Kenwood RC-D710 - Manual (Page 47)

APRS-0
PRogRAmming PoSition DAtA
Enter Menu mode and access Menu 605.
n Select Position channel
This transceiver has 5 memory channels for storing
position data. Program latitude and longitude data for
up to 5 locations from which you will often transmit
APRS packets. You can also name the 5 memory
channels.
n name entry
You can enter alphanumeric characters plus special
ASCII characters (up to 8 digits).
n latitude entry
The north/ south latitude is entered.
n longitude entry
The east/ west longitude is entered.
Note: When selecting GPS in Menu 602 (GPS PORT), the position
information where it is set is not used.
Setting BeACon inFoRmAtion
Enter Menu mode and access Menu 606.
n Speed information
Select whether or not to transmit speed information
when using APRS data communications.
n Altitude information
Select whether or not to transmit altitude information
when using APRS data communications.
• When the beacon type is “NAVITRA”, this information will
not appear on the display.
n Position Ambiguity
There may be cases where you do not know or do not
want to report your precise locations. For position data,
you can select the number of digits not to be included
in your packets. Select 1 to 4, or OFF (default). The
table shows how the digits are cleared.
OFF 1-DIGIT 2-DIGIT 3-DIGIT 4-DIGIT
33°50.43 33°50.4 33°50 . 33°5 . 33° .
118°13.72 118°13.7 118°13 . 118°1 . 118° .
• When the beacon type is “NAVITRA”, this information will
not appear on the display.
SeleCting A PoSition Comment
Enter Menu mode and access Menu 607.
The APRS data which you transmit always includes one
of the 15 predetermined position comments. Select an
appropriate comment depending on your situation.
The selectable comments are listed below:
[Off Duty] [Enroute] [In Service] [Returning] [Committed]
[Special] [PRIORITY] [CUSTOM 0 ~ CUSTOM 6]
[EMERGENCY!]
• If you select “Emergency!”, a confirmation message appears.
Press the Tuning control again.
Caution: When it is unnecessary, do not select “EMERGENCY!”.
When an emergency signal is received using APRS, the Emergency
Alarm on all stations will sound.
StoRing StAtuS text
Enter Menu mode and access Menu 608.
n text
Status text is another comment to transmit with position
data. Unlike a position comment, you can make any
desired comment using a maximum of 42 alphanumeric
characters. This transceiver has 5 memory channels
for preprogramming.
1 Select a status text number.
• Press [USE] to mark the currently used status text with
[ ].
2 Enter your status text.
n text transmit Frequency
Select the frequency on which to transmit the status
text when the APRS beacon is transmitted. You can
select [OFF], or [1/1] ~ [1/8] (APRS only).
• 1/X means the status text will be transmitted X number of
times.