Kenwood RC-D710 - Manual (Page 44)

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[ALLCLR]: Clears all digits and backs the cursor to the
first digit.
6 Rotate the Tuning control to select the first digit.
• You can enter alphanumeric characters plus special ASCII
characters.
7 Press the Tuning control.
• The cursor moves to the next digit.
8 Repeat steps 6 and 7 to enter up to 67 digits.
9 Press the Tuning control to complete the setting.
The keypad on the microphone also is available to enter
alphanumeric characters in steps 3 and 6.
ACCeSSing ReCeiVeD APRS meSSAgeS
This transceiver is capable of storing a maximum of 100
messages in memory. You can easily access one of
those.
1 Press [KEY], [MSG] (or [MSG]).
• The newer message the smaller number assigned; the
latest message is assigned 1.
[POS]: Displays the latest position data of the current
station, if stored in memory.
2 Rotate the Tuning control to select the desired
message using the cursor (s).
3 Press the Tuning control.
• If you select an incoming message, the following display
appears:
[BACK]: Restores the list of messages.
[NEW]: Create a new message.
[REPLY]: Responds to the party from whom you
received. Enters into message setting.
[SEND]: Messages in the list that have not been sent
are transmitted.
[POS]: The position data of the transmitting station is
displayed (if the station data is available).
[CLR]: Deletes the current message.
• If you select one of your outgoing messages, the following
display appears:
[BACK]: Restores the list of messages.
[NEW]: Create a new message.
[EDIT]: Responds to the party from whom you
received. Enters into message setting.
[SEND]: All messages which can be transmitted will be
sent 1 time.
[RE-TX]: When pressed for a message assigned
a period (.), resets the retry counter to 5 more
transmissions.
[CLR]: Cancels further transmissions of the current
message.
• The table below shows the meanings of the symbols
to be shown in step 2.
q Meaning
Message addressed to you
B Bulletin message
! Report by the National Weather Service
w RX or TX?
← Received message (or bulletin)
→ A message (or bulletin) for transmitting
e Status
n 1
“n” indicates the remaining number of times
for transmitting the message (or bulletin).
1
A message for which a reception
acknowledgment was returned
. 1
A message (or bulletin) transmitted
5 times (For a message, a reception
acknowledgment was not returned.)
1 These indicators appear for outgoing messages (or bulletins).
tRAnSmitting A meSSAge
When you press [SEND] on the “MESSAGE LIST” display,
the remaining messages on the Message List will be
transmitted.
After entering a message on the message display,
pressing the Tuning Control will cause it to transmit every
minute.
Not-yet-read
indicator
Time (message received)
Sequence