4 Press the Tuning control.
• The cursor moves to the next digit.
5 Rotate the Tuning control to complete the setting.
• The display for entering a message appears; the first digit
blinks.
[SPACE]: Inserts a space
• To copy a message, enter message compilation mode,
press [F] to enter function mode, then press [PASTE1],
[PASTE2], [PASTE3], or [PASTE4] to copy the message
that has been set up for each key.