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4 saving the reported position as a waypoint – Standard Horizon HX-870 User Manual

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10.8.4 Saving the Reported Position as a Waypoint

The

HX870 can save a position report call in the radio’s memory as a waypoint.

1. After the position report call has been

received, press the

[SAVE] soft key.

CATEG:

SAFETY

RX POS REPORT

Horizon

987654321

POS:

24°25.975

N

118°59.456

W

POS TM:

12:

SINCE:

00:05

56

AM LOC

SAVE

QUIT

INFO

NAME:

001WPT----------

SELECT

WAYPOINT DIR.

BACK

SAVE

POSITION:

24°25.975

N
W

118°59.456

BACK

SELECT

FINISH

WAYPOINT DIR.

NAME

Z

Y 1 2

a&

[

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0

N

M O P Q R

S

T U V W X

B

A C D E F G H I J K L

Delete

-

--------------

S

NAME:

Horizon----------

ENTER

WAYPOINT DIR.

BACK

SAVE

POSITION:

24°25.975

N

118°59.456

W

RX POS REPORT

Horizon

987654321

OK

CATEG:

SAFETY

POS:

24°25.975

N

118°59.456

W

POS TM:

12:56

AM LOC

Saved

2. If you want to change the name of the

waypoint, press the

CH▼/CH▲ key to select

“NAME”, then press the

[SELECT] soft key.

3. Enter the name of the waypoint you want

to reference in the directory. For details,

refer to “

10.5.1 Setting up the Individual

/ Position Call Directory”.

4. Press the

CH▼/CH▲ key to select “SAVE”,

then press the

[ENTER] soft key to save the

waypoint into memory.

5. Press the

[OK] soft key to return to the posi-

tion report display.

Navigating to a Saved Waypoint
Refer to section “

11.1 STARTING NAVIGATION” for details.