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Kenwood - TM-D710 User manual

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6. 1 RepeateR iD tx 1 14 CROSS BAND K TYPE E pdf WIRELESS OPERATION K TYPE MODELS ONLY RepaRation 1 contRol opeRation 1 15 WIRELESS K TYPE E pdf WEATHER ALERT K TYPE MODELS ONLY WeatHeR aleRt on oFF 1 16 WEATHER ALERT K TYPE E pdf SKY COMMAND II K TYPE MODELS ONLY connecting tHe tRanspoRteR WitH tHe HF tRansceiVeR 1 pRepaRation FloW 2 pRogRamming call signs 2 pRogRamming a tone FReqUency 3 contRol opeRation 3 17 SKY COMMAND K TYPE E pdf REPEATER REPEATER AccEss Most repeaters use a receive and transmit frequency pair with a standard or non standard offset odd split In addition some repeaters must receive a tone from the transceiver in order to gain access to the repeater For details cons
7. The settings are stored in the PM channel REcALLinG PM chAnnELs 1 Press PM PM channel numbers 1 to 5 and OFF appear on the bottom of the display 2 Enter a channel number 1 to 5 corresponding to your desired PM channel The settings stored in the PM channel are recalled The selected channel number appears on the display When selecting OFF the PM channels turn off AutO PM chAnnEL stORE After you recall a PM channel this function automatically overwrites the current PM channel with the present operating environment when You recall another PM channel You press PM You switch the transceiver power OFF Follow the steps below to activate the Auto PM storage function 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 521 2 Set to ON SCAN Scan is a useful feature for hands off monitoring of your favorite frequencies Becoming comfortable with all types of Scan will increase your operating efficiency This transceiver provides the following types of scans Scan Type Scan Range VFO Scan Scans all frequencies on the current band Memory Scan Scans all frequencies stored in the Memory channels Group Scan Scans the frequencies in the Memory channels which belong to the group you have specified Program Scan Scans all frequencies within the programmed range on the current band MHz Scan Scans all frequencies within a 1 MHz range from the originating frequency Call Sca
8. To cancel CTCSS press TONE until CT no longer appears on the display You can also select a CTCSS frequency by using the microphone 1 Select your desired band 2 Press TONE 2 times to activate the CTCSS function The icon appears on the display when the CTCSS function is ON Each press of TONE changes the selection as follows Tone gt CTCSS gt DCS gt Off no display 3 Press F T SEL The current CTCSS frequency appears on the display and blinks 4 Press the key programmed as ENTER 5 Enter a frequency reference number 01 42 using the microphone keypad Refer to the table below for frequencies and their reference numbers No Frequency Hz No Frequency Hz No Frequency Hz 01 67 0 16 110 9 31 186 2 02 69 3 17 114 8 32 192 8 03 71 9 18 118 8 33 203 5 04 74 4 19 123 0 34 206 5 05 77 0 20 127 3 35 210 7 06 79 7 21 131 8 36 218 1 07 82 5 22 136 5 37 225 7 08 85 4 23 141 3 38 229 1 09 88 5 24 146 2 39 233 6 10 91 5 25 151 4 40 241 8 11 94 8 26 156 7 41 250 3 12 97 4 27 162 2 42 254 1 13 100 0 28 167 9 14 103 5 29 173 8 15 107 2 30 179 9 CTCSS CTCSS FrEQUENCY ID This function scans through all CTCSS frequencies to identify the incoming CTCSS frequency on a received signal You may find this useful when you cannot recall t
9. To exit Remote Control operation turn the transceiver power OFF then press REV Power ON again CONTROL OPERATION While in Remote Control mode the DTMF keys of the handheld will function as shown in the table below Each time you press the desired key the handheld will automatically enter transmit mode and send the corresponding command to the mobile Note If using a handheld without a remote control function manually send AXXX YA where XXX is a 3 digit secret number and Y is a single digit control command If you do not add A to the end you can skip sending AXXX next time however the mobile may be accidentally controlled by other stations Operation DTMF Command Access your mobile via the remote unit where is your 3 digit secret number A End access of your mobile via the remote unit A DCS ON 1 Tone ON 2 CTCSS ON 3 DCS OFF all signalling OFF 4 Tone OFF all signalling OFF 5 CTCSS OFF all signalling OFF 6 Call mode ON 7 VFO mode ON 8 Memory mode ON 9 Transmit power press to toggle between High Medium and Low 0 Frequency in VFO mode or Memory channel in Memory mode directy entry A XXXXXXX DCS code when DCS is ON Tone frequency when Tone is ON or CTCSS frequency when CTCSS is ON setup B XXX DCS code BA XXX Tone CTCSS frequency Repeater Cross band or Locked band ON C Repeater OFF
10. To reverse the scan direction turn the Tuning control clockwise upward scan or counterclockwise downward scan To quit the function press ESC When the tone frequency is identified the identified frequency appears on the display and blinks Press any key other than the Tuning control while the identified frequency is blinking to resume scanning 3 Press the Tuning control to program the identified frequency in place of the currently set tone frequency The Tone function will remain ON You can press TONE to switch the Tone function OFF Press ESC if you do not want to program the identified frequency MEMORY CH MEMORY CHANNELS In Memory channels you can store frequencies and related data that you often use Then you need not reprogram the data every time You can quickly recall a programmed channel by simple operation A total of 1000 Memory channels are available for bands A and B SIMPLEX amp REPEATER OR ODD SPLIT MEMORY CHANNEL You can use each memory channel as a simplex amp repeater channel or as an odd split channel Store only one frequency to use as a simplex amp repeater channel or two separate frequencies to use as an odd split channel Select either application for each channel depending on the operations you have in mind Simplex amp repeater channels allow Simplex frequency operation Repeater operation with a standard offset if an offset direction i
11. USING DCS 1 Select your desired band 2 Press TONE 3 times to activate the DCS function The icon appears on the display when the DCS function is ON Each press of TONE changes the selection as follows Tone gt CTCSS gt DCS gt Off no display 3 Press F T SEL The current DCS code appears on the display and blinks 4 Rotate the Tuning control to select your desired DCS code Refer to the table below for the available codes To exit the DCS code selection press ESC 5 Press any key other than the Tuning control and ESC to complete the setting 6 When you are called The transceiver squelch opens only when the selected DCS code is received When you make a call Press and hold PTT then speak into the microphone To cancel DCS press TONE until DCS no longer appears on the display You can also select a DCS code by using the microphone 1 Select your desired band 2 Press TONE 3 times to activate the DCS function The icon appears on the display when the DCS function is ON Each press of TONE changes the selection as follows Tone gt CTCSS gt DCS gt Off no display 3 Press F T SEL The current DCS code appears on the display and blinks 4 Press the key programmed as ENTER 5 Enter your desired DCS code using the microphone keypad Refer to the table below for DC
12. appears and blinks Press PAUSE again to resume 4 To change the operating frequency rotate the Tuning control The displayed frequency changes and the cursor moves Press SET to use the changed operating frequency as the center frequency Press RESET to restore the previous operating frequency 5 To exit Visual Scan press ESC Note u You cannot use the Visual Scan Function under the following circumstances When the Built in TNC is turned ON When only 1 channel has been stored in the memory channels When using Weather Alert K models only u If you start Visual Scan in Memory Recall mode the memory channel frequencies will be scanned u If you start Visual Scan after recalling the Call channel the Call channel frequency will be used as the center frequency u If the frequency range specified for Program Scan or Program VFO is narrower than the range specified for Visual Scan the range for Program Scan or VFO will be used for Visual Scan u Visual Scan stops while transmitting u If you start Visual Scan in one of the following conditions you cannot receive in the current operating frequency To use this frequency press PAUSE to halt Scan Memory Recall or Call Channel mode A frequency in the 118 220 300 or 1200 MHz band was selected in VFO mode u Depending on the transceiver conditions Visual Scan and the conventional S meter may indicate
13. 9600 bps 2 Tune to the frequency of the target PacketCluster node 3 Press TNC to enter APRS mode APRS should appear 4 Press F DX Each time new DX cluster data is received a call sign frequency and time are displayed Information of up to 5 DX stations are displayed at the same time When a duplicate DX cluster data is received dD and a call sign are displayed TOP Displays the list of the fast 5 stations 5 Displays the list of the previous 5 stations 5 Displays the list of the next 5 stations ESC Restores the frequency display TUNE Outputs the PCT data CLR Deletes the current DX station DX station detailed display mode ESC Restores the frequency display BACK Returns to the DX station list TUNE Outputs the PCT data CLR Deletes the current DX station n Connecting Tm D0 with the HF Transceiver In order to connect TM D710 to the HF transceiver you need to prepare three cables by yourself For the connection between the PC COM connectors on the two transceivers you may use a commercially available RS 232 C cross wired cable A D SUB female male conversion adapter is required Node Node Node Station PG 5G HF transceiver TM D710 COM connector on HF transceiver f m APRS TROUBLESHOOTING Problem Probable Cause Corrective Action Packet operation results in no connects with other statio
14. n UICHECK Enter Menu mode and access Menu 617 Does not forward the same UI packet as one received within the time specified The unit of the parameter is 1 second The counterpart of UIDIGI is valid n UIDIGI Enter Menu mode and access Menu 618 When receiving a UI packet which includes the parameter specified replaces the parameter with the MYCALL parameter and forwards the packet 1 Rotate the Tuning control to switch the function ON then press the Tuning control 2 Rotate the Tuning control to select ALIASES then press the Tuning control The display for entering a path appears the first digit blinks You can enter 0 to 9 A to Z comma and n UIFLOOD Enter Menu mode and access Menu 619 Specifies how received UI packets which include WIDEN N or TRACEN N parameters are processed Enter WIDE or TRACE before ID NOID or FIRST ex WIDE FIRST With ID selected deletes the relayed digipeaters and adds the MYCALL parameter Using NOID decrements N N ex 4 3 to 4 2 Using FIRST adds the MYCALL parameter only when serving as the first digipeater You can enter 0 to 9 A to Z n UITRACE Enter Menu mode and access Menu 620 The command name must be followed by up to 5 alphanumeric characters normally WIDE or TRACE This causes the TNC to forward received UI packets which include WIDEN N or TRACEN N parameters You can enter 0 to 9 A to Z STORING USER PHRASES En
15. D Step the frequency or Memory channel down Step the frequency or Memory channel up WIRELESS OP WEATHER ALERT K TYPE MODELS ONLY The Weather Alert is available only in the USA and Canada When activated this function will check for a received NOAA 1050 Hz tone When the tone is received the weather alert tone will sound WEATHER ALERT ON OFF 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 110 2 Set the Weather Alert to ON or OFF When activated the icon appears on the display When a signal is being received the icon blinks n Weather Channel Whether or not the Weather Alert is activated you can still access the weather channels The Weather Alert simply notifies you of activity on the weather channels 1 Press the key programmed with the WX function 2 Rotate the Tuning control to select your desired channel Channel No Frequency MHz Memory Name Location A1 162 550 WX 1 NOAA Canada A2 162 400 WX 2 NOAA Canada A3 162 475 WX 3 NOAA Canada A4 162 425 WX 4 NOAA A5 162 450 WX 5 NOAA A6 162 500 WX 6 NOAA A7 162 525 WX 7 NOAA A8 161 650 WX 8 Canada A9 161 775 WX 9 Canada A10 163 275 WX 10 WX Downloaded by RadioAmateur EU SKY COMMAND II K TYPE MODELS ONLY The Sky Command II allows remote control of a TS 2000 TS 2000X TS B2000 TS 480HX TS 480SAT TS 570D TS 570S or TS 870S HF transceiver You will use one trans
16. automatically enter the other mode as specified by NEWMODE ON OFF OFF PACKET Command Name Short Description Parameter Default NPATH NPATH Specifies digipeater call signs to be added when the UISSID parameter in a received packet is 8 or 12 Call1 call7 NTSGRP NTSGRP Specifies a group code to be used for making a PNTS sentence 0 3 characters NTSMRK NTSMRK Specifies a mark number to be used for making a PNTS sentence 0 14 0 NTSMSG NTSMSG Specifies a message to be used for making a PNTS sentence 0 20 characters OVERKILL OVE Specifies the number of old messages to be deleted when the TNC mailbox does not accept a new message because the memory is full 0 255 0 PACLEN P Specifies the maximum length of the data portion of a packet 0 255 128 PACTIME PACT If set to EVERY sends a packet at intervals of the specified period n If set to AFTER sends a packet only once after the specified period n The unit of n is 100 milliseconds EVERY AFTER n n 0 250 AFTER 10 PERSIST PE Specifies a parameter to calculate probability for the PERSIST SLOTTIME method 0 255 128 PPERSIST PP Causes the TNC to use the PERSIST SLOTTIME method when ON or the DWAIT method when OFF ON OFF ON RAMTEST RAMTEST Checks the RAM after clearing it READ R Specifies one or more message numbers to be read from the TNC mailbox RESE
17. gt lt Response Audio Commander TM D710 TM D700 TH D7 Transporter TM D710 TM D700 TH D7 GND MIC GND MIC MIC MIC GND MIC MIC PG 5G HF transceiver TM D710 HF transceiver HF transceiver TM D710 TM D710 MIC connector on HF transceiver MIC connector on HF transceiver COM connector on HF transceiver To EXT SP jack To 3 5 mm 1 8 speaker jack To 3 5 mm 1 8 speaker jack HF transceiver f m SKY CMD PREPARATION FLOW The following steps should guide you to a good start of Sky Command operation First connect the Transporter to the HF transceiver 1 lt On the Commander and Transporter gt Select the same VHF and UHF frequencies 2 lt On the Commander gt Access Menu 700 to program a call sign 9 digits max for the Commander You may enter your exact call sign ex W6DJY 3 lt On the Commander gt Access Menu 701 to program a call sign 9 digits max for the Transporter This call sign must be different from the one for the Commander So you may add SSID characters ex W6DJY 1 4 lt On the Transporter gt Access Menu 700 to program the same call sign as you entered in step 2 5 lt On the Transporter gt Access Menu 701 to program the same call sign as you entered in step 3 the same call sign as you entered in step 2 6 lt On the Commander and Transporter gt Access Menu 702 and select the tone frequency Sele
18. the entire route to the destination before forwarding often 2 digipeaters are used in total 2 The digipeater which receives your APRS data specifies the call sign of the next digipeater before forwarding This is repeated until your APRS data reaches the destination APRS NETWORK Enter Menu mode and access Menu 613 To transmit the meteorological data you must set the unprotocol Using this setting you can limit the data that is received Use this when you are in a group Select either APRS APK102 or ALTNET When selecting ALTNET enter the ALTNET VOICE ALERT Enter Menu mode and access Menu 614 This function alerts you as to whether or not a station is active when attempting to perform voice communications with that station You can set Voice Alert to OFF ON or RX ONLY When using this function you must also set up a CTCSS frequency ON The VA icon appears on the display above the frequency RX ONLY The VAR icon appears on the display above the display Note u When the built in data band is set to cross band the Voice Alert function does not operate u Voice alert takes precedence even when TONE CTCSS and DCS are set u When Voice alert is ON TONE or CTCSS frequency scan and DCS code scan will not operate u When Voice alert is ON you cannot perform TONE or CTCSS frequency selection and DCS code selection WEATHER STATION DATA OUT
19. APRS data communications Use this function to verify the received data from the transceiver 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 lt NAmE gt You can enter alphanumeric characters plus special ASCII characters up to 8 digits n Latitude Entry lt LATITUDE gt The north south latitude is entered n Longitude Entry lt LONGITUDE gt 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 lt SPEED gt Select whether or not to transmit speed information when using APRS data communications n Altitude Information lt ALTITUDE gt 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 lt POSITION AmBIGUITy gt 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
20. Mile hour or kph km hour t Atmospheric pressure y Humidity Fix station q Transmit power w Height of antenna elevation Feet or M Meter e Antenna gain r Antenna directivity omni Omnidirectional Page 3 q Position data w Grid square locator Packet path q Call sign This transceiver is capable of displaying the following icons as station IDs lt APRS gt lt NAVITRA gt Some icons may appear with overlay characters as below if the received icon data includes them The following icons show the directions of stations relative to your position For example indicates the other station is located at the northeast relative to your position 0 0 to 9999 miles or km are shown for distances from other stations xxxxmi or xxxxkm is shown for distances over 9999 miles or km If you do not change the position data in Menu 626 DISPLAY UNIT 1 SPEED DISTANCE from the default mi or km is shown The default units for distance and temperature differ depending on market versions mile F for the U S A Canada version and kilometer C for the other market versions If necessary access Menu 626 DISPLAY UNIT 1 SPEED DISTANCE and or Menu 626 DISPLAY UNIT 1 TEMPERATURE to change the setting s Note Some stations transmit APRS packets through TNCs connected to GPS receivers If you receive packets from those stations GOOD satellites
21. SIzE Choosing the correct frequency step size is essential in selecting your exact frequency The default step size on the 144 MHz band is 5 kHz K type or 12 5 kHz E M4 types The default on the 430 440 MHz band is 25 kHz K E types or 10 kHz M4 type 1 Press the left or right BAND SEL to select band A or B then press VFO 2 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 101 3 Set the step size to 5 0 6 25 or 8 33 kHz 118 MHz band only or to 10 0 12 5 15 0 20 0 25 0 30 0 50 0 or 100 0 kHz These step sizes are not available for the 1200 MHz band Note Changing between step sizes may correct the displayed frequency For example if 144 995 MHz is displayed with a 5 kHz step size selected changing to a 12 5 kHz step size corrects the displayed frequency to 144 9875 MHz PROGRAMMABLE fUNCTION KEYS n Transceiver front Panel There are 2 PF Programmable Function keys on the transceiver front panel PF1 and PF2 You can assign your own desired functions to these 2 keys 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 507 PF1 and or Menu 508 PF2 2 Set your desired function for the key Programmable functions available are WX CH Weather Channel FRQ BAND Frequency bands CTRL Control MONITOR Monitor VGS Voice recorder VOICE Voice announcement GROUP UP Memory group up MENU Menu mode MUTE Speaker Mute SHIFT Shift DUAL Dual Mode M gt V Memory to VFO Copy 1750 1750 Hz Tone n
22. an ID packet KILL KI Deletes specific messages in the TNC mailbox PACKET Command Name Short Description Parameter Default KISS KISS When ON switching the power OFF then ON causes the TNC to enter or exit KISS mode ON OFF OFF LCSTREAM LCS When ON changes a small letter a through z entered as a stream designator to a capital letter A through Z A stream designator must be entered immediately after STREAMSW ON OFF ON LIST LI Displays the list of messages in the TNC mailbox other than those addressed to other stations LOCATION LOC If set to EVERY sends GPS data at intervals of the specified period n If set to AFTER sends GPS data only once after the specified period n The unit of n is 10 seconds EVERY AFTER n n 0 250 EVERY 0 LOG LOG Displays the list of stations which have connected to the TNC mailbox LPATH LPA Specifies call signs to send GPS data Call1 is the call sign of the destination Call2 to call9 are call signs of stations to be digipeated through Call1 VIA call2 call3 call9 GPS LTEXT LT Specifies the content of a message to be included in GPS data 0 159 characters LTMON LTM Specifies the interval for displaying a message determined by LTEXT on the screen a message appears like a received beacon packet The unit of the parameter is 1 second 0 250 0 MAIL MAI
23. battery power When TOT times out default is 10 minutes the transceiver generates beeps and automatically returns to receive mode To resume transmitting release and then press the microphone PTT again 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 109 2 Set the timer to 3 5 or 10 minutes MASKING A BAND If you have no plans to use band A or B you can hide the frequency display on the unused band This saves power consumption and makes it simpler to read the information you need 1 Turn the transceiver power OFF 2 Press the left or right BAND SEL Power ON The band mask display appears 3 Rotate the Tuning control to select the band you want to hide or return to normal 4 Press the Tuning control to set the selected band 5 Rotate the Tuning control to set the band to select USE or MASK USE allows you to see and use the band as normal MASK hides the band on the display 6 Press the Tuning control to set the selection 7 Press the ESC to exit Note You cannot operate the masked band nor use it to receive or transmit OTHER OP DISPLAY PARTITION BAR The partition bar that appears between bands A and B can be removed if desired 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 527 2 Set the partition bar display to ON or OFF POWER ON PASSWORD If power on password is activated you cannot operate the transceiver without first entering your password after turning the transceiver power ON Your
24. disconnection The unit of the parameter is 10 seconds 0 250 30 CONMODE CONM With NOMODE set to OFF causes the TNC to automatically enter Converse or Transparent mode when connection is completed C T C CONNECT C Sends a connect request Call1 is the call sign of the station to be connected to Call2 to call9 are call signs of stations to be digipeated through Call1 VIA call2 call3 call9 CONOK CONO When ON accepts a connect request and returns a UA packet When OFF rejects a connect request and returns a DM packet ON OFF ON CONSTAMP CONS When ON displays the current date and time when connection is completed The correct date and time must be set using DAYTIME ON OFF OFF CONVERSE CONV or K Causes the TNC to enter Converse mode Press Ctrl C to restore the Command mode CPACTIME CP When ON and in Converse mode sends a packet at intervals of the period determined by PACTIME ON OFF OFF CR CR When ON appends a carriage return CR to all packets to be sent ON OFF ON DAYSTAMP DAYS When ON pressing Ctrl T in Converse mode causes the TNC to send date data in addition to time data ON OFF OFF DAYTIME DA Sets the current date and time Enter YYMMDDhhmmss Sets 00 as the second if entry of the second is omitted DAYUSA DAYU When ON displays the date like MM DD YY When OFF displays the date like DD MM YY ON OFF ON D
25. display shows up to 67 characters of the message 01 will appear to indicate the number of messages not yet read The following indicators appear depending on the types of received messages Indicator Meaning Message addressed to you B Bulletin Report by the National Weather Service Reception acknowledgment or rejection to your message G Message group To restore the frequency display after reading the message press the Tuning control 01 will disappear If you do not read the message at this time press ESC 01 will remain on the restored frequency display The number increments if you press ESC for newly received messages Checking them with the List function causes the number to decrement If 01 was shown both the number and message icon disappear When a duplicate message from the same station is received an error beep sounds however an acknowledgment is returned dM and a call sign appear on the display When a message to other stations is received oM appears Note u This transceiver allows you to receive a message also when the SSID does not match However it will not return a reception acknowledgment u The dedicated memory is used for storing both incoming and outgoing messages Receiving a new message when the memory is full causes the oldest message to be deleted A message not yet transmitted 5 times may be unexpectedly delete
26. groups simply press the Tuning control to complete the entry and exit Menu mode SCAN PROGRAM SCAN Program Scan is identical to VFO Scan except that you select a frequency range for the scan n Setting Scan Limits You can store up to 10 scan ranges in Memory channels L0 U0 to L9 U9 1 Press VFO 2 Select your desired band 3 Rotate the Tuning control to select your desired frequency for the lower limit 4 Press F A memory channel number appears and blinks 5 Rotate the Tuning control to select a channel from L0 to L9 6 Press M IN to set the channel number The lower limit is stored in the channel 7 Rotate the Tuning control to select your desired frequency for the lower limit 8 Press F 9 Rotate the Tuning control to select a matching channel number from U0 to U9 For example if you select channel L3 in step 5 select channel U3 here 10 Press M IN to set the channel number The upper limit is stored in the channel To confirm the stored scan limits press MR then select the L and U channels Note u The lower limit must be lower in frequency than the upper limit u The lower and upper frequency step sizes must be equal u The lower and upper limits must be selected on the same band n Using Program Scan 1 Select your desired band 2 Press VFO 3 Rotate the Tuning control to select a frequency within your desired scan range 4
27. message appears the first 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 or PASTE4 to copy the message that has been set up for each key ALLCLR Clears all digits and backs the cursor to the first digit 7 Rotate the Tuning control to select the first digit You can enter alphanumeric characters plus special ASCII characters 8 Press The cursor moves to the next digit 9 Repeat steps 7 and 8 to enter up to 67 digits 10 Press the Tuning control to complete the setting The keypad on the microphone also is available to enter alphanumeric characters in steps 3 and 7 APRS 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
28. often crowded in urban areas AIP helps eliminate interference and reduce audio distortion caused by inter modulation You can use this function only while operating on the VHF UHF band 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 103 VHF AIP and or Menu 104 UHF AIP 2 Set the AIP to ON or OFF S METER SqUELCH S meter Squelch causes the squelch to open only when a signal with the same or greater strength than the S meter setting is received This function relieves you from constantly resetting the squelch when receiving weak stations that you have no interest in 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 105 2 Set the S Meter squelch to ON or OFF 3 To select the desired S meter setting rotate the left band A or right band B SQL control depending on which band you have selected The squelch will open only at the level you have selected for example level 9 n Squelch Hang up Time When using S meter Squelch you may want to adjust the time interval between when the received signals drop and when the squelch closes 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 106 2 Set the hang up time to 125 250 or 500 ms or OFF OTHER OP SPEAKER MUTE While receiving or transmitting on the TX band you may not want to hear audio received on the other band Use this function to mute the speaker allocated to that band not the TX band While receiving press F MUTE to switch the mute function ON or OFF The icon appear
29. position ALLCLR Deletes all stations When you press ALLCLR CLEAR ALL appears with the message Press the Tuning Control to clear all 2 Rotate the Tuning control to select the desired station using the cursor 3 Press the Tuning control The information of the selected station appears BACK Restores the list of stations MSG Allows message entry to the current station Displays the previous page Displays the next page TUNE Set the QSY frequency APRS only CLR Deletes the entire information of the current station Note u When data from the 101st station is received the oldest data in memory is replaced by that data u Each time a new APRS packet is received from the same station the old data from that station in memory is replaced by new data APRS DISPLAy ExAmPLE Page 1 q Station icon w Status text e Call sign r Date t Time packet received y Situation u Direction of station i Distance from station mile or km o Position comment 1 1 For packets received from Mic encoder stations including TM D710s TM D700s and TH D7s position comments are displayed in the fourth line Object q Call sign Page 2 Mobile station q Moving direction w Moving speed m Mile hour or k km hour e Altitude Feet or M Meter Weather station q Rainfall or mm w Air temperature e Wind direction r Wind velocity mph
30. select the A band 4 Press VFO to select VFO mode 5 Rotate the Tuning control to select your desired frequency 6 Press PTT to start a call You will be transmitting on an offset frequency value determined from your offset setting value and an offset direction depending on your selected frequency Refer to the settings below for offset directions K Type Under 145 100 MHz No offset Simplex operation 145 100 145 499 MHz Minus offset 145 500 145 599 MHz No offset Simplex operation 146 000 146 399 MHz Plus offset 146 400 146 599 MHz No offset Simplex operation 146 600 146 999 MHz Minus offset 147 000 147 399 MHz Plus offset 147 400 147 599 MHz No offset Simplex operation 147 600 147 999 MHz Minus offset 148 000 MHz and higher No offset Simplex operation E Type Under 145 000 MHz No offset Simplex operation 145 600 145 799 MHz Minus offset 145 800 MHz and higher No offset Simplex operation TRANsmITTING A 750 Hz TONE Most repeaters in Europe require that a transceiver transmit a 1750 Hz tone On a E type model simply pressing Microphone CALL causes it to transmit a 1750 Hz tone It is also possible to program 1750 on the front panel as a PF key for transmitting a 1750 Hz tone Note The transceiver continuously transmits a 1750 Hz tone until you release Microphone CALL or PF key 1750 Some repeaters in Europe must receiv
31. store the voice memo to memory WRITING appears on the display while the recording is being stored to memory VGS conversation Recorder To record a 30 second conversation 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 009 2 Set the Conversation Recorder to ON or OFF The icon appears on the display when this function is activated The icon does not appear during playback in Repeater mode or in Remote Control mode 3 Press the PF key programmed as VGS 4 Press 4 1s to store the conversation in VGS channel 4 Playback 1 Press the PF key programmed as VGS You can transmit the recording by pressing the PTT switch Continue holding the PTT switch until the entire recording is transmitted 2 Press the key for the VGS channel number you want to play back 1 2 3 or 4 when the Conversation Recorder is ON The recording saved in the channel you selected is played back To end playback at any time press CLR To exit press VGS again During playback you can switch to any of recordings 1 2 3 or 4 by pressing the appropriate key Playback Repeat You can set messages to be repeatedly played back 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 007 2 Set the the Playback Repeat function to ON or OFF Playback Repeat Interval If the Playback Repeat function is activated you can set a time interval for how often the memo message is pl
32. 8 9 C 941 0 D n DTMF Hold Activate this function to remain in transmit mode after beginning to press keys when making a call 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 300 2 Set DTMF Hold to ON to continue transmitting when pressing keys Set this menu to OFF to stop the 2 second continuous transmission AUTOMATIC DIALER There are 10 dedicated DTMF Memory channels available to store DTMF codes You can store up to 16 digits in each channel n Storing a DTMF Code in Memory 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 301 2 Rotate the Tuning control to select a channel number 3 Press the Tuning control to set the selected channel number The name entry display appears 4 Enter a name for the channel the press the Tuning control to set it The code entry display appears 5 Enter a DTMF code for the channel then press the Tuning control to set it When a space is entered it becomes a Pause code DTMF DTMF n Transmitting Stored DTMF Codes 1 Press and hold the microphone PTT 2 While transmitting press the Tuning control The last called DTMF Memory channel name and number appear on the display If no name has been saved for the channel the DTMF code appears 3 While still transmitting rotate the Tuning control to select your desired DTMF Memory channel then press the Tuning control to set the channel Additionally you can press a DTMF key c
33. DISPLAy Enter Menu mode and access Menu 625 n Display Area lt DISPLAy AREA gt Selects the Display area ENTIRE HALF n Automatic Brightness lt AUTO BRIGHTNESS gt When ON is selected and My station address message is received the backlight turns on n Change Color lt CHANGE COLOR gt When ON is selected and My station address message is received the backlight color changes SELECTING A DISPLAy UNIT Enter Menu mode and access Menu 626 n Speed Distance lt SPEED DISTANCE gt Select to mi h mile km h km or knots nm n Altitude Rainfall lt ALTITUDE RAIN gt Select to feet inch or m mm n Temperature lt TEmPERATURE gt Select to F or C SELECTING A DISPLAy UNIT Enter Menu mode and access Menu 627 n Latitude longitude lt POSITION gt Select to dd mm mm or dd mm ss s n Grid Format lt GRID FORmAT gt Select to MAIDENHEAD GRID SAR GRID CONV or SAR GRID CELL SELECTING A NAVITRA GROUP Enter Menu mode and access Menu 628 n Group mode lt GROUP mODE gt Select to Group mode ON or OFF n Enter Group Code lt GROUP CODE gt You can enter 0 to 9 A to Z STORING NAVITRA mESSAGE Enter Menu mode and access Menu 629 You can create up to 5 phrases each of which can consist of up to 20 characters APRS PACKET mONITOR DISPLAy This transceiver presents Terminal Window mode to display raw data of received APRS pa
34. Downloaded by RadioAmateur EU CONTENTS Operation File name OPERATING THROUGH REPEATERS RepeateR access 1 tRansmitting a 1750 Hz tone 2 ReVeRse FUnction 3 aUtomatic simplex cHeckeR asc 3 tone FReqUency iD 3 01 REPEATER E pdf MEMORY CHANNELS simplex amp RepeateR oR oDD split memoRy cHannel 1 stoRing simplex anD stanDaRD RepeateR FReqUencies 1 stoRing oDD split RepeateR FReqUencies 2 Recalling a memoRy cHannel 2 cleaRing a memoRy cHannel 2 naming a memoRy cHannel 3 memoRy to VFo tRansFeR 3 cHannel Display FUnction 3 02 MEMORY CHANNEL E pdf PROGRAMMABLE MEMORY PM application examples
35. IDE FIRST With ID selected deletes the relayed digipeaters and adds the MYCALL parameter With NOID merely decrements N N ex 4 3 to 4 2 With FIRST adds the MYCALL parameter only when serving as the first digipeater ID NOID FIRST NOID UISSID UIS When ON causes the TNC to process received UI packets depending on included destination SSIDs ON OFF OFF UITRACE UIT The command name must be followed by up to 5 alphanumeric characters normally WIDE or TRACE Causes the TNC to forward received UI packets which include WIDEN N or TRACEN N parameters UNPROTO U Specifies call signs to send a packet in Unprotocol mode Call1 is the call sign of the destination Call2 to call9 are call signs of stations to be digipeated through Call1 VIA call2 call3 CQ USERS US Specifies the number of channels available to connect requests 0 10 1 WRITE W Allows the TNC mailbox to store your message In order to permit only a specific station to read your message enter a call sign after the command name ex W JA1YKX To complete message entry press Enter or Return Ctrl C then Enter or Return For a subject you can enter up to 30 alphanumeric characters XFLOW X Causes the TNC to perform software flow control when ON or hardware flow control when OFF ON OFF ON APRS APRS The Automatic Packet Position Reporting System APRS is a software program and regis
36. IGIPEAT DIG When ON allows the TNC to function as a digipeater ON OFF ON DISCONNE D Sends a disconnect request PACKET Command Name Short Description Parameter Default DISPLAY DISP Causes the TNC to display the current status of all the commands You can also specify a class identifier A C H I L M or T to display the status of only the desired command class Enter a space between the command name and a class identifier ex DISPLAY H A ASYNC RS 232C port parameters C CHAR Special TNC characters H HEALTH Counter parameters I ID ID parameters L LINK TNC to TNC link status M MONITOR Monitor parameters T TIMING Timing parameters DWAIT DW Specifies the interval from no carrier detection until execution of transmission The unit of the parameter is 10 milliseconds 0 250 30 ECHO E When ON causes the TNC to echo received characters to the computer ON OFF ON EPATH EPATH Specifies digipeater call signs to be added when the UISSID parameter in a received packet is 10 or 14 Call1 call7 EXTCLR EXTC Clears the contents of the TNC mailbox FILE FI Displays the list of all messages in the TNC mailbox FIRMRNR FIR The other station sends a notice packet to you if it is not ready to receive data When ON receiving such a notice causes the TNC to suspend transmission until it receives a ready notice ON OFF
37. Microphone Keys There are 4 microphone PF Programmable Function keys PF PF1 MR PF2 VF0 PF3 and CALL PF4 You can assign your own desired functions to these 4 keys 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 509 MIC PF1 and or Menu 510 MIC PF2 and or Menu 511 MIC PF3 and or Menu 512 MIC PF4 2 Set your desired function for the key Programmable functions available are WX CH Weather Channel FRQ BAND Frequency bands CTRL Control MONITOR Monitor VGS Voice recorder VOICE Voice announcement GROUP UP Memory group up MENU Menu mode MUTE Speaker Mute SHIFT Shift DUAL Dual Mode M gt V Memory to VFO Copy VFO MR CALL MHz TONE REV Reverse LOW LOCK A B Band Select A Band Select B ENTER 1750 1750 Hz Tone fREqUENCY DIRECT ENTRY If the desired operating frequency is far from the current frequency using the microphone keypad is the quickest way to change the frequency One of the microphone PF keys must first be programmed as ENTER 1 Press the left or right BAND SEL to select band A or B then press VFO or CALL 2 Press the key programmed as ENTER The Direct Frequency Entry display appears 3 Press the microphone keys 0 9 to enter your desired frequency 4 To set the entered frequency press ENTER or VFO Pressing ENTER before entering all of the digits will set the remaining digits to 0 Pressing VFO before ente
38. NC COMMANDS LIST The commands supported by the built in TNC are listed below You must enter a space between a command name or short form and a parameter or between two parameters ex AU OFF BEACON EVERY 18 Command Name Short Description Parameter Default 8BITCONV 8 When ON handles one character using 8 bits in Converse mode When OFF handles one character using 7 bits ON OFF ON AFILTER AF Specifies up to 4 control codes to be removed from received packets when in Converse mode 00 80 00 AUTOLF AU When ON sends a line feed LF to the computer after each carriage return CR ON OFF ON AXDELAY AXD Specifies the delay time to be added to TXDELAY between PTT ON and start of transmission The unit of the parameter is 10 milliseconds 0 120 0 AXHANG AXH Specifies the voice repeater hang time The unit of the parameter is 100 milliseconds 0 250 0 BEACON B If set to EVERY sends a beacon packet at intervals of the specified period n If set to AFTER sends a beacon packet only once after the specified period n The unit of n is 10 seconds EVERY AFTER n n 0 250 EVERY 0 BTEXT BT Specifies the content of the data portion of a beacon packet 0 159 characters CALIBRAT CAL Sends a space mark square wave 50 50 ratio Enter Q to exit Calibrate mode and restore the Command mode CHECK CH Specifies the interval from signal drop out until execution of
39. OFF FLOVER FL Specifies the time deday from when the TNC buffer becomes full until the TNC buffer is cleared The unit of the parameter is 1 minute 0 120 0 FLOW F When ON starting key entry causes the computer to stop displaying received packets ON OFF ON FRACK FR Specifies the interval from one transmission until retry of transmission The unit of the parameter is 1 second 0 15 3 FULLDUP FU When ON allows the TNC to function in full duplex When OFF allows it to use data carrier detect signals to avoid packet collision ON OFF OFF GBAUD GB Selects 4800 or 9600 bps as the transfer rate between the TNC and the GPS receiver 2400 4800 9600 4800 GPSSEND GPSS Specifies the content of data to be output to the GPS receiver this data is used to program the default settings on the receiver The output data is not stored in memory 0 159 characters GPSTEXT GPST Specifies the type of a message to be determined by LTEXT 0 6 characters PNTS HBAUD HB Selects 1200 or 9600 bps as the transfer rate between packet stations 1200 9600 1200 HEALLED HEAL Determines whether or not normal operations of the ROM are checked When ON and if normal operations are detected STA and CON appear and blink alternately ON OFF OFF HID HI When ON causes the TNC to send an ID packet every 9 5 minutes after digipeating ON OFF ON ID I Causes the TNC to send
40. PUT Enter Menu mode and access Menu 615 n Transmit lt Tx gt This setting determines whether or not to transmit the meteorological data obtained from the weather observation device with the APRS data communication n Transmit Interval Time lt Tx INTERVAL gt Set the interval at which the meteorological data is transmitted with the APRS data communication The interval can be set to 5 10 or 30 minutes The weather observation device outputs the meteorological data at a time interval of approximately 5 minutes The following meteorological data is transmitted Rainfall Air temperature Wind direction Wind velocity Atmospheric pressure Humidity This data is transmitted with the APRS standard format latitude longitude and time information You can verify the meteorological data being output by viewing My station weather observation device icons APRS SETTING AS A DIGIPEATER n DIGIPEAT Enter Menu mode and access Menu 616 This transceiver with a built in TNC may also be used as a digipeater As described in PACKET PATH AND DIGIPEATER a volunteer who installs a digipeater is supposed to program it either as a RELAY or WIDE depending on various conditions Note This transceiver is capable of setting up to 4 path segments aliases each path segment must have less than 10 characters However it is common to program either RELAY or WIDE as mentioned above
41. Press VFO 1s Scan starts at the current frequency The 1 MHz decimal blinks while scanning is in progress To reverse the scan direction turn the Tuning control clockwise upward scan or counterclockwise downward scan You can also press microphone UP DWN 5 To quit Program Scan press VFO again Note u If the step size differs between the lower limit and upper limit VFO scan will begin instead of Program Scan u If the current VFO frequency is within more than one Program Scan range the range stored in the smallest channel number is used MHz SCAN MHz Scan monitors a 1 MHz segment of the band using the current frequency step size The current 1 MHz digit determines the limits of the scan For example if the current frequency is 145 400 MHz then the scan range would be from 145 000 MHz to 145 995 MHz the exact upper limit depends on the current frequency step size 1 Select your desired band 2 Press VFO 3 Rotate the Tuning control to select a frequency within your desired 1 MHz range 4 Press and hold the Tuning control for 1 second to start scanning Scan starts at the current frequency The 1 MHz decimal blinks while scanning is in progress To reverse the scan direction turn the Tuning control clockwise upward scan or counterclockwise downward scan You can also press microphone UP DWN 5 To quit MHz Scan press the Tuning control again CALL
42. S codes DCS Code 023 025 026 031 032 036 043 047 051 053 054 065 071 072 073 074 114 115 116 122 125 131 132 134 143 145 152 155 156 162 165 172 174 205 212 223 225 226 243 244 245 246 251 252 255 261 263 265 266 271 274 306 311 315 325 331 332 343 346 351 356 364 365 371 411 412 413 423 431 432 445 446 452 454 455 462 464 465 466 503 506 516 523 526 532 546 565 606 612 624 627 631 632 654 662 664 703 712 723 731 732 734 743 754 DCS CODE ID This function scans through all DCS codes to identify the incoming DCS code on a received signal You may find it useful when you cannot recall the DCS code that the other persons in your group are using 1 Press TONE 3 times to activate the DCS function The icon appears on the display when the DCS function is ON Each press of TONE changes the selection as follows Tone gt CTCSS gt DCS gt Off no display 2 Press F T SEL 1s The icon blinks and SCAN appears on the display Scan starts when a signal is received To reverse the scan direction turn the Tuning control clockwise upward scan or counterclockwise downward scan You can also press microphone UP DWN To quit the scan press ESC When a DCS code is identified the identified code appears on the display and blinks 3 Pre
43. SCAN Use Call Scan to monitor both the Call channel and either the currently selected VFO frequency or the currently selected Memory channel 1 Select your desired VFO frequency or Memory channel 2 Press CALL 1s to start Call Scan The 1 MHz decimal blinks while scanning is in progress When scanning a Memory channel the Call channel on the same band as the selected Memory channel is used for scan 3 To quit Call Scan press CALL again Note The Memory channel selected is scanned even if it has been locked out of scan SCAN VISUAL SCAN While you are receiving Visual Scan allows you to monitor frequencies near the current operating frequency Visual Scan graphically and simultaneously shows how all frequencies in the selected range are busy You will see up to 21 segments for each channel that represent 7 S meter levels 3 segments per level Determine the scan range by selecting the center frequency and the number of channels The default number of channels is 61 n Selecting the Number of Channels 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 515 2 Set the number of channels to MODE 1 31ch MODE 2 61ch MODE 3 91ch or MODE 4 181ch n Using Visual Scan 1 Select your desired band 2 Rotate the Tuning control select the operating frequency This frequency will be used as the center frequency 3 Press F VISUAL to start Visual Scan To halt Scan press PAUSE PAUSE
44. Send w CTS I Clear to Send e TXD O Transmit Data r GND Ground t RXD I Receive Data y NC Non Connect u NC Non Connect i NC Non Connect PACKET MODE This transceiver has a built in TNC which conforms to the AX 25 protocol This protocol is used for communications between TNCs For the commands supported by the built in TNC see TNC COMMANDS LIST Press TNC 2 times to enter PACKET mode The following indicators appear on the transceiver display to show the current TNC status Indicator Status PACKET The TNC is in Packet mode STA Packets to be transmitted still remain in the buffer CON The TNC is in connection with the target station MBOD The mailbox in the TNC is being accessed or connected by the other station MAIL The mailbox in the TNC holds mail addressed to you 12 1200 bps transfer rate selected 96 9600 bps transfer rate selected Note u Not all functions available via conventional TNC s are supported by the TNC built in this transceiver u The built in TNC could be automatically reinitiated when its malfunction is detected this does not designate that the transceiver is defective u To distinguish your various stations or nodes you can have up to 15 Secondary Station Identifiers SSIDs ex W6DJY 1 to W6DJY 15 You always have to put a dash between your call sign and SSID number u Packet operation easily affected by tran
45. T RESET Restores the default status for all the commands RESPTIME RES Specifies the acknowledgment packet transmission delay The unit of the parameter is 100 milliseconds 0 250 5 RESTART RESTART Causes the TNC to function as if it is switched OFF then ON RETRY RE Specifies the number of transmission retries 0 15 10 ROUTE ROU When ON and receiving a packet forwarded by a PBBS leaves the included route information ON OFF ON SENDPAC SE Specifies a character which forces a packet to be sent 0 7F 0D SLOTTIME SL Specifies the period of random number generation intervals for the PERSIST SLOTTIME method The unit of the parameter is 10 milliseconds 0 250 3 SPATH SPATH Specifies digipeater call signs to be added when the UISSID parameter in a received packet is 9 or 13 Call1 call7 STREAMCA STREAMC When ON and multiple connections take place receiving a packet causes the TNC to display the call sign ON OFF ON STREAMDB STREAMD When ON causes the TNC to display a stream switch character included in a received packet ON OFF OFF STREAMSW STR Specifies a character to be used for switching streams 0 7F 01 TOUT TOUT Specifies the time out time of the TNC mailbox When no packet is received within the specified time a disconnect takes place The unit of the parameter is 10 seconds 0 250 30 TRACE TRAC When ON causes the TNC t
46. TH A GPS RECEIVER OR WEATHER STATION The GPS jack on this transceiver accepts a 2 5 mm 1 10 3 conductor plug If necessary use the supplied cable to modify the cable end of your GPS receiver or Weather Station In order to use the connected GPS receiver access Menu 602 GPS PORT INPUT to select GPS WEATHER Davis or WEATHER PeetBros ADJUSTING THE INTERNAL CLOCK This transceiver has a clock to manage information on when APRS packets are received Use Menu Set up to correct the current time date and if necessary the UTC offset UTC stands for Universal Time Coordinated Note The battery for the clock backup is built into the unit When the power source is connected the battery begins to charge It takes approximately 12 hours to become fully charged n Setting Date 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 524 The first 2 digits blink 2 Rotate the Tuning control to enter the current month K type or day then press the Tuning control The next 2 digits blink 3 Rotate the Tuning control to enter the current day K type or month then press the Tuning control The last 2 digits blink 4 Rotate the Tuning control to enter the current year then press the Tuning control GPS receiver To GPS jack Shield to GND on GPS WX Red to DATA OUT on GPS WX White to DATA IN on GPS WX Weather Station APRS RECEIVING APRS DATA Each time a new APRS packet
47. When ON and the TNC mailbox holds a message addressed to you outputs Low to the MAILLED terminal ON OFF OFF MAXFRAME MAX Specifies the maximum number of packets to be transmitted at one time 1 7 4 MBOD MB When ON allows the TNC mailbox to be used ON OFF OFF MCOM MCOM When ON causes the TNC to also monitor control packets When OFF causes it to monitor only information packets ON OFF OFF MCON MC When ON causes the TNC to monitor other stations while in connection with the target station ON OFF OFF MINE MI Displays the list of messages in the TNC mailbox addressed to you and messages that you sent MONITOR M When ON causes the TNC to monitor packets ON OFF ON MRPT MR When ON causes the TNC to display the entire digipeat list for monitored packets ON OFF ON MSTAMP MS When ON causes the TNC to display data and time information for monitored packets ON OFF OFF MYALIAS MYA Specifies a call sign for using your station as a digipeater 6 characters SSID MYCALL MY Specifies your call sign 6 characters SSID MYMCALL MYM Specifies a call sign to be assigned to your TNC mailbox 6 characters SSID NEWMODE NE When ON entering a CONNECT command causes the TNC to immediately enter the other mode ON OFF OFF NOMODE NO When ON does not cause the TNC to automatically enter the other mode When OFF causes it to
48. able in the future n Packet Transfer Rate lt DATA SPEED gt The default APRS packet transfer rate set on the built in TNC is 1200 bps which is the standard among the current APRS networks If APRS networks which use 9600 bps transfer rate become available in the future select 9600 bps n DCD Sense lt DCD SENSE gt You can also select the method for inhibiting the built in TNC from transmitting Select one of the two methods The default is D or Rxd Band D or Rxd Band The TNC does not transmit when signals are present on the data band or RX data band Both Band The TNC does not transmit when signals are present on band A or B n Tx delay lt Tx DELAy gt This function allows you to set a transmission delay time between transmitting the APRS data and transmitting a flag code prior to the APRS data When the other station has activated their Save Mode the selected delay time is increased SETTING GPS PORT Enter Menu mode and access Menu 602 n Baud Rate lt BAUD RATE gt Set the communication speed of the external GPS or other equipment that is connected to the GPS terminal The speed is set to 4800 bps NMEA 9600 bps IPS format SONY when a GPS receiver is connected It does not correspond to the Gamin TXT format n Input Type lt INPUT gt OFF When using the GPS receiver GPS When not using the GPS receiver WEATHER Davis When using the weather observation device Davi
49. and the new data will be stored n Call Channel Memory Simplex The Call channel can be used to store any frequency and related data that you will recall often You may want to dedicate the Call channel as an emergency channel within your group To store a simplex frequency and related data as the Call channel instead of in a Memory channel after step 4 above press C IN Note Storing new data in the Call channel will clear the old data The Call channel itself cannot be cleared but data can be replaced with new data MEMORY CH STORINg ODD SPLIT REPEATER FREquENCIES Some repeaters use a receive and transmit frequency pair with a non standard offset To access those repeaters store two separate frequencies in a memory channel You can then operate on those repeaters without changing the offset frequency you stored in the menu 1 Set up a simplex channel by following steps 1 to 6 of STORING SIMPLEX AND STANDARD REPEATER FREQUENCIES above 2 Press VFO to enter VFO mode 3 Rotate the Tuning control to select your desired transmit frequency Additionally you can press the microphone UP DWN keys to select a frequency 4 Set up any additional data desired for the transmit frequency Tone ON OFF Tone frequency CTCSS ON OFF CTCSS frequency DCS ON OFF DCS code etc 5 Press F A memory channel number appears 6 Rotate the Tuning control to select your desired channel nu
50. ayed back 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 008 2 Set the interval from 0 to 60 seconds CROSS BAND LOCKED BAND OPERATION K TYPE MODELS ONLY This transceiver is capable of receiving signals on one band and retransmitting signals on the other band This function repeats signals originating from one band using the other band For example a signal received on band A VHF is retransmitted on band B UHF Similarly a signal received on band B UHF is retransmitted on band A VHF Locked band Repeater The transceiver uses the same band to receive or transmit a signal You can set either the A band A TX or B band B TX as the transmit band Cross band Repeater If receiving a signal on the TX band the transceiver switches the current RX only band to the TX band This is useful when joining in a group talk Participants in a group talk need to set a receive and transmit frequency on different bands so as not to miss any conversation within the group RepeateR opeRation mode 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 403 2 Set the Repeater operation mode to CROSS BAND LOCKED TX A BAND or LOCKED TX B BAND 3 Turn the transceiver power OFF 4 Press tone power on The Repeater mode is ON and the and icons blink on the display You are unable to perform any transceiver functions while in Repeater mode To return to normal operation turn the transceiver power OFF then press tone power on note u Yo
51. band receives and B band transmits n DATA Terminal Speed Select 1200 or 9600 bps for the data transfer rate depending on TNC 1200 bps Transmit data input PKD sensitivity is 40 mVp p and input impedance is 10 k 9600 bps Transmit data input PKD sensitivity is 2 Vp p and input impedance is 10 k 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 518 2 Set the data speed to 1200 or 9600 bps n PC Port Speed 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 519 2 Set the PC port speed to 9600 19200 38400 or 57600 bps Turning the power ON OFF will change the port speed setting n SQC Output Setting You can set the condition for which the SQC output terminal becomes active 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 520 2 Set the SQC output activation method to one of the following OFF SQC output remains inactive BUSY When a signal is received on the data band the SQC output becomes active SQL While CTCSS DCS is ON and a matching signal is received the SQC output becomes active While CTCSS DCS is OFF the SQC output becomes active when a busy signal is received TX While transmitting the SQC output becomes active BUSY TX When the conditions of BUSY and TX above are met the SQC output becomes active SQL TX When the conditions of SQL and TX above are met the SQC output becomes active Note The activation type logic can be changed using the MCP 2A software PACKET T
52. ceiver as a control station called Commander The transceiver connected with the HF transceiver is called Transporter It will function as an interface between the Commander and the HF transceiver This system allows you for example to watch for and hunt DX while washing your car or to operate the HF transceiver while relaxing in your car living room or patio instead of in your shack The Commander and Transporter transfer audio and commands as below SKY CMD VHF Freq UHF Freq CONNECTING THE TRANSPORTER WITH THE HF TRANSCEIVER In order to connect the transporter to the HF transceiver you need to prepare three cables by yourself For the connection between the PC COM connectors on the two transceivers you may use a commercially available RS 232 C cross wired cable A D SUB female male conversion adapter is required Note u Switch OFF both the Transporter and HF transceiver before making the connection u The Transporter automatically transmits its call sign in Morse at regular intervals because of legal requirements therefore transmit side tone must be output from the HF transceiver u When the Transporter is too close to the HF transceiver unwanted feedback may cause malfunction u Do not share a regulated power supply between the Transporter and the HF transceiver Unwanted feedback may cause malfunction VHF freq Audio UHF freq Audio gt Control commands gt lt Response Control commands
53. cement Speed 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 006 2 Set the announcement speed level from 0 to 4 The speed settings are as follows 0 0 85 times normal speed 1 Normal speed 2 1 15 times normal speed 3 1 30 times normal speed 4 1 45 times normal speed VOIcE REcORdER The voice recorder provides you with 3 VGS channels for recording voice memos along with a single VGS channel for recording conversations You can also prepare automated message responses to received calls Each recording can last for up to 30 seconds Voice memos To record a voice memo for later playback 1 Press the PF key programmed as VGS 2 Press and hold the key for the VGS channel number you want to store the memo in 1 2 or 3 A beep will sound and the transceiver will enter Recording mode 3 Press and hold the VGS channel number key again the same key you pressed in the previous step then speak into the microphone to record your memo Recording begins as soon as you press the VGS channel number key and a timer appears on the display Pressing the microphone PTT switch at this time will transmit your message as well as record it Do not press the microphone PTT switch if you do not want to transmit your message 4 Release the VGS channel number key to end the recording at any time and store it into the selected VGS channel If the memory becomes full recording will stop automatically and
54. channel 1 DTMF memory EchoLink memory COM port speed PC port speed 10 MHz mode 2 Mic sensitivity 2 SQC data output logic 2 1 K type only 2 Can be set only by using the MCP 2A software APPLicAtiOn ExAMPLEs The following are examples of how you might use Programmable Memory These examples may not represent applications useful to you but you will understand the flexibility of this function Situation You share your transceiver with other members in your family or club However each individual has personal preferences for how they like to set various functions You have to keep changing many settings each time you use the transceiver Solution Because 5 PM channels are available up to 5 persons can separately program the transceiver and store their customized environment Then each person can quickly change to his or her favorite settings simply by recalling a PM channel It is too much trouble to change back the settings after somebody else has reconfigured them So this application may avoid having a feature rich transceiver but never using many useful features Situation While operating mobile on the way to work every morning you prefer a silent transceiver that does not interrupt the morning calm In addition you feel that a bright display is useless in the sunlight At night when driving home you realize the Beep function truly does serve a purpose and you acknowledge it is n
55. cing your communications capabilities To use EchoLink you must register using your call sign on their website and download the EchoLink software program free of charge Refer to the website for PC hardware and other requirements Official EchoLink Website http www echolink org Note EchoLink is a registered trademark of Synergenics LLC sEtting Up EchoLink sysop MODE Connect the TM D710 to a personal computer to use the system as a base station link bureau for EchoLink relaying When connecting to a personal computer and using the EchoLink Sysop mode the hard flow control operation RTS and CTS computer terminals operate the same as and are changed with the SQC squelch control signal output to the computer and PKS transmit control signal input from the computer data terminals The current band becomes the same as the data band which is selected in menu No 517 regardless of the transmission band and operation band Use the PG 5H interface cable kit when connecting to a personal computer 1 Turn the transceiver power OFF 2 Press PF2 Power ON to turn EchoLink Sysop Mode ON The icon appears on the display when EchoLink Sysop mode is ON When the MCP 2A EchoLink RX Monitor is turned ON and an audio signal is output to the PC side the icon blinks To turn EchoLink Sysop Mode OFF press PF2 Power ON again EchoLink Sysop Mode ON EchoLink Sysop Mode OFF PC t
56. ckets It displays up to 155 characters per page and holds up to 10 pages 1 Press KEY P MON To enter Terminal Window mode 2 To access old pages press HOLD Rotate the Tuning control or press or to change the page Press RESUME to quit the Hold function While using the Hold function newly received packets will not be stored in buffer When press ALLCLR packet monitor display is cleared Note u The terminal window is not available for sending a command to the TNC u The terminal window is available in APRS mode not in Packet mode u The data in buffer is cleared when the transceiver power is turned OFF Dx PACKETCLUSTERS mONITOR DX PacketClusters are networks which consist of nodes and stations who are interested in DXing and contesting If one station finds a DX station on the air he or she sends a notice to his or her node Then this node passes the information to all its local stations besides another node This transceiver can display received DX information and hold the latest information on up to 10 DX stations Use this function to monitor the latest DX information in your local area You cannot send DX information to a node using the function 1 Access Menu 601 INTERNAL TNC DATA BAND to select band A or B If the common transfer rate in your local PacketCluster network is 9600 bps access Menu 601 INTERNAL TNC PACKET SPEED and select
57. ct the same tone frequency on both transceivers 7 lt On the Commander gt Access Menu 703 and select COMMANDER Push 0 key to start Commander appears 8 lt On the Transporter gt Access Menu 703 and select TRANSPORTER Now the Commander and Transporter are in Sky Command mode For operations in this mode see CONTROL OPERATION First switch ON the HF transceiver and press SYNC on the Commander To exit the Sky Command mode access Menu 703 and select OFF Note u Unless you program call signs you cannot select COMMANDER or TRANSPORTER using Menu 703 u On the HF transceiver select 9600 bps and 1 stop bit default using the Menu Set up function u Adjust the audio level on both the Transporter and HF transceiver while listening to audio output from the Commander An appropriate position of the AF control on the HF transceiver might be in the range 8 30 to 9 00 u To distinguish your various stations or nodes you can have up to 15 Secondary Station IDentifiers SSIDs ex W6DJY 1 to W6DJY 15 You always have to put a dash between your call sign and SSID number PROGRAMMING CALL SIGNS The built in TNCs of the Commander and Transporter communicate each other when you send a control command from the Commander So you must program different call signs 9 digits max on these transceivers as the IDs of the TNCs Use the following Menu Nos to program call s
58. cy or Memory channel even after the signal drops out and does not automatically resume scanning Note To temporarily stop scanning and monitor weak signals press the microphone PF key assigned to the Monitor function Press the PF key again to resume scanning 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 514 2 Set the Scan Resume mode to TIME Time Operated CARRIER Carrier Operated or SEEK VFO SCAN VFO Scan monitors all frequencies tunable on the band using the current frequency step size 1 Select your desired band 2 Press VFO 1s Scan starts at the current frequency The 1 MHz decimal blinks while scanning is in progress To reverse the scan direction turn the Tuning control clockwise upward scan or counterclockwise downward scan You can also press microphone UP DWN 3 To quit VFO Scan press VFO again SCAN SCAN MEMORY SCAN Use Memory Scan to monitor all Memory channels programmed with frequency data 1 Select your desired band 2 Press MR 1s v Scan starts at the current frequency The 1 MHz decimal blinks while scanning is in progress To reverse the scan direction turn the Tuning control clockwise upward scan or counterclockwise downward scan You can also press microphone UP DWN 3 To quit Memory Scan press MR again Note u At least 2 Memory channels must contain data and must not be locked out of scan u The L0 U0 to L9 U9 Memory channe
59. d If the oldest message has not been accessed using the List function when memory is full a new message does not replace the oldest message This transceiver will return a reject command and display rM u This transceiver beeps each time it receives any type of APRS packet You may access Menu 624 SOUND RX BEEP to change this setting The default is ALL ENTERING A mESSAGE To transmit a message first enter the call sign 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 first packet then BLN1 or BLNB to send the second packet 1 Press KEY MSG 2 Press NEW or REPLY The display for entering a call sign appears the first digit blinks When you press REPLY not necessarily BACK Cancels entry of a call sign 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 first digit You can enter 0 to 9 A to Z and 4 Press 5 The cursor moves to the next digit 6 Rotate the Tuning control to complete the setting The display for entering a
60. d lt mETHOD gt Select the operation method for transmitting APRS packets The table concludes how operations differ depending on the selection MANUAL Each press of KEY BCON transmits your APRS packet PTT 1 Press KEY BCON to switch the function ON BCON appears and blinks 2 Press and hold the microphone PTT then speak into the microphone 3 Release the microphone PTT Releasing the switch transmits your APRS packet You cannot retransmit an APRS packet unless the time selected in lt TX INTERVAL gt passes Wait until BCON starts blinking to indicate transmitting is ready 4 To switch the function OFF press KEY BCON again AUTO 1 Press KEY BCON to switch the function ON BCON appears Switching the function ON transmits your APRS packet once After that APRS packets are automatically transmitted at intervals of the period selected in lt TX INTERVAL gt 2 To switch the function OFF press KEY BCON again n Tx Interval Time lt Tx INTERVAL gt You can change the interval for automatically transmitting APRS packets Access lt TX INTERVAL gt and select 0 2 0 5 1 2 3 5 10 20 or 30 minutes The default is 3 minutes Note u With AUTO in lt METHOD gt and Beacon ON pressing the Tuning control to complete the setting causes the APRS packet to be immediately transmitted After that APRS packets are transmitted a
61. d like to reply to for the specific call sign preset that call sign for automatic responses PROGRAmmING A mESSAGE GROUP CODE Enter Menu mode and access Menu 623 Use a message group code to exchange messages only among your group members With one or more message group codes programmed you will receive messages that include the same group code s besides messages addressed to you If you program one or more bulletin group codes you will not receive bulletins addressed to other specific groups You can program any desired code using alphanumeric characters up to 9 characters for messages and up to 4 characters for bulletins You can also program up to 6 codes at the same time each code must be separated by a comma If you program 3 message group codes for example you will receive all messages that include one of the 3 codes If you program 3 bulletin group codes you will reject bulletins addressed to specific groups which do not use any of the 3 codes You can enter 0 to 9 A to Z comma and For messages is also selectable The keypad on the microphone also is available to enter alphanumeric characters In order to include a message group code in your outgoing packet enter a group code in place of a call sign To include a bulletin group code enter it following BLN for example BLN ABC where ABC is a group code Use up to 9 characters for a message group code or up to 4 character
62. de Call Scan VFO MR MR mode Memory Scan KEY F Function mode Exit Function mode Key Lock TONE REV Reverse ON OFF LOW MUTE Change output power Mute Change output power Change channel display PF1 Select the Weather channel K type PF2 Change control band default Tuning control Group Scan BAND SEL A A band Change Single Dual BAND SEL B B band Change Single Dual PM PROGRAMMABLE MEMORY PM Programmable Memory PM stores virtually all settings currently set on the transceiver This transceiver provides 5 PM channels to store 5 sets of transceiver configurations Later you can quickly recall any one of these channels depending on the operations you have in mind or the operating environment The following programmable settings cannot be stored Memory name Memory channel lockout Channel Display mode Locked band Cross band Repeater ON OFF 1 Repeater mode 1 Repeater hold 1 Repeater ID transmit 1 Registered repeater ID 1 Wireless remote control 1 Answer back 1 Remote control ID 1 Key lock Power on password 2 Memory channel Call channel Program scan memory Weather
63. desired repeater 1 Turn the Tone function ON 2 Press F T SEL The current tone frequency appears on the display The default frequency is 88 5 Hz 3 Rotate the Tuning control to select your desired frequency To exit the tone frequency selection press ESC 4 Press any key other than the Tuning control and ESC to set the selected frequency Note If you have set up a Memory channel with a tone setting simply recall the Memory channel instead of setting up the tone frequency every time No Frequency Hz No Frequency Hz No Frequency Hz 01 67 0 16 110 9 31 186 2 02 69 3 17 114 8 32 192 8 03 71 9 18 118 8 33 203 5 04 74 4 19 123 0 34 206 5 05 77 0 20 127 3 35 210 7 06 79 7 21 131 8 36 218 1 07 82 5 22 136 5 37 225 7 08 85 4 23 141 3 38 229 1 09 88 5 24 146 2 39 233 6 10 91 5 25 151 4 40 241 8 11 94 8 26 156 7 41 250 3 12 97 4 27 162 2 42 254 1 13 100 0 28 167 9 14 103 5 29 173 8 15 107 2 30 179 9 n Automatic Repeater Offset K and E Types Only This function automatically selects an offset direction and activates the Tone function according to the frequency that you have selected To obtain an up to date band plan for repeater offset direction contact your national Amateur Radio association 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 401 2 Set the ARO to ON 3 Press BAND SEL A to
64. different signal strength levels Cursor S meter level CTCSS CONTINUOUS TONE CODED SQUELCH SYSTEM CTCSS You may sometimes want to hear calls only from specific persons The Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System CTCSS allows you to ignore not hear unwanted calls from other persons who are using the same frequency To do so select the same CTCSS tone as selected by the other persons in your group A CTCSS tone is subaudible and is selectable from among 42 tone frequencies Note CTCSS does not cause your conversation to be private It only relieves you from listening to unwanted conversations USING CTCSS 1 Select your desired band 2 Press TONE 2 times to activate the CTCSS function The icon appears on the display when the CTCSS function is ON Each press of TONE changes the selection as follows Tone gt CTCSS gt DCS gt Off no display 3 Press F T SEL The current CTCSS frequency appears on the display and blinks 4 Rotate the Tuning control to select your desired CTCSS frequency Refer to the table below for the available frequencies To exit the CTCSS frequency selection press ESC 5 Press any key other than the Tuning control and ESC to complete the setting 6 When you are called The transceiver squelch opens only when the selected CTCSS tone is received When you make a call Press and hold PTT then speak into the microphone
65. display illumination to suit the lighting conditions where you are operating 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 501 2 Set your desired brightness level from 1 to 8 or OFF n Auto Display Brightness When Auto Brightness is activated the display will light up every time a key is pressed 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 502 2 Set the Auto Brightness function to ON or OFF n Backlight Color You can manually change the display illumination to suit the lighting conditions where you are operating 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 503 2 Set the backlight color to AMBER or GREEN n Display Contrast The display visibility changes depending on the ambient conditions for example between daytime and night When you find the display is not clear use this function to select the optimum display contrast 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 504 2 Set your desired contrast level from 1 to16 Note The display contrast may be affected by a change in temperature Adjust the contrast as necessary n Positive Negative Reversal You can change the display status between Negative and Positive default 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 505 2 Set the backlight color to NEGATIVE or POSITIVE KEY LOCK The Key Lock function ensures that your transceiver settings will remain unchanged if you accidentally press a key When activated the following functions can still be used PTT To turn Key Lock ON
66. e and access Menu 002 2 Set the speaker mode to MODE 1 or MODE 2 Refer to the table below for configurations based on the mode selected Mode Speaker Setup Band Output Internal Speaker External SP1 External SP2 MODE 1 None A B SP1 only x A B SP2 only A B SP1 SP2 x A B MODE 2 None A B SP1 only x A B SP2 only B A SP1 SP2 x B A PROGRAMMABLE VfO If you always check frequencies within a certain range you can set upper and lower limits for frequencies that are selectable For example if you select 144 MHz for the lower limit and 145 MHz for the upper limit the tunable range will be from 144 000 MHz to 145 995 MHz 1 Select your desired VFO frequency 2 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 100 Example E type 3 Press the Tuning control The lower frequency limit blinks 4 Rotate the Tuning control to select your desired lower frequency limit then press the Tuning control to set the selected value The upper frequency limit blinks 5 Rotate the Tuning control to select your desired upper frequency limit then press the Tuning control to set the selected value 6 Press ESC to exit Menu mode Note You cannot program the 100 kHz and subsequent digits The exact 100 kHz and subsequent digits of the upper limit depend on the frequency step size you are using OTHER OP CHANGING THE fREqUENCY STEP
67. e continuous signals for a certain period of time following a 1750 Hz tone This transceiver is also capable of remaining in the transmit mode for 2 seconds after transmitting a 1750 Hz tone 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 402 2 Set the tone to ON or OFF When set to ON the 1750 Hz tone will transmit When set to OFF the tone will not be transmitted Note While remaining in the transmit mode the transceiver does not continuously transmit a 1750 Hz tone REPEATER REVERsE FUNcTION After setting a separate receive and transmit frequency you can exchange these frequencies using the Reverse function This allows you to manually check the strength of signals you receive directly from other stations while using a repeater If the station s signal is strong move to a simplex frequency to continue the contact and free up the repeater Press REV to turn the Reverse function ON or OFF When the Reverse function is ON the icon will appear on the display Note u If the transmit frequency is outside the allowable transmit frequency range when using Reverse pressing PTT will cause an error tone to sound and transmission will be inhibited u If the receive frequency is outside the receive frequency range when using Reverse an error tone will sound and Reverse will not operate u The ARO Automatic Repeater Offset will not function when Reverse is ON u You cannot switch Reverse ON or OFF while tra
68. ears 4 Enter the name for the channel then press the Tuning control to set it The call sign and conference name for board rooms that can do round QSO of the other station which is connected via EchoLink or the control command name etc are entered into the EchoLink memory name The code entry display appears 5 Enter a DTMF code for the channel then press the Tuning control to set it The node number of the other station and conference which are connected via EchoLink or the DTMF code of the control command etc are entered into the EchoLink code n transmitting EchoLink Memory 1 Press and hold the microphone PTT 2 While transmitting press the Tuning control The last called EchoLink DTMF Memory channel name and number appears on the display 3 While still transmitting rotate the Tuning control to select your desired EchoLink Memory channel then press the Tuning control to set the channel The stored code scrolls across the display and is transmitted Note u In step 2 press the microphone C key before pressing the Tuning control to transmit the converted DTMF code of the EchoLink Connect by Call function example JA1YKX C 51 21 10 93 52 92 is automatically added to the end of the DTMF code u In step 2 press the microphone 0 7 keys before pressing the Tuning control to transmit the converted DTMF code of the EchoLink Query by Call
69. ed dD Duplicated DX cluster data nD New DX cluster data 1 The transceiver automatically transmits the appropriate information in approximately 2 minutes after receiving a request Note u The APRS programs for PCs have entry fields for a position comment and status text The data entered to these two fields are transmitted as separate packets This transceiver however includes both of a position comment and status text in one packet to transmit u This transceiver beeps each time it receives any type of APRS packet You may access Menu 624 AUDIO RX BEEP to change this setting The default is ALL ACCESSING RECEIVED APRS DATA This transceiver is capable of receiving and storing APRS data received from up to 100 stations in memory You can easily recall the information of the desired station 1 Press KEY LIST The list of stations appears The numbers beside the call signs indicate the order in which data is received The data received last is assigned 1 TOP Displays the list of the fast 5 stations 5 Displays the list of the previous 5 stations 5 Displays the list of the next 5 stations ESC Restores the frequency display SORT To select the sort function FILTER To select the filter function MSG Allows message entry to the current station TUNE Set the QSY frequency APRS only CLR Deletes the current station Press F POS RQ Request
70. erminal PC PC terminal PC TxD gt RxD TxD gt RxD RxD lt TxD RxD lt TxD SQC gt CTS RTS gt CTS PKS lt RTS CTS lt RTS GND lt gt GND GND lt gt GND Note u You cannot use EchoLink Sysop mode when the built in TNC is turned ON u We recommend you set Menu 520 s SQC output setting to SQL when using EchoLink Sysop mode u When a noise or other such signal is sent from the link bureau to the internet when using CTCSS and DCS set the EchoLink RX Monitor function to Busy only this can only be set with the MCP 2A to verify the usage condition of the operating frequency Because of this when EchoLink Sysop mode is ON all received signals on the EXT DATA band side are output through the speaker regardless of a CTCSS and DCS mismatch When CTCSS and DCS matches only the voice signal is output from the data terminal u When EchoLink Sysop mode is ON it cannot communicate with the MCP 2A When using the MCP 2A be sure to turn EchoLink Sysop mode OFF EchoLink EchoLink stOring EchoLink MEMOry There are 10 dedicated EchoLink DTMF Memory channels available You can store up to 8 digits in each channel 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 204 2 Rotate the Tuning control to select an EchoLink channel number from EL0 EL9 3 Press the Tuning control to set the selected channel number The name entry display app
71. for the weather bureau are displayed MOBILE All icons are searched and those for mobile bureaus are displayed OBJECT DTI information is verified and only object bureaus are displayed KENWOOD DTI information is verified and only Kenwood TH D7 TM D700 and TM D710 bureaus are displayed NAVITRA Received data is verified and only Navitra bureaus are displayed starting from PNTS FREQUENCY QSY The status list is searched and only bureaus containing frequency QSY information are displayed OTHERS Bureaus other than those listed above are displayed ALL OFF The filtering function is cancelled 4 The newly filtered station list appears on the display After the filter function is turned ON received data is added to the list but will on be displayed if it matches the filter type selected For example with the station list displayed and the filter selection set to WEATHER all bureaus not relating to weather are no longer displayed If mobile station data is received at this time the new data will also not be displayed as long as the weather filter is active DTI Data Type Identifier is a 1 byte code which shows the packet data classification APRS RECEIVING A mESSAGE Each time a proper message is received the frequency display is interrupted to show information as below q Indicator w Call sign TX e Receive time r Message t TX RX date y Line number The
72. function example JA1YKX 0 7 51 21 10 93 52 92 is automatically added to the end of the DTMF code u When only the EchoLink memory name has been registered the EchoLink Connect Call function transmits the converted DTMF code example JA1YKX C 51 21 10 93 52 92 C is automatically added to the beginning of the DTMF code and is automatically added to the end u Call Sign DTMF Code Conversion Table When a character other than an alphanumeric character is used such as and the DTMF conversion stops at the character before that non standard character 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 Q A D G J M P T W 2 Z B E H K N R U X 3 C F I L O S V Y n selecting a transmit speed Some repeaters may not respond correctly if a code is transmitted at fast speed If this happens change the EchoLink transmission speed from FAST default to SLOW 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 205 2 Set the speed to FAST or SLOW OTHER OPERATIONS POWER ON MESSAGE Each time you switch the transceiver ON HELLO default appears on the display for approximately 2 seconds You can program your favorite message in place of the default message 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 500 2 Enter your desired message Press CLR to clear the entire message if necessary DISPLAY ILLUMINATION You can manually change the
73. 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 n Operation when Receiving a QSy When QSY frequency information is received the station list appears list summary and details with the verified frequency Press the Tuning control The QSY frequency is set to the non data band 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 lt POSITION LImIT gt 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 lt TyPE gt 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 APRS SELECTING yOUR STATION ICON Enter Menu mode and access Menu 610 Select an icon which will be displayed on the monitors
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75. he CTCSS frequency that the other persons in your group are using 1 Press TONE 2 times to activate the CTCSS function The icon appears on the display when the CTCSS function is ON Each press of TONE changes the selection as follows Tone gt CTCSS gt DCS gt Off no display 2 Press F T SEL 1s The icon blinks and SCAN appears on the display Scan starts when a signal is received To reverse the scan direction turn the Tuning control clockwise upward scan or counterclockwise downward scan You can also press microphone UP DWN To quit the scan press ESC When a CTCSS frequency is identified the identified frequency appears on the display and blinks 3 Press the Tuning control to program the identified frequency in place of the currently set CTCSS frequency The CTCSS function will remain ON To cancel CTCSS press TONE until CT no longer appears on the display Press ESC if you do not want to program the identified frequency Rotate the Tuning control while an identified frequency is blinking to resume scanning DIGITAL CODED SQUELCH DCS Digital Code Squelch DCS is another application which allows you to ignore not hear unwanted calls It functions the same way as CTCSS The only differences are the encode decode method and the number of selectable codes For DCS you can select from 104 different codes
76. he DECAY ALGORITHM ON the decay transmission interval takes precedence The packet path changes with each transmission as shown below when the packet path is set as WIDE1 1 WIDE2 2 1 minute DIRECT 2 minutes WIDE1 1 1 Hop 3 minutes DIRECT 4 minutes WIDE1 1 WIDE2 1 2 Hops 5 minutes DIRECT 6 minutes WIDE1 1 1 Hop 7 minutes DIRECT 8 minutes WIDE1 1 WIDE2 2 3 Hops This is repeated When jointly using a Decay Algorithm if the speed is 1 knots or slower a Decay Algorithm pattern is used for transmitting but if the speed is 3 knots or faster it changes to Proportional Pathing PROGRAmmING A PACKET PATH Enter Menu mode and access Menu 612 Select the packet path type from New N PARADIGM RELAY PARADIGM STATE SECTION REGION or OTHERS When you press USE the indicator appears on the left side of the packet path type showing the current used information TOTAL HOPS You can select 1 to 7 ABBR You can enter up to 5 characters for abbreviated state names etc When selecting OTHERS enter a packet path You can enter 0 to 9 A to Z comma and Below are five basic methods for editing a packet path Methods 3 to 5 are supported only by advanced APRS networks Method 1 Specific Path Program the call signs of one or more digipeaters in the sequence of transfer relay ex KD6ZZV KF6RJZ Method 2 Gener
77. ic Path Program RELAY and or WIDE ex RELAY WIDE or simply R W In this example your APRS packet is transferred to any RELAY digipeater near your position first then to any WIDE digipeater You can also program more than one WIDE If you enter WIDE WIDE for example your APRS packet will be transferred to any WIDE near your position first then to another WIDE Method 3 WIDEN N Path Program WIDEN N where N N indicates the number of WIDE digipeaters to be used for relay If you enter WIDE3 3 or simply W3 for example your APRS packet will be relayed by three WIDEs in any direction Method 4 TRACEN N Path The operation is the same as WIDEN N except that digipeaters add their call signs to your packet before forwarding You may program TRACE3 3 or simply T3 for example Method 5 SSID Path Program a single number 1 to 15 You can easily specify the number of digipeaters that will be used for relay You can also specify which directions of digipeaters relative to your position will be used Refer to the following table Parameter Number of digipeaters Direction 1 1 All 2 2 All 3 3 All 4 4 All 5 5 All 6 6 All 7 7 All 8 2 or more 1 North 9 2 or more 1 South 10 2 or more 1 East 11 2 or more 1 West 12 Many 2 North 13 Many 2 South 14 Many 2 East 15 Many 2 West 1 The first digipeater which receives your APRS data specifies
78. ice to see a bright display after dark Solution In 2 PM channels store the same operating data such as frequency offset tone etc and store different settings for the Display brightness and Beep functions Then you can quickly recall the best settings for day or night operation Situation You cannot figure out how to exit the current transceiver mode Solution Simply recall PM channel 1 which contains an exact copy of the transceiver default environment You will not lose the contents of any memory channels Downloaded by RadioAmateur EU PM PM chAnnEL REsEt To reset the PM channels to their default settings 1 Turn the transceiver power OFF 2 Press F Power ON 3 Release F 4 Rotate the Tuning control and select PM RESET 5 Press the Tuning control A confirmation message appears on the display 6 Press the Tuning control again to reset the PM channels Press BACK to return to the previous display To exit without resetting the PM channels press ESC stORinG DAtA in PM chAnnELs 1 Confirm that the following conditions have been satisfied The transceiver is in receive mode Scan is not being used Microphone Control is OFF 2 Configure the transceiver with your desired settings 3 Press F P IN PM channel numbers 1 to 5 appear and blink at the bottom of the display 4 Enter a channel number 1 to 5 corresponding to your desired PM channel
79. igns On Commander 700 COMMANDER CALLSIGN Call sign for Commander 701 TRANSPORTER CALLSIGN Call sign for Transporter On Transporter 700 COMMANDER CALLSIGN Call sign for Commander 701 TRANSPORTER CALLSIGN Call sign for Transporter 1 Access Menu 700 or 701 then press the Tuning control The callsign entry field appears the first digit blinks 2 Rotate the Tuning control to select a character You can enter 0 to 9 A to Z and 3 Press The cursor moves to the next digit 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 to enter up to 9 digits BACK Cancels entry of a call sign lt Causes the cursor to move backward INS Inserts the currently selected character CLR Deletes the digit at which the cursor is blinking 5 Press the Tuning control to complete the setting 6 Press ESC to exit Menu mode The keypad on the Microphone also is available to enter alphanumeric characters in step 2 SKY CMD PROGRAMMING A TONE FREQUENCY On receiving a tone from the Commander the Transporter causes the HF transceiver to enter Transmit mode On both the Commander and Transporter access Menu 702 and select the desired same tone frequency CONTROL OPERATION When in the Sky Command mode the Microphone keys of the Commander will function as below First switch ON the HF transceiver and press Microphone 0 on the Commander Each time you press the desired key the Commander will automa
80. ious display or eSC to cancel the reset 5 Press the Tuning control again to perform the reset note When in Remote Control or Repeater mode you cannot reset the transceiver using the Key Operation method MenU MOde 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 999 2 Set the reset type to VFO RESET PARTIAL RESET PM RESET or FULL RESET 3 Press the Tuning control to set the reset type A confirmation message appears on the display Press BACK to return to the previous display or eSC to cancel the reset 4 Press the Tuning control again to perform the reset note When the Channel Display function or Key Lock function is ON the transceiver reset cannot be performed RESET VGS 1 OPTIONAL OPERATION When using the optional VGS 1 voice guide amp storage unit you gain access to the voice recorder and voice announcement functions lt The VGS 1 is sold depending upon area gt VOIcE ANNOuNcEmENTS When changing modes frequencies settings etc an audio voice will announce the new information 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 003 2 Set the announcement function to MANUAL AUTO or OFF Refer to the tables below for announcements based on settings MANUAL A microphone PF key must be programmed as VOICE to use MANUAL voice announcement Operation Announcement While in VFO mode Press VOICE Operating band frequency While in MR mode Press VOICE Channel Channe
81. is received the frequency display is interrupted to show information as below Position comment or status text The received APRS packet may include information on an object such as a hurricane or tornado In this case the name of the object appears instead of a call sign Press DETAIL to access further information To restore the frequency display press ESC or just wait for approximately 10 seconds Note u When you receive an APRS packet including an EMERGENCY comment a different format of display from the above will appear and a different beep will sound u When you receive an APRS position packet that you transmitted the frequency display is not interrupted MY POSITION will appear on the display This could happen when one or more digipeaters are used If you receive a message that you transmitted MY MESSAGE will appear If a received packet does not include new or proper APRS data the frequency display is not interrupted An indicator such as dP appears depending on the types of data See the table Indicator Meaning dP Duplicate position comment nP New position data oP Other position gt P Beyond position limit aM ACK message dM Duplicate message data nM New message data oM To other stations message data rM Rejected Message dS Duplicate status text nS New status Q 1 Request for sending information Packet that cannot be decod
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83. l number operating band frequency While in Call mode Press VOICE Call channel operating band frequency While in Menu mode Press VOICE Menu number or setting value some selections have no voice announcement Tone frequency setup Tone frequency frequency value CTCSS frequency setup CTCSS frequency frequency value DCS code setup DCS code value AUTO Announcements are made automatically when changing a mode frequency setting Operation Announcement Press VFO VFO Press MR MR Press CALL Call Press MENU Menu menu number Press F Function Press PM PM Press ENT Enter Change the operating band turn the power ON A B Channel for MR only Call channel number Channel for CALL only operating band frequency output power level Change the frequency band New receive frequency Setting up the PM Channel number Off Frequency direct entry Entered key number Memory Direct Entry mode Channel number Press F rotate Tuning control On stored channel Memory in channel number frequency Press F M IN in VFO mode On blank channel Memory in channel number Blank Press A B in VFO mode A B frequency output power level Press F and then the Tuning control in VFO mode Menu M
84. ls will not be scanned u You can also start Memory Scan when in Channel Display mode While Scan is paused on a channel the channel number blinks n Locking Out a Memory Channel You can select Memory channels that you prefer not to monitor while scanning 1 Press MR then rotate the Tuning control to select your desired channel 2 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 202 3 Set the lockout to ON to lock the channel out of the scanning sequence To cancel lockout set the lockout to OFF The icon appears on the display for a channel that has been locked out Note The L0 U0 to L9 U9 Memory channels cannot be locked out GROUP SCAN For the purpose of Group Scan the 1000 Memory channels are divided into 10 groups with each group containing 100 channels Group Scan monitors only the 100 channels which belong to the specific group you are scanning The channels are grouped as follows Memory Group Channel Range Memory Group Channel Range 0 0 99 5 500 599 1 100 199 6 600 699 2 200 299 7 700 799 3 300 399 8 800 899 4 400 499 9 900 999 1 Press MR then rotate the Tuning control to select a channel in your desired group 2 Press the Tuning control 1s Scan starts at the current channel The 1 MHz decimal blinks while scanning is in progress To reverse the scan direction turn the Tuning control clockwise upward scan or counterclockwi
85. mber Additionally you can press the microphone UP DWN keys to select a channel 7 Press PTT M IN to store the data in the selected Memory channel n Call Channel Memory Odd Split The Call channel can be used to store any frequency and related data that you will recall often You may want to dedicate the Call channel as an emergency channel within your group To store an odd split frequency and related data as the Call channel instead of in a Memory channel after step 6 above press PTT C IN Note You cannot store the transmit offset status and Reverse status in an odd split Call channel RECALLINg A MEMORY CHANNEL 1 Press MR to enter Memory Recall mode 2 Rotate the Tuning control to select your desired Memory channel Additionally you can press the microphone UP DWN keys to select a channel or you can enter a channel number using the microphone keypad n Memory Recall Method The transceiver Menu also provides you with the option to recall Memory channels with stored frequencies in your current band or all Memory channels 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 201 2 Set the recall method to CURRENT current band or ALL BANDS all bands CURRENT allows you to recall only those memory channels that have stored frequencies within the current band ALL allows you to recall all programmed memory channels When the recalled memory channel is an AM channel you canno
86. n Scans the Call channel as well as the currently selected VFO frequency or Memory channel Note u Adjust the squelch level before using Scan Selecting a squelch level too low could cause Scan to stop immediately u While using CTCSS or DCS Scan stops for any signal received however you will hear audio only when the signal contains the same CTCSS tone or DCS code that you selected u When using S meter Squelch Scan stops when the received signal strength matches or exceeds the S meter setting Scan resumes 2 seconds after the signal level drops below the S meter setting u Pressing and holding PTT causes Scan to temporarily stop if it is functioning on a non TX band u Starting Scan switches the Automatic Simplex Checker OFF SELECTING A SCAN RESUME METHOD The transceiver stops scanning at a frequency or Memory channel on which a signal is detected It then continues scanning according to which resume mode you have selected You can choose one of the following modes The default is Time operated mode Time Operated mode The transceiver remains on a busy frequency or Memory channel for approximately 5 seconds and then continues to scan even if the signal is still present Carrier Operated mode The transceiver remains on a busy frequency or Memory channel until the signal drops out There is a 2 second delay between signal drop out and scan resumption Seek mode The transceiver remains on a busy frequen
87. ns 1 The squelch is open 2 You did not correctly set the data length and parity bit 1 Select the correct squelch level so that the squelch is opened only when signals are present 2 Use HBAUD command to select the appropriate transfer rate You did not receive any DX cluster data You did not select the APRS mode Press TNC to enter APRS mode APRS should appear You cannot transmit any APRS data 1 Beacon is OFF 2 The squelch is open 3 The data band is inactive 4 You did not select APRS mode 5 You selected Packet mode 6 You did not correctly program your call sign 1 Press KEY BCON to switch Beacon ON 2 Select the correct squelch level so that the squelch is opened only when signals are present 3 If you have blanked the data band press the appropriate BAND SEL 1 s to active it 4 Press TNC to enter APRS mode APRS should appear 5 Press TNC then TNC again APRS should appear 6 Use Menu 600 BASIC SETTING CALLSIGN to correctly program your call sign You did not receive any APRS packet 1 You did not correctly set the data length and parity bit 2 You did not select the appropriate packet transfer rate 1 Select Packet mode send the following commands to the TNC then select APRS mode AW 8 ENTER PAR 0 ENTER then RESTART ENTER 2 Use Menu 601 INTERNAL TNC DATA SPEED to select the approp
88. nsmitting AUTOmATIc sImPlEx cHEcKER Asc While using a repeater ASC periodically monitors the strength of signals you receive directly from the other stations If the station s signal is strong enough to allow direct contact without a repeater the icon blinks Press REV 1s to turn the ASC ON When the ASC is ON the icon will appear on the display While direct contact is possible without the use of a repeater the icon will begin blinking To exit ASC press REV Note u Pressing PTT will cause the icon to stop blinking u ASC does not function if you are using simplex operation u ASC does not function while scanning u Activating ASC while using Reverse will switch the Reverse function OFF u If you recall a Memory channel or the Call channel and those channels are set up with the Reverse function switched ON the ASC will switch OFF u You cannot use ASC when the built in TNC is turned ON u ASC causes received signals to be momentarily intermitted every 3 seconds TONE FREqUENcy ID This function scans through all tone frequencies to identify the incoming tone frequency on a received signal You can use this function to find which tone frequency is required by your local repeater 1 Press TONE to switch the Tone function ON The icon appears on the display 2 Press F T SEL 1s to run the Tone Frequency ID scan The icon blinks and SCAN appears on the display
89. o display all received packets in their entirety ON OFF OFF TRANS T Causes the TNC to exit Command mode and enter Transparent mode To restore Command mode press and hold Ctrl then press C three times PACKET Command Name Short Description Parameter Default TRFLOW TRF When ON causes the TNC to respond to software flow control from the computer in Transparent mode ON OFF OFF TRIES TRI Specifies the number of transmission retries programmed in the retry counter 0 15 0 TXDELAY TX Specifies the time delay between PTT ON and start of transmission The unit of the parameter is 10 milliseconds 0 120 50 TXFLOW TXF When ON allows the TNC to send a software flow control XON and XOFF to the computer in Transparent mode ON OFF OFF UICHECK UIC Does not forward the same UI packet as one received within the time specified by this command The unit of the parameter is 1 second 0 250 28 UIDIGI UI When receiving a UI packet which includes the parameter specified by this command replaces the parameter with the MYCALL parameter and forwards the packet OFF ON Call1 call14 OFF UIDWAIT UIDW When ON and digipeating causes the TNC to use the DWAIT and PPERSIST settings ON OFF OFF UIFLOOD UIF Specifies how received UI packets which include WIDEN N or TRACEN N parameters are processed Enter WIDE or TRACE before ID NOID or FIRST ex W
90. obile from a location outside your vehicle Note u As a remote control you can also use a handy transceiver which does not have a remote control function but a DTMF function However you must manually send DTMF tones for control code strings Skip steps 1 and 3 in PREPARATION u The FCC rules permit you to send control codes only on the 440 MHz band REPARATION Let us assume band A VHF of the mobile transceiver will be controlled On the handy transceiver 1 Program a 3 digit secret number For the programming method see the instruction manual for the handheld 2 Select the transmit frequency on the UHF band 3 Make the handheld enter Remote Control mode For the method see the instruction manual for the handheld If not described consult your dealer On the mobile transceiver 4 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 522 5 Set the ID code to the same secret number you set on the handy transceiver 6 Select the receive frequency on band B UHF Match this frequency with the transmit frequency on the handheld 7 Select band A VHF as the TX band or Control band 8 To cause the mobile to send a control acknowledgment to the handheld enter Menu 523 and set it to ON DTMF tones which represent the secret number will be used as an acknowledgment 9 Turn the transceiver power OFF 10 Press REV Power ON to enter Remote Control mode The and icons appear on the display
91. ode The main Menu number corresponds to the first digit For example 5 is Menu No 5xx Select Menu number in category Menu menu number Select setting value in Menu mode Setting value Clearing a memory channel Memory channel number Clear Perform a Full Reset Full reset Perform a Partial Reset Partial reset Perform a VFO Reset VFO reset Perform a PM Reset PM reset VGS 1 VGS AUTO Announcements are made automatically when changing a mode frequency setting Operation Announcement Press LOCK to turn the Lock function ON Lock on Press LOCK to turn the Lock function OFF Lock off Tone frequency setup Tone frequency frequency value CTCSS frequency setup CTCSS frequency frequency value DCS code setup DCS code value MHz step frequency setup MHz Step frequency value 10 MHz setup 10 MHz setup frequency value Output power setup TX Power power level Receiving APRS message Call sign Message APRS message Voice Announcement Language 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 004 2 Set the language to ENGLISH or JAPANESE Voice Announcement Volume 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 005 2 Set the announcement volume level from 1 to 7 To turn the volume OFF turn the announcement function OFF Voice Announ
92. 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 The following 15 icons are selectable for NAVITRA 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 Because the icon code table is occasionally revised download the latest icon code table from Mr Bruninga s Web page http web usna navy mil bruninga aprs html Click on DOWNLOAD APRS on its home page then download APRSnnn zip from the FTP directory where nnn is a 3 digit number After uncompressing the zip file you will find a created README directory Open and see Symbols txt under this directory SETTING BEACON Tx ALGORITHm Enter Menu mode and access Menu 611 n Packet Transmit metho
93. or OFF press F 1s When Key Lock is activated the icon will appear on the display n Microphone Key Lock The Microphone Key Lock function will lock the microphone PF Programmable Function keys 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 513 2 Turn the Microphone Key Lock function ON or OFF OTHER OP OTHER OP KEY BEEP You can turn the transceiver beep function ON or OFF as desired 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 000 2 Turn the beep function ON or OFF Even with the beep function turned OFF the transceiver will emit a beep tone under the following conditions 1 When Auto Power Off is activated the transceiver will beep 1 minute before the power turns off 2 After transmitting for the maximum time duration according to the Time out Timer the transceiver will beep n Beep Volume Each time you press a key the beep tone will sound If you have left the beep function turned ON you may wish to adjust the volume level of the beep 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 001 2 Set the beep volume to a level from 1 to 7 The default is level 5 ExTERNAL SPEAKER CONfIGURATION This transceiver has two speaker jacks for external speakers as well as an internal speaker You can enjoy a variety of speaker configurations by using one or two external speakers Received signals on bands A and B are output depending on how you want the internal and or external speakers to function 1 Enter Menu mod
94. orresponding to your desired channel 0 9 to select the channel and begin transmission The stored DTMF code scrolls across the display and is transmitted The code will be transmitted even if you release PTT before the entire code has scrolled across the display If no DTMF code is stored in the selected channel the frequency display is restored n Selecting a Transmit Speed Some repeaters may not respond correctly if a DTMF code is transmitted at fast speed If this happens change the DTMF code transmission speed from FAST default to SLOW 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 302 2 Set the speed to FAST or SLOW n Selecting a Pause Duration You can change the pause duration stored in DTMF Memory channels the default is 500 msec 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 303 2 Select a speed in msec from the available list 100 250 500 750 1000 1500 2000 DTMF KEY LOCK This function will lock the DTMF transmission keys so that they will not transmit if they are accidentally pressed To lock the DTMF keys turn this function ON 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 304 2 Set the key lock to ON or OFF EchoLink What is EchoLink EchoLink allows you to communicate with other amateur radio stations over the internet using VoIP voice over IP technology The EchoLink software program allows worldwide connections to be made between stations or from computer to station greatly enhan
95. password can be changed using the MCP 2A software and can contain up to 6 digits 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 998 2 Set the power on password to ON or OFF When set to ON PASSWD appears on the display 3 Enter your password 4 After entering up to 6 digits press the Tuning control to set the password Note Even with Menu 998 turned ON the power on password function will not be activated unless you first program a password using the MCP 2A software PACKET OPERATION Connect this transceiver to your personal computer via a Terminal Node Controller TNC You can send messages or commands to far away stations obtain a variety of information via your local bulletin boards or enjoy other Packet applications Reference material for starting Packet operation should be available at any store that handles Amateur Radio equipment Note When the distance between the radio antenna and your personal computer is too close interference may occur PACKET DATA terminal pins No Name I O Function q PKD I Audio signal for packet transmission w DE PKD terminal ground e PKS I L is transmitted and the microphone is muted r PR9 O Detected 9600 bps data t PR1 O Detected 1200 bps data y SQC O Squelch control signal Closed L Open H The default settings can be changed in Menu 520 PC COM terminal pins No Name I O Function q RTS O Request to
96. range is from 00 00 MHz to 29 95 MHz in steps of 50 kHz Note After changing the offset frequency the new offset frequency will also be used by Automatic Repeater Offset n Activating the Tone Function To turn the Tone function on 1 Select your desired band A or B 2 Press TONE to turn the Tone function ON Each time you press TONE the selection changes as follows Tone gt CTCSS gt DCS gt Off no display The icon appears on the display when the tone function is ON Note When accessing a repeater that requires a 1750 Hz tone you do not need to activate the Tone function Simply press the key assigned to the 1750 Hz tone Menu 507 512 to transmit the tone Repeaters are often installed and maintained by radio clubs sometimes with the cooperation of local businesses involved in the communications industry Compared to simplex communication you can usually transmit over much greater distances by using a repeater Repeaters are typically located on mountain tops or other elevated locations They generally operate at higher ERP Effective Radiated Power than a typical station This combination of elevation and high ERP allows communications over considerable distances TX 144 725 MHz TX tone 88 5 Hz RX 145 325 MHz TX 144 725 MHz TX tone 88 5 Hz RX 145 325 MHz REPEATER n selecting a Tone Frequency To select the tone frequency required to access your
97. rations which require a personal computer Using this transceiver you can transmit a station icon position data position comment and status text With a GPS receiver you can also transmit moving speed moving direction and altitude data From any type of station you will receive information listed below Station icon Position data Grid square locator Position comment Status text Distance from station Direction of station Depending on the types of stations you will also receive the following information Mobile station Moving direction Moving speed Fixed station Transmit power Height of antenna Antenna gain Antenna directivity Fixed station using compressed APRS data format Transmit range Altitude Weather station Wind direction Wind speed Temperature Rainfall in last hour WIDE type RELAY type PACKET PATH AND DIGIPEATER A packet path specifies how APRS packets should be transferred via one or more repeaters A repeater which is used for packet transfer is commonly called a digipeater This came from a digital repeater A digipeater is usually located on a mountain top or high building Unlike a voice repeater it operates on a simplex frequency Each volunteer who installs a digipeater programs it either as a WIDE or RELAY type Generally a WIDE transmits packets over much greater distances than a RELAY In any given area there should be only one WIDE not to cause extra traffic or collisions on f
98. requencies A WIDE is capable of transferring packets from and to adjacent WIDEs Like a WIDE there should be only one RELAY in a given area that area is usually much smaller than a WIDE So transmit packets to a RELAY when you cannot directly reach any WIDE The RELAY then will transfer the packets to any accessible WIDE On this transceiver you can edit a packet path using a maximum of 79 alphanumeric characters The default is RELAY WIDE hat is one of the common settings With this setting packets will be transferred to a RELAY first then to a WIDE 5 Press ESC to exit Menu mode Note u When used at room temperature 25 C the error of the internal clock in a month is within one minute u The internal clock is effective until December 31 2099 n Setting Time 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 525 The first 2 digits blink 2 Rotate the Tuning control to enter the current hour then press the Tuning control To set 1 o clock PM for example select 13 The next 2 digits blink 3 Rotate the Tuning control to enter the current minute then press the Tuning control 4 Press ESC to exit Menu mode n Setting UTC Offset 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 526 2 Rotate the Tuning control to select the appropriate UTC offset then press the Tuning control The selectable range is from 12 00 to 12 00 in steps of 15 minutes 3 Press ESC to exit Menu mode APRS CONNECTING WI
99. riate packet transfer rate generally 1200 bps When using a GPS receiver with AUTO selected in Menu 611 BEACON TX ALGORITHM METHOD you did not transmit any position data The GPS receiver did not yet start correct measurement With AUTO selected the transceiver must first receive any NMEA data in order to transmit your position data You cannot activate Visual Scan Remote Control K type nor Repeater K type You selected APRS or Packet mode Press TNC repeatedly so neither APRS nor PACKET is visible TRANSCEIVER RESET There are 4 types of transceiver reset available VFO Reset Use to initialize the VFO and accompanying settings PARTIAL Partial Reset Use to initialize all settings other than the Memory channels the DTMF memory and the PM channels PM Reset Use to reset only the Programmable Memory channels to their default values FULL Reset Use to initialize all transceiver settings that you have customized Date and time are not reset There are 2 ways to perform a reset on the transceiver by key operation and by accessing Menu mode Key OPeRATIOn 1 Turn the transceiver power OFF 2 Press F Power On 3 Rotate the Tuning control and select your desired reset type VFO RESET PARTIAL RESET PM RESET or FULL RESET 4 Press the Tuning control to set the reset type A confirmation message appears on the display Press BACK to return to the prev
100. ring all of the digits will leave the remaining digits at their previous values Entering all digits for a frequency will automatically set the frequency without pressing ENTER or VFO If you need to only change the MHz digit press the Tuning control then enter the new value OTHER OP AUTOMATIC POWER Off APO Automatic Power Off is a background function that monitors whether or not any operations have been performed keys pressed Tuning control turned etc and turns the transceiver power OFF if it has not been in use 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 516 APO 2 Set the APO time limit to 30 60 90 120 180 minutes or OFF After the time limit passes with no operations default is OFF APO turns the transceiver power OFF However 1 minute before the power turns OFF APO appears on the display and blinks and a warning tone sounds Note If any settings are changed during while APO is ON the timer resets When you stop changing the settings the timer begins counting again from 0 SWITCHING fM AM MODE This transceiver is also capable of receiving not transmitting in AM on band A The default mode on the 118 MHz band is AM while the default on the 144 220 300 or 430 440 MHz band is FM 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 102 2 Set the mode to AM FM or NFM Note You cannot switch between FM and AM to receive on band B ADVANCED INTERCEPT POINT AIP The VHF UHF band is
101. s Operation verification model currently July 2007 Vantage PRO2 WEATHER PeetBros When using the weather observation device PeetBros Operation verification model currently July 2007 ULTIMETER 2100 Packet mode n Differential Information Output lt OUTPUT gt When set to ON can send the differential information from the GPS terminal to the GPS receiver APRS SETTING WAy POINT Enter Menu mode and access Menu 603 n Way Point Format lt FORmAT gt Select the type of Way point Format that is sent NMEA The data which is output from the GPS terminal using the NMEA 0183 GPWPL format MAGELLAN The data which is output from the GPS terminal using the PMGNWPL format KENWOOD The data which is output from the GPS terminal using the PKWDWPL format n Way Point Name lt NAmE gt Select the length of the Way Point Name The length can be set as 6 CHAR 7 CHAR 8 CHAR or 9 CHAR n Way Point Output lt OUTPUT gt ALL All Way point information is sent LOCAL If the position limit is ON all the data within the position limit is sent If the position limit is OFF all Way point data is sent FILTERED Information that is permitted using the packet filter is output as Way point information COm PORT ON OFF Enter Menu mode and access Menu 604 n Output lt OUTPUT gt This function outputs data from the COM port after receiving packet and TNC command data from the
102. s for a bulletin group code Note Unlike a message a bulletin including a group code will be received by stations who do not program any bulletin group code SETTING SOUND Enter Menu mode and access Menu 624 n Rx Beep Type lt Rx BEEP gt This transceiver beeps each time it receives any type of APRS packets for further description refer to RECEIVING APRS DATA Selection Operation OFF The APRS NAVITRA beep tone does not sound MESSAGE ONLY Beep sounds only when a message is received at your station address MINE Beep sounds when a message is received at your station address and your transmitted data is received by a digipeater ALL NEW Beep sounds when a message is received at your station address and new packet data is received ALL Beep sounds when a message is received at your station address and duplicate data or invalid data is received n Special Call Sound lt SPECIAL CALL gt This function emits a special call sound when data is received at My station address Set the call sign of the stations from which you want to receive special call notifications n APRS Voice Announce lt APRS VOICE gt When using an optional VGS 1 unit you may select ON Each time you receive a message addressed to you the transceiver announces the call sign of the sender If the initial character of the message is the transceiver announces the subsequent characters one by one APRS SETTING INTERRUPT
103. s on the display when the function is ON n Mute Hang up Time When using Speaker Mute you may want to adjust the time interval between when you receive a signal and when the speaker is muted 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 107 2 Set the hang up time to 125 250 500 750 or 1000 ms BEAT SHIfT Since the transceiver uses a microprocessor to control various transceiver functions the CPU clock oscillator s harmonics or image may appear on some spots of the reception frequencies In this case we recommend you turn the Beat Shift function ON 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 108 2 Set the Beat Shift to ON or OFF SELECTING AN OUTPUT POWER It is a good idea to select lower transmit power if communications is still reliable This lowers the risk of interfering with others on the band When operating from battery power you will enjoy more operating time before a recharge is necessary Press LOW to select high H K E types only medium M or low L power You can program different power settings for bands A and B Note When the transceiver overheats because of ambient high temperature or continuous transmission the protective circuit may function to lower transmit output power TIME OUT TIMER TOT It is sometimes necessary or desirable to restrict a single transmission to a specific maximum time You may use this function to prevent repeater time outs when accessing repeaters or to conserve
104. s stored Odd split channels allow Repeater operation with a non standard offset The data listed below can be stored in each Memory channel Parameter Simplex amp Repeater Odd split Receive frequency Yes Yes Transmit frequency Yes Receive frequency step size Yes Yes Transmit frequency step size Yes Offset direction Yes No Tone ON OFF Yes Yes Tone frequency Yes Yes CTCSS ON OFF Yes Yes CTCSS frequency Yes Yes DCS ON OFF Yes Yes DCS code Yes Yes Reverse ON OFF Yes No Memory channel lockout Yes Yes Memory channel name Yes Yes Modulation Demodulation mode Yes Yes STORINg SIMPLEX AND STANDARD REPEATER FREquENCIES 1 Press VFO to enter VFO mode 2 Rotate the Tuning control to select your desired frequency Additionally you can press the microphone UP DWN keys to select a frequency 3 Set up any additional data desired for the frequency Offset direction Tone ON OFF Tone frequency CTCSS ON OFF CTCSS frequency DCS ON OFF DCS code etc 4 Press F A memory channel number appears 5 Rotate the Tuning control to select your desired channel number Additionally you can press the microphone UP DWN keys to select a channel 6 Press M IN to store the data in the selected Memory channel Note If you store the data in a Memory channel that already has data stored in it the old data will be cleared
105. sage on the message display pressing the Tuning Control will cause it to transmit every minute Not yet read indicator Time message received Sequence APRS BASIC SETTING Enter Menu mode and access Menu 600 n my Call Sign lt my CALLSIGN gt Program your call sign using a maximum of 9 alphanumeric characters You may include SSID characters in the string Unless you program a call sign you cannot transmit APRS packets 1 Select MY CALLSIGN The display for entering a call sign appears the first digit blinks The default is NOCALL 2 Rotate the Tuning control to select the first digit You can enter 0 to 9 A to Z and 3 Press the The cursor moves to the next digit 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 to enter up to 9 digits n Beacon Type lt BEACON TyPE gt APRS Select to APRS beacon NAVITRA Select to NAVITRA beacon SETTING INTERNAL TNC Enter Menu mode and access Menu 601 n Data Band lt DATA BAND gt On this transceiver you can select data band for APRS mode independent of the selection for Packet mode Select band A or B as the data band for receiving or transmitting APRS packets The default is band A indicates the current data band Note In Menu 601 the selection switches among A BAND B BAND TX A BAND RX B BAND and RX A BAND TX B BAND Select TX A BAND RX B BAND or RX A BAND TX B BAND if APRS networks which use two separate frequencies become avail
106. se downward scan You can also press microphone UP DWN 3 To quit Group Scan press the Tuning control again Note u At least 2 Memory channels in the selected group must contain data and must not be locked out of scan u You can also start Memory Scan when in Channel Display mode While Scan is paused on a channel the channel number blinks n Memory Group Link Memory Group Link provides you with the ability to link 2 or more Memory channel groups together to act as a single group when scanning You can link up to 10 separate groups together or even add multiple instances of the same group to the group link to ensure that one group is scanned more often than the other groups 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 203 2 Press the Tuning control The cursor will begin blinking 3 Rotate the Tuning control to select a group to link 4 Press the Tuning control to set the group and move the cursor to the right Press to move the cursor back or to move the cursor to the right 5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 to link additional groups together 6 When you have entered your desired groups press to move the cursor to the right then press the Tuning control to complete the entry and exit Menu mode You can insert one space by pressing SPACE You can insert a character by pressing INS You can delete the selected character by pressing CLR If you have entered the maximum of 6
107. shows how the digits are cleared OFF 1 DIGIT 2 DIGIT 3 DIGIT 4 DIGIT 35 31 84 35 31 8 35 31 35 3 35 139 37 42 139 37 4 139 37 139 3 39 When the beacon type is NAVITRA this information will not appear on the display APRS 0 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 STORING STATUS TExT Enter Menu mode and access Menu 608 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 Note Attaching a long comment can double the size and length of the packet Transmit a comment only if necessary n Text Transmit Frequency lt Tx RATE gt 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 n QSy Function This
108. smit and receive conditions requires a full scale S meter reading for reliable communication When the S meter reads less than maximum during 9600 bps operation communication errors are frequent When using the built in TNC the DATA terminal is not used The PC terminal is on the rear of the TX RX unit and the COM terminal is on the rear of the Operation panel Connect these terminals to a personal computer Downloaded by RadioAmateur EU PACKET DATA BAND Select how data will be transmitted and received on your transceiver 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 529 2 Set the data band to A BAND A band receives and transmits B BAND B band receives and transmits TX A BAND RX B BAND A band transmits and B band receives or RX A BAND TX B BAND A band receives and B band transmits COM PORT SPEED You can adjust the speed at which the computer and transceiver exchange information when the transceiver is connected to your computer 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 528 2 Set the COM port speed to 9600 19200 38400 or 57600 bps Turning the power ON OFF will change the port speed setting USINg EXTERNAL TNC n External Data Band 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 517 2 Set the data band to A BAND A band receives and transmits B BAND B band receives and transmits TX A BAND RX B BAND A band transmits and B band receives or RX A BAND TX B BAND A
109. ss the Tuning control to program the identified code in place of the currently set DCS code The DCS function will remain ON To cancel DCS press TONE until DCS no longer appears on the display Press ESC if you do not want to program the identified code Rotate the Tuning control while an identified code is blinking to resume scanning DCS DUAL TONE MULTI FREQUENCY DTMF The keys on the microphone keypad function as DTMF keys the 12 keys found on a push button telephone plus 4 additional keys A B C D This transceiver provides 10 dedicated memory channels You can store a DTMF code with up to 16 digits Some repeaters in the U S A and Canada offer a service called Autopatch You can access the public telephone network via such a repeater by sending DTMF tones For further information consult your local repeater reference MANUAL DIALINg Manual Dialing requires only two steps to send DTMF tones 1 Press and hold the microphone PTT 2 Press the keys in sequence on the keypad to send DTMF tones The corresponding DTMF tones are transmitted If the DTMF Hold function is activated you need not hold down PTT while pressing keys After transmitting the first tone by pressing PTT and the first key pressing additional keys will keep the transceiver in transmit mode for 2 seconds Frequency Hz 1209 1336 1447 1633 697 1 2 3 A 770 4 5 6 B 852 7
110. t intervals of the selected period u While signals are present an APRS packet is not transmitted after the interval Approximately 2 seconds after signals drop transmitting is executed n Decay Algorithm lt DECAy ALGORITHm gt This function continuously extends the packet transmission interval in the case that there is no change of position information When the set time elapses and transmission is performed but a busy signal is present the transceiver does not transmit When there is no longer a busy signal the transceiver attempts to transmit after 2 seconds While transmitting by pressing the PTT switch beacon transmission is reserved If My station call sign is not set My station data will not be transmitted Depending on this interval the transmission of the message will become a 1 minute interval When My station position data changes the data is transmitted using an interval time based on the set Initial Interval or Proportional Pathing When the position data does not change the data is transmitted based on a Decay Algorithm 1 minute 2 minutes 4 minutes 8 minutes 16 minutes 32 minutes 32 minutes 32 minutes etc Downloaded by RadioAmateur EU APRS n Propotional Pathing lt PROPOTIONAL PATHING gt This function automatically changes the transmit packet path with the elapsed time Operation example for when PROPORTIONAL PATHING ON Transmission interval is 1 minute When t
111. t recall on the B band Frequency ranges 118 MHz 118 135 995 MHz 144 MHz 136 199 995 MHz 220 MHz 200 299 995 MHz 300 MHz 300 399 995 MHz 430 440 MHz 400 523 995 MHz 1200 MHz 800 1299 990 MHz CLEARINg A MEMORY CHANNEL 1 Press MR to enter Memory Recall mode 2 Rotate the Tuning control to select your desired Memory channel Additionally you can press the microphone UP DWN keys to select a channel or you can enter a channel number using the microphone keypad 3 Turn the transceiver power OFF 4 Press MR Power ON A confirmation message appears on the display 5 Press the Tuning control to clear the Memory channel To exit without clearing the channel press ESC MEMORY CH NAMINg A MEMORY CHANNEL You can name Memory channels using up to 8 characters When you recall a named Memory channel its name appears on the display Names can be call signs repeater names cities people etc 1 Press MR to enter Memory Recall mode 2 Rotate the Tuning control to select your desired Memory channel 3 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 200 4 Enter your desired name for the channel Note You can overwrite a Memory channel name by performing the steps above You can also clear a Memory channel name by clearing the Memory channel MEMORY TO VFO TRANSFER Transferring the contents of a Memory channel or the Call channel to the VFO can be useful if
112. ter Menu mode and access Menu 621 This function clipboard image allows you to paste phrases into the APRS message compilation mode You can create up to 4 phrases each of which can consist of up to 32 characters The user phrase function can only be used in the message compilation mode Before a message is copied the number of letters cannot be guaranteed Only the number of letters available will be copied the remainder will be truncated To copy a message enter message compilation mode press F to enter function mode then press PASTE1 PASTE2 PASTE3 or PASTE4 to copy the message that has been set up for each key If the user messages PASTE1 PASTE2 PASTE3 and PASTE4 are not set up they cannot be used APRS STORING AUTO mESSAGE REPLy Enter Menu mode and access Menu 622 n Auto Answer Reply lt REPLy gt While you are driving for example you cannot immediately answer to received messages On this transceiver you can program the message to be automatically returned when a message is received 1 Rotate the Tuning control to select ON then press the Tuning control 2 Rotate the Tuning control to select TEXT then press the Tuning control The display for entering a message appears the first digit blinks You can enter alphanumeric characters plus special ASCII characters n Reply To Call Sign lt REPLy TO gt When there is a message you woul
113. tered trademark of Bob Bruninga WB4APR He has made packet communications much more exciting than before This program allows you to track mobile stations on a map which you recall on a computer screen Imagine seeing one mobile station moving on the map which can be scaled from 0 5 to 2000 miles You also may be tracked on the computer screen of another station Stations to be tracked must transmit beacons at certain intervals To track other stations you usually need a computer running the APRS a transceiver and a TNC To have them track you you also need a GPS receiver It receives signals from the satellites to inform you of your current geographical position GPS stands for Global Positioning System The APRS interprets the National Marine Electronics Association NMEA data strings coming from the GPS receiver For further information consult Internet Web pages relating to the APRS On one of the Internet search engines you may use APRS or Packet Radio as a key word to find those Web pages This transceiver includes a TNC and a program for dealing with data formats supported by the APRS That is you need no other equipment to transmit receive or display APRS packets You do not need even a GPS receiver if you enter position data manually to transmit For hams who want to fully enjoy APRS operations this transceiver has connection ports with a personal computer and a GPS receiver This manual however does not describe APRS ope
114. 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 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 mes
115. tically enter transmit mode and send the corresponding control command to the Transporter Key Function 1 PWR Power ON OFF 2 RX HF frequency receive ON OFF 3 MODE Modulation mode switch 4 RIT RIT ON OFF 5 XIT XIT ON OFF 6 CLR RIT offset or XIT offset clear 7 SPLIT Split frequency ON OFF 8 M gt V Transfer from Memory to VFO 9 A B In VFO mode VFO A VFO B switch In Memory Recall mode no change 0 SYNC Current settings retrieve from HF transceiver A MONI To monitor the UHF band on the Commander B M V VFO Memory Recall mode switch C RX XIT RIT offset frequency increase D RX XIT RIT offset frequency decrease 1 UP In LSB USB or CW mode 10 Hz 1 kHz switch In FM or AM mode 1 kHz 10 kHz switch 2 DOWN In VFO mode frequency entry ON In Memory Recall mode channel number entry ON PTT To transmit audio on an HF frequency 1 FS appears when you select 1 kHz step LSB USB CW or 10 kHz step FM AM 2 After pressing Mic press Mic 0 to 9 to enter a frequency or memory channel number Note To change the frequency or memory channel on the HF transceiver rotate the Tuning control Downloaded by RadioAmateur EU
116. tracked or LAST satellites not tracked will be shown as the situation with GLL GGA or RMC which designates GPGLL GPGGA or GPRMC format APRS SORT FUNCTION This function allows you to sort the station list according to the call sign date time or distance 1 Display the station list 2 Press SORT The sort type list appears on the display 3 Select a sort type SORTING appears on the display and sorting begins CALLSIGN All call signs are compared and arranged in ascending order DATE TIME All received dates and times are compared and arranged in descending order with the last received message listed first DISTANCE The distance between the other station and My station when selecting the sorting method is calculated then compared and arranged in ascending order with the closest station listed first 4 The newly sorted station list appears on the display After sorting when new station data is received it is added to the station list without resorting FILTER FUNCTION This function allows you to select only the specified types of data from the station list 1 Display the station list 2 Press FILTER The filter type list appears on the display 3 Select a filter type FILTERING appears on the display and filtering begins DIGIPEATER All icons are searched and those for digipeaters are displayed WEATHER All icons are searched and those
117. u cannot activate the Repeater function while in single band operating mode or Weather Channel mode u Activating the Repeater function switches OFF the Automatic Simplex Checker ASC u The Time Out Timer is locked at 3 minutes u Resetting the transceiver will not cancel the Repeater mode REPEATER TX HOLD If necessary you can set the transceiver to remain in the transmit mode for 500 ms after a signal drops 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 404 2 Set the Repeater Hold function to ON or OFF REPEATER ID TX If necessary you can set the transceiver to transmit your call sign every 10 minutes 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 406 2 Set the ID Transmit function to OFF MORSE or VOICE To use VOICE transmission you must have the VGS 1 option installed When using the VGS 1 option the ID Transmit function will use VGS channel 3 as the call sign When selecting MORSE the call sign stored in Menu 405 see below will be transmitted at 20 wpm words per minute n Entering your Repeater ID 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 405 2 Enter your call sign CROSS BAND REP WIRELESS OPERATION K TYPE MODELS ONLY If you also have a compatible Kenwood handy transceiver you may use it as a remote control for this mobile transceiver You will control one band on the mobile while sending DTMF tones to the other band from the handheld This function is useful for example when you want to control the m
118. ult your local repeater reference n selecting an Offset Direction The offset direction allows your transmit frequency to be higher or lower than the receive frequency 1 Select your desired band A or B 2 Press F SHIFT to select an offset direction Each time you press SHIFT the offset direction changes as follows Simplex operation gt gt gt gt gt gt Simplex operation If you are using an E type transceiver when operating on the 430 MHz band the offset direction changes as follows Simplex operation gt gt gt gt gt gt 7 6 MHz gt gt Simplex operation If the offset transmit frequency falls outside the allowable range transmitting is inhibited Use one of the following methods to bring the transmit frequency within the band limits Move the receive frequency further inside the band Change the offset direction Note While using an odd split memory channel or transmitting you cannot change the offset direction OPERATING THROUGH REPEATERs n selecting an Offset Frequency The offset frequency is the value which the transmit frequency will be offset from the receive frequency The default offset frequency on the 144 MHz band is 600 kHz for all type versions The default on the 430 440 MHz band is 5 MHz 1 Select your desired band A or B 2 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 400 3 Set the appropriate offset frequency value The selectable
119. you want to search for other stations or a clear frequency near the selected Memory channel or Call channel frequency 1 Press MR or CALL to enter Memory Recall mode or select the Call channel 2 Rotate the Tuning control to select your desired channel This step is not necessary when selecting the Call channel 3 Press F M gt V The entire contents of the Memory channel or Call channel are copied to the VFO and VFO mode is selected after the transfer is complete When copying a transmit frequency from an odd split Memory or Call channel you must first turn the Reverse function ON before pressing F M gt V CHANNEL DISPLAY FuNCTION Use this function when you want to use only Memory channels When this function is switched ON the transceiver displays only a Memory channel number instead of a frequency 1 Turn the transceiver power OFF 2 Press LOW Power ON to turn the channel display ON or OFF Note u If no Memory channels have saved data in them channel display will not function u When using Channel Display you cannot reset the transceiver While in Channel Display mode the transceiver keys function as shown next page MEMORY CH Key Name KEY F KEY KEY 1s While Transmitting KEY Power ON Power ON OFF Power ON OFF Power ON OFF Power ON OFF X PM TNC DX PacketClusters Monitor ON OFF CALL Call mo

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