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APRS-7

ENTERING A MESSAGE

To transmit a message, ﬁ rst enter the callsign 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 ﬁ rst packet,

then “BLN1” (or “BLNB”) to send the second packet.

1 Press [KEY], [MSG].

2 Press [NEW], [REPLY], or [F], [EDIT].

• Select [EDIT] to edit the contents of received or transmitted

messages, or to edit the address of where to send the message.

• The display for entering a callsign appears; the ﬁ rst digit blinks.

(When you press [REPLY] or [EDIT], not necessarily)

[BACK]: Cancels entry of a callsign.

[]: 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 ﬁ rst 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 ﬁ rst 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], [PASTE4], [PASTE5], [PASTE6], [PASTE7], or

[PASTE8] to copy the message that has been set up for each

key.

[NEXT]: Displays the next page ([PASTE5] ~ [PASTE8]).

[ALLCLR]: Clears all digits and backs the cursor to the ﬁ rst digit.

6 Rotate the Tuning control to select the ﬁ rst 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].

• 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).

[COPY]: Copies the GPS position data to Menu No. 605 (MY

POSITION).

[N/H]: Switches between North up and Heading up.

[

SET]: Sets the date and time from the GPS receiver to

the internal clock.

[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]: Allows you to edit the transmitted message.

[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.

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