Kenwood RC-D710 - Manual (Page 48)

APRS-
n QSy Function
This function imbeds the frequency of the audio channel
to the first character of the status text message.
n operation when Receiving a QSy
1 Select text setting number 5.
• Frequency information is imbedded to the first 10
characters of the status text message.
2 Enter the status text message.
3 When QSY (frequency) information is received, the
station list appears (list summary and details) with
the verified frequency. Press [TUNE].
• The QSY (frequency) is set to the non data band.
Note: When using 6.5 kHz or 12.5 kHz step values, the display
does not indicate values for 100 Hz and lower.
Setting PACKet FilteR
Enter Menu mode and access Menu 609.
n Position limit
If APRS is popular in your area, you may receive too
many APRS packets for a short period. If this disturbs
your APRS activities, specify a distance from your
location. You will not receive APRS packets from
stations beyond this distance.
Select the range from 10 to 2500 in steps of 10, plus
OFF (default). The unit is mile or kilometer depending
on the selection in Menu 626 (DISPLAY UNIT 1).
n Packet Filter type
The APRS position data is filtered.
• Check the type(s) you want to receive.
• If all types are checked, you will receive all types of data.
SeleCting youR StAtion iCon
Enter Menu mode and access Menu 610.
Select an icon which will be displayed on the monitors
of other stations as your ID. You may select an icon
depending on your current location.
• The following 29 icons are selectable for APRS:
KENWOOD/ Home/ Portable / Sailboat/ SSTV/ Aircraft/
Boat/ Car/ Motorcycle/ Jeep/ RV/ Truck/ Van/ Truck(18-
wheeler)/ Digipeater/ GATEway/ WX/ Person/ Triangle/
Fire/ Eyeball/ Police/ DF station/ Mic-E Repeater/ QSO
Repeater/ Big Question Mark/ IRLP/EchoLink/ Speedpost/
Wreck
APRS supports approximately 200 icons. It allows users to
select each icon by specifying a combination of two ASCII
codes, for example, ! and /. One is a symbol code, and
the other is a table identification code (either /or \). If you
select “OTHERS”, use the following procedures:
1 Rotate the Tuning control to select a symbol code,
then press the Tuning control.
2 Rotate the Tuning control to select a table
identification code, then press the Tuning control.
Note: APRS icon codes (symbols/tables) are sometimes updated.
You can download up-to-date icon codes from the following website
(as of March, 2008):
http://www.tapr.org/software_library.php?dir=/aprssig/dosstuff/
APRSdos
From this website, click on the aprsXXX.zip file (where XXX is 3
alphanumeric characters) to download it. After downloading and
extracting the file, a README directory is created, which contains the
SYMBOLS.TXT file (icon codes).