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Kenwood TH-D72A GPS Receiver User Manual

1. 25 Enter Group Code lt GROUP CODE gt 25 STORING NAVITRA MESSAGE 25 DX PACKETCLUSTERS MONITOR 26 Connecting TH D72 with the HF Transceiver 26 TRANSCEIVER RESET RESET KEY OPERATION 1 MENU MODE 1 SKY COMMAND SYSTEM II SKY CMD CONNECTING THE TRANSPORTER WITH THE HF TRANSCEIVER 1 PREPARATION FLOW 2 PROGRAMMING CALL SIGNS 3 PROGRAMMING A TONE FREQUENCY 3 CONTROL OPERATION 3 WEATHER ALERT TH D72A ONLY
2. 4 TRACK LOG 4 Track Log All Clear 4 Overwriting the Track Log 4 LOG SETUP 5 Track Log Acquisition Type 5 TARGET POINT 5 MARK WAY POINT 6 Copying the Mark Way Point to the Target Point 6 Mark Way Point List 6 Detailed Display of a Mark Waypoint 7 PACKET OPERATION PACKET PACKET MODE 1 DATA
3. 17 Low speed High speed 17 Slow rate 17 Fast rate 17 Turn angle 17 Turn slope 17 Turn time 17 PROGRAMMING A PACKET PATH 18 NETWORK 19 VOICE ALERT 20 WEATHER STATION DATA OUTPUT 20 Transmit 20 Transmit Interval Time
4. 1 AUTOMATIC DIALER 1 Storing a DTMF Code in Memory 1 Transmitting Stored DTMF Codes 2 Selecting a Transmit Speed 2 Selecting a Pause Duration 2 DTMF KEY LOCK 2 EchoLink EchoLink STORING ECHOLINK MEMORY 1 Transmitting EchoLink Memory 1 Selecting a Transmit Speed 2 OTHER OPERATIONS OTHER OP POWER ON MESSAGE 1 DISPLAY ILLUMINATION
5. WX WEATHER ALERT ON OFF 1 Weather Channel 1 WEATHER ALERT SCAN 1 WIRELESS OPERATION TH D72A ONLY WIRELESS OP PREPARATION 1 CONTROL OPERATION 1 11_RESET_E pdf 12_SKY COMMAND_E pdf 13_WEATHER ALERT_TH D72A_E pdf 14_WIRELESS_TH D72A_E pdf REPEATER 1 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 consult your local repeater reference 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 MHz to select an offset direction Each time you press F MHz the offset direction changes as follows Simplex operation Simple
6. 1 Illumination Timer 1 Lamp Control 1 Display Contrast 1 BATTERY SAVER 1 AUTO POWER OFF APO 2 BATTERY TYPE 2 KEY LOCK 2 Key Lock Type 2 Microphone Key Lock 2 VOLUME BALANCE BAND A B 2 KEY BEEP 3 PROGRAMMABLE VFO
7. 5 04_CTCSS_DCS_CROSS TONE_E pdf 05_DTMF_E pdf 06_EchoLink_E pdf 07_OTHER OPERATIONS_E pdf CONTENTS 3 VOX on Busy 6 MASKING BANDS 6 POWER ON PASSWORD 6 GPS GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM GPS INTERNAL GPS FUNCTION ON OFF 2 INTERNAL GPS SETUP 2 Internal GPS operation mode 2 Battery Saver GPS Save 3 GPS DATA SETUP 3 Land Survey System Datum 3 Sentence 3 SBAS
8. 20 SETTING AS A DIGIPEATER 21 CONTENTS 5 DIGIPEAT 21 UICHECK 21 UIDIGI 21 UIFLOOD 21 UITRACE 22 STORING USER PHRASES 22 Reply 22 PROGRAMMING A MESSAGE GROUP CODE 23 SETTING SOUND 23 RX Beep Type 23 TX Beep 23
9. 14 Operation when Receiving a QSY 14 SETTING PACKET FILTER 14 Position Limit 14 Packet Filter Type 14 SELECTING YOUR STATION ICON 15 SETTING TX BEACON 16 Packet Transmit Method 16 Quick Beacon 16 Initial Interval Time 16 SETTING ALGORITHM 16 Decay Algorithm 16 Proportional Pathing 17 SETTING SMARTBEACONINGTM
10. 4 MHz SCAN 4 CALL SCAN 4 CONTENTS 01_REPEATER_E pdf 02_MEMORY CHANNEL_E pdf 03_SCAN_E pdf Operation File name TH D72_ CONTENTS 2 CTCSS DCS CROSS TONE CTCSS DCS CROSS TONE USING CTCSS 1 CTCSS FREQUENCY SCAN 2 USING DCS 2 DCS CODE SCAN 3 USING CROSS TONE 3 Selecting a Cross Tone mode 3 DUAL TONE MULTI FREQUENCY DTMF DTMF MANUAL DIALING 1 DTMF Hold
11. 3 CHANGING THE FREQUENCY STEP SIZE 3 PROGRAMMABLE FUNCTION KEYS 3 Transceiver PF Key 3 Microphone Keys 4 FREQUENCY DIRECT ENTRY 4 SWITCHING FM AM MODE 4 ADVANCED INTERCEPT POINT AIP 4 BEAT SHIFT 4 TX INHIBIT 5 SELECTING AN OUTPUT POWER 5 VOX VOICE OPERATED TRANSMISSION 5 VOX Gain 5 VOX Delay Time
12. 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 MSG The message list appears on the display 2 Press MENU The message list menu appears on the display 3 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select New or Reply The display for entering a call sign appears the first digit blinks When you press Reply not necessarily 4 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select the first digit You can enter 0 to 9 A to Z and 5 Press OK The cursor moves to the next digit Press ESC Causes the cursor to move backward Press A B Deletes the digit at which the cursor is blinking 6 Press or rotate the Tuning control then press OK to complete the setting The display for entering a message appears the first digit blinks Press ESC Causes the cursor to move backward Press A B Deletes the digit at which the cursor is blinking To copy a message enter message compilation mode press
13. 2 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select the first digit You can enter 0 to 9 A to Z and 3 Press OK The cursor moves to the next digit 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 to enter up to 9 digits Beacon Type Access Menu 301 APRS Beacons are transmitted in APRS format when the APRS icon appears on the upper left of the display Additionally in Menu mode only those menus which can be set with APRS are displayed NAVITRA Beacons are transmitted in NAVITRA format when the NAVITRA icon appears on the upper left of the display Additionally in Menu mode only those menus which can be set with NAVITRA are displayed APRS Lock This function prevents accidentally changing the built in data band frequency or accidentally transmitting on the data band by pressing PTT The APRS lock appears when APRS lock is activated Access Menu 302 On The frequency of the built in data band cannot be changed You also cannot perform Scan with VFO MR ENT MHz or the Tuning control On amp PTT The frequency of the built in data band cannot be changed You cannot transmit on the data band by pressing PTT On amp TNC The frequency of the built in data band cannot be changed While in APRS mode pressing TNC will not exit APRS mode On amp PTT amp TNC The frequency of the built in data band cannot be changed You cannot transmit on the data band by pressing
14. 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 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 EchoLink 1 EchoLink 2 Selecting a Transmit Speed Some EhoLink node station may not respond correctly if a DTMF code is transmitted at fast speed If this happens change the DTMF code transmission speed the default is 100 msec 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 171 2 Select a speed in msec from the available list 50 100 150 Note This setting is common with DTMF memory 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 100 2 Enter your desired message Press A B to clear the entire message if necessary DISPLAY ILLUMINATION You can manually change the display illumination to suit the lighting conditions where you are operating Illumination Timer Set the duration that the display illumination r
15. MONI Monitor Squelch setup X Monitor Frequency Monitor Memory CH Up Memory CH continuously Up Memory CH Up Memory CH Down Memory CH continuously Down Memory CH Down OK ESC MENU RF power select DTMF Transmission A B 1 DTMF_1 2 DTMF_2 3 DTMF_3 4 DTMF_4 5 DTMF_5 6 DTMF_6 7 DTMF_7 8 DTMF_8 9 PF DTMF_9 DTMF_ 0 DUAL Full duplex DTMF_0 ENT DTMF_ Version Info A F Function Key lock DTMF_A X B DTMF_B C MR Memory scan DTMF_C D DTMF_D 1750 X 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
16. The band mask display appears 3 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select the band you want to hide or return to normal 4 Press OK to set the selected band 5 Press or 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 OK 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 You cannot mask all frequency bands 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 password can be changed using the MCP 4A software and can contain up to 6 digits 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 19A 2 Set the power on password to On or Off When set to On PASSWORD appears on the display 3 Enter your password 4 After entering up to 6 digits press OK to set the password Note Even with Menu 19A turned on the power on password function will not be activated unless you first program a password using the MCP 4A software GPS GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM What is GPS GPS standing for Global Positioning System is becoming common nowadays Following is a brief introduction The American Defense Department developed GP
17. or is used to help indicate the traveling direction lt Log meter gt lt GPS satellite information gt Sky view Satellite signal strength bars The sky view shows the satellites you are receiving The satellite signal strength bars indicate the strength of each satellite you are receiving A solid bar indicates that the GPS satellite is ready for use When only the frame of the signal strength bar is displayed the satellite has not yet been captured Note When GPS cannot be received turn the power ON in a clear environment Open Sky While the above screen is displayed the GPS satellite information screen is positioning press MARK 1s to register a Mark Waypoint While the above screen is displayed pressing PTT will change to the frequency display and transmission will begin Once transmission is complete the transceiver returns to the original display You may experience interference on the internal GPS receiver when using in or around 147 0 443 8 MHz Band A and or 438 9 MHz Band B To eliminate the interference swap Band A Band B or change the frequency INTERNAL GPS SETUP Internal GPS operation mode Enter Menu mode and access Menu 200 GPS Only The display shows only GPS information The transceiver transmit and receive capabilities are turned OFF only GPS operation is available The icon appears when the function is turned ON the icon appears when the func
18. 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 134 2 Set it to On When VOX is activated the icon gain level and delay time will appear on the display Note While in Menu mode the VOX function is temporarily disabled Since the VOX circuit must detect the presence of your voice you may notice a slight delay in transmission the very first part of your message may not be transmitted When the VOX function is ON the ASC function turns OFF VOX cannot be used with an optional Speaker Microphone VOX Gain To enjoy the VOX function take the time to properly adjust the VOX Gain level This level controls the VOX circuit to detect the presence or absence of your voice There are 2 ways to adjust the VOX Gain While the VOX function is ON 1 Speak into the headset microphone using your normal tone of voice to transmit If the transmission does not begin you must readjust the VOX Gain so that transceiver transmits while you are speaking To readjust the gain press and hold PTT then press to select a more sensitive gain level While readjusting the gain you can release PTT The transceiver will remain in Adjustment Mode for approximately 5 seconds 2 Adjust the VOX Gain by pressing until the transceiver reliably switches to transmission mode each time you speak while the transceiver is transmitting From the Menu 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 135 2 Select the de
19. 2 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select the desired message using the cursor Press ESC Re tun to the frequency display Press MSG Makes the Reply message Press POS Displays the detailed data of the message transmit station Press A B Deletes the selected station 3 Press OK If you select an incoming message the following display appears Rotate the Tuning control Scrolls the message Press ESC Re tun to the message list Press OK Displays the next page Press MSG Responds to the party from whom you received Enters into message setting Press A B Makes the transmitted message If you select last page the following display appears Sended date time line number If you select one of your outgoing messages the following display appears Rotate the Tuning control Scrolls the message Press ESC Re tun to the message list Press OK Displays the next page Press MSG Responds to the party from whom you received Enters into message setting APRS 9 BASIC SETTINGS My Call Sign 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 Access Menu 300 The display for entering a call sign appears the first digit blinks The default is NOCALL
20. 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 30 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 WIDE 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 Name 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 param
21. The group name is displayed 2 While pressing LAMP rotate the Tuning Control to change the group Rotate the Tuning control clockwise and release LAMP to select the smallest memory channel of the new group Rotate the Tuning control counter clockwise and release LAMP to select the largest memory channel of the new group 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 others 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 145 2 Press OK The cursor will begin blinking 3 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select a group to link 4 Press OK to set the group and move the cursor to the right Press ESC to move the cursor back or OK 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 OK to move the cursor to the right then press the Tuning control to complete the entry and exit Menu mode You can delete the selected character by pressing A B If you have entered the maximum of 10 groups simply press OK to complete the entry and exit Menu mode Clearing a Memory Group 1 Press MR t
22. 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 172 2 Select a pause duration 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 while transmitting To lock the DTMF keys turn this function On 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 181 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 enhancing your communications capabilities Official EchoLink Website http www echolink org Note EchoLink is a registered trademark of Synergenics LLC 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 146 2 Press OK 3 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select an EchoLink channel number from 0 9 4 Press OK or MENU to set the selected channel number The name entry display appears 5 Enter the name for the channel then press OK or MENU to set it The call sign and conference name for board rooms that can do round QSO of the other station which is co
23. PKWDWPL format Way Point Length Access Menu 341 Select the length of the Way Point Name The length can be set as 6 Char 7 Char 8 Char or 9 Char Way Point Output Access Menu 342 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 PC PORT ON OFF Output Access Menu 350 This function outputs data from the PC USB port lt Baud rate 9600 bps gt after receiving packet and TNC command data from the APRS data communications Use this function to verify the received data from the transceiver PROGRAMMING POSITION DATA Select Position channel Access Menu 360 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 Name Entry Access Menu 361 You can enter alphanumeric characters plus special ASCII characters up to 8 digits Latitude Entry Access Menu 362 lt Menu 3W0 dd mm mm gt lt Menu 3W0 dd mm ss s gt The north south latitude is entered APRS 12 Longitude Entry Access Menu 363 lt Menu 3W0 dd mm mm gt lt Menu 3W
24. Special Call Sound 23 SETTING INTERRUPT DISPLAY 24 Display Area 24 Entire Interrupt Time 24 Cursor Control 24 SELECTING A DISPLAY UNIT 25 Speed Distance 25 Altitude Rainfall 25 Temperature 25 Latitude longitude 25 Grid Format 25 SELECTING A NAVITRA GROUP 25 Group Mode lt GROUP MODE gt
25. D023 An upper case D indicates Wide DCS code of 023 Encoding Decoding d023 A lower case d indicates Narrow DCS code of 023 Encoding Decoding Plus Shift A default offset frequency is applied Minus Shift A default offset frequency is applied 500 Plus Shift 5MHz Offset 5000kHz is also available 060 Minus Shift 600kHz Offset 0600kHz is also available The value of the Offset shall be a 3 digit number x 10kHz 50kHz step APRS 14 QSY Transmission Operation 1 Access Menu 3A0 2 Set it to On 3 Access Menu 3A1 4 Set it to On or Off 5 Access Menu 3A2 6 Set it to On or Off Operation when Receiving a QSY When QSY frequency information is received the station list appears with the verified frequency Select Tune then press OK The QSY frequency is set to the non data band Note When using 6 5 kHz or 12 5 kHz step values the display does not indicate values for 100 Hz and lower SETTING PACKET FILTER Position Limit Access Menu 3B0 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 Th
26. OTHER OP 5 TX INHIBIT You can inhibit the transmission to prevent unauthorized individuals from transmitting or to eliminate accidental transmissions while carrying the transceiver 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 139 2 Set the TX inhibit to On or Off TX Inhibit appears and an error beep sounds if the transceiver tries to transmit while TX Inhibit is ON 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 F MENU to select high H low L or economic low EL 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 VOX VOICE OPERATED TRANSMISSION VOX eliminates the necessity of manually switching to Transmit mode each time you want to transmit The transceiver automatically switches to Transmit mode when the VOX circuitry senses that you have begun speaking into the microphone When you operate the VOX function you must use an optional Headset the internal speaker and microphone are too close to each other to be used for the VOX function To turn the VOX function ON
27. SBAS Through the SBAS Satellite Based Augmentation System geostationary satellite when using the system which offers the information of wide scope reinforcement set this function to On 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 212 2 Set SBAS to Off or On Note When the Battery Saver GPS Save setting is 1 2 4 8 or Auto you cannot the SBAS setting is On TRACK LOG All movement is saved in the GPS LOGGER Saved information includes latitude longitude altitude travel direction speed time and date The log can retain up to 5000 points of data Press F TNC to turn the Track Log function On or Off When turning the Track Log function On Log Start appears for approximately 5 seconds followed by the iLOG icon When setting Menu 200 to GPS Only and the Track Log function is turned On the icon appears When turning the Track Log function Off Log Stop appears on the display for approximately 5 seconds With the Track Log function On even if the power source is turned Off during Log acquisition the log is backed up so that when the power is turned back on the log acquisition resumes You can verify the Log activity ratio in the GPS pinpointing screen Note When the Track Log is turned On while the GPS is Off the GPS will also turn On When the GPS is not pinpointing data is not saved to the log Using the MCP 4A you can
28. 5 FILTER FUNCTION 6 RECEIVING A MESSAGE 6 ENTERING A MESSAGE 7 TRANSMITTING A MESSAGE 8 ACCESSING RECEIVED APRS MESSAGES 8 BASIC SETTINGS 9 My Call Sign 9 Beacon Type 9 APRS Lock 9 SETTING INTERNAL TNC 10 Data Band 10 Packet Transfer Rate 10 08_GPS_E pdf 09_PACKET_E pdf 10_APRS_E pdf CONTENTS
29. Access Menu 503 and select Commander Push 0 key to start COMMANDER appears 8 lt On the Transporter gt Access Menu 503 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 503 and select Off Note Unless you program call signs you cannot select Commander or Transporter using Menu 503 On the HF transceiver select 9600 bps and 1 stop bit default using the Menu Set up function 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 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 Your station s transmit signal can be received when the receive frequency is 3 times the transmit frequency Example Transmit frequency is 146 600 MHz and receive frequency is 438 000 MHz ATTENTION Use only after verifying that there is no reception disruption during communications SKY CMD 3 PROGRAMMING CALL SIGNS The built in TNCs of the Commander and Transporter communicate each
30. PTT While in APRS mode pressing TNC will not exit APRS mode When the data band is set as the cross band both band frequencies cannot be changed and you cannot transmit using PTT During APRS lock you cannot change the CTCSS DCS setting of the data band During APRS lock you cannot change the DUAL setting of the non data band Off Changes the internal Data Band frequency so that you can transmit on the internal Data Band by pressing PTT APRS 10 SETTING INTERNAL TNC Data Band Access Menu 310 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 310 the selection switches among A Band B Band A TX B RX and A RX B TX Select A TX B RX or A RX B TX if APRS networks which use two separate frequencies become available in the future Packet Transfer Rate Access Menu 311 The default APRS packet transfer rate set on the built in TNC is 1200 bps which is the standard among the current APRS networks Note You can also set the Packet transfer rate to 9600bps when necessary DCD Sense Access Menu 320 You can also select the method for inhibiting the built in TNC from transmitting D or RxD Band When the data band is no longer busy as per the steps below the packet is transmit
31. appears Press OK again ATTENTION When it is unnecessary do not select EMERGENCY When an emergency signal is received using APRS the Emergency Alarm on all stations will sound APRS 13 STORING STATUS TEXT Status text is another comment to transmit with position data Unlike a position comment you can make any desired comment using a maximum of 42 alphanumeric characters This transceiver has 5 memory channels for preprogramming 1 Access Menu 3A0 2 Select a status text number Press MHz to mark the currently used status text with 3 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 4 Enter your status text QSY FUNCTION The QSY function uses AFRS Automatic Frequency Reporting System to report a frequency on which voice communications can be established A station using the QSY function embeds the frequency information in a position beacon transmission A receiving station of this information can change frequency or QSY over to the reported voice frequency to begin voice communication by the select of Tune Transmitting QSY Information A properly configured functioning TM D72 QSY station can automatically embed the voice frequency from the non data band to the beginning of status text This is t
32. 15 You always have to put a dash between your call sign and SSID number Packet operation easily affected by transmit 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 DATA BAND Select how data will be transmitted and received on your transceiver 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 197 2 Set the data band to A Band A band receives and transmits B Band B band receives and transmits A TX B RX A band transmits and B band receives or A RX B TX A band receives and B band transmits FULL DUPLEX This transceiver is also capable of simultaneously transmitting and receiving signals So it is possible to transmit audio on the current band while receiving packet data on another band data band 1 Set the operation band to Band B 2 Press F DUP to enter Full Duplex mode DUP appears To exit Full Duplex mode press F DUP again Note When the operating band is Band A you cannot change to Full Duplex mode When in single band mode and Band A B is set to VHF VHF or UHF UHF you cannot change to Full Duplex mode When using the Full Duplex function connect an earphone to the SP jack Using an earphone will prevent feedback that can cause the transceiver to emit a howling sound ATTENTION Use only after verif
33. 4 Command Name Short Description Parameter Default 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 LPATH LPA Specifies call signs to send GPS data Call1 is the call sign of the destination Call2 to call8 are call signs of stations to be digipeated through Call VIA call1 call2 call8 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 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 1 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
34. 4 DCD Sense 10 TX delay time 10 SETTING COM PORT 10 Baud Rate 10 Input Type 10 Output Type 11 SETTING WAY POINT 11 Way Point Format 11 Way Point Length 11 Way Point Output 11 PC PORT ON OFF 11 Output 11 PROGRAMMIN
35. 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 CTCSS DCS CROSS TONE 3 DCS CODE SCAN 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 time you press TONE the selection changes as follows Tone CTCSS DCS Cross Tone default Off no display lt Additionally when APRS is ON and Voice Alert is configured Voice Alert ON is added to the above cycle gt 2 Press F TONE 1s Scan starts and Scanning blinks on the display To quit the scan press ESC When a DCS code is identified the identified code appears on the display and blinks 3 Press OK 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 CROSS TONE USING CROSS TONE You can set separate signaling types by TX and RX for when you access a repeater that uses different Encode decode signal
36. A B Deletes the current station Press MENU To enter the station list menu Note When data from the 101st station is received the oldest data in memory is replaced by that data 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 4 DISPLAY EXAMPLE Page 1 Call sign Situation Station icon Position comment 1 1 For packets received from Mic encoder stations including TM D710s TM D700s TH D72s and TH D7s position comments are displayed in the fourth line Object Object Page 2 Status text Page 3 Status text Page 4 Distance from station mile or km Direction of station When pressing F while the target point distance traveling direction is displayed the North Up display displays North as the top changes to the Heading Up display displays the current travel direction as the top or vice versa In the Heading Up display a or is used to help indicate the traveling direction Page 5 Mobile station Moving direction Moving speed mph Mile hour or km h km hour Weather station Rainfall or mm Air temperature Wind direction Fix station Transmit power Height of antenna elevation Feet or m Meter Page 6 Mobile station Altitude Feet or M Meter Weather station Wind velocity mph Mile hour or km h km hour Atmospheric pressure Humidit
37. Enter Menu mode and access Menu 110 2 Set the receiver shut off period time to 0 03 0 2 0 4 0 6 0 8 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 seconds or Off Note To prevent Packet miss decoding while using APRS set the Battery Saver to Off or 0 03 OTHER OP 1 OTHER OP 2 AUTO 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 111 2 Set the APO time limit to 15 30 60 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 When the APRS beacon is automatically transmitted other than Manual PTT the APO timer will not be extended BATTERY TYPE Depending on the type of batteries you are using in the transceiver adjust the battery type to match The battery indicator can only accurately read out the remaining battery power if this value is set correctly 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 112 2 Set the Battery Type to Lithium or Al
38. 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 automatically enter the other mode as specified by NEWMODE ON OFF OFF 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 PACLEN P Specifies the maximum length of the data portion of a packet 0 255 128 PACKET 5 Command Name Short Description Parameter Default PACTIME PACT If set to EVERY sends a packet at intervals of the specified period n If set to AFTE
39. 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 Scan Scans the Call channel as well as the currently selected VFO frequency or Memory channel Note Adjust the squelch level before using Scan Selecting a squelch level too low could cause Scan to stop immediately While using CTCSS or DCS Scan stops for any signal received however scan will immediately resume if the received signal does not contain the same CTCSS tone or DCS code that you selected Pressing and holding PTT causes Scan to temporarily stop if it is functioning on a non TX band 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 se
40. Off no display lt Additionally when APRS is ON and Voice Alert is configured Voice Alert ON is added to the above cycle gt The icon appears on the display when the tone function is On 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 2 Selecting a Tone Frequency To select the tone frequency required to access your desired repeater 1 Turn the Tone function On 2 Press F TONE The current Tone frequency appears on the display and blinks The default frequency is 88 5 Hz 3 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select your desired frequency To exit the tone frequency selection press ESC 4 Press OK 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 Fre
41. 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 GPSFILT1 GPSFILT1 Filter setting of the GPS input data 0 6 characters GPSFILT2 GPSFILT2 Filter setting of the GPS input data 0 6 characters GPSFILT3 GPSFILT3 Filter setting of the GPS input data 0 6 characters GPSFILT4 GPSFILT4 Filter setting of the GPS input data 0 6 characters 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 32 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 an ID packet KISS KISS When ON entering a RESTART command causes the TNC to enter or exit KISS mode ON OFF OFF PACKET
42. code entry display appears 6 Enter a DTMF code for the channel then press OK or MENU to set it When a space is entered it becomes a Pause code DTMF 1 DTMF 2 Transmitting Stored DTMF Codes 1 Press and hold PTT 2 While transmitting press MENU The last called DTMF Memory channel number and name appears on the display If no name has been saved for the channel the DTMF code appears 3 While still transmitting press or rotate the Tuning control to select your desired DTMF Memory channel then press OK or MENU to transmit DTMF code Additionally you can press a DTMF key corresponding 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 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 the default is 100 msec 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 171 2 Select a speed in msec from the available list 50 100 150 Selecting a Pause Duration You can change the pause duration stored in DTMF Memory channels the default is 500 msec
43. or Others When you press MHz the icon appears on the left side of the packet path type showing the current used information New N This digipeat type has been used mainly in North America but is now used worldwide 1 Set the lt Type gt to New N then press MHz 2 Set WIDE 1 1 to Off or On Set lt Wide 1 1 gt to On to use the digipeater of the Fill in type RELAY type with lt New N gt When set to On 1 packet path in addition to lt Wide 1 1 gt can be used as per the lt Total Hops gt setting 3 Select the relay step number for the lt Total Hops gt setting You can confirm the setting contents in APRS 19 Relay This is one of the digipeat types used in Europe 1 Set the lt Type gt to Relay then press MHz 2 Set lt Relay gt to Off or On Set lt Relay gt to On to use the digipeater of the Fill in type RELAY type with the lt Relay gt When set to On 1 packet path in addition to RELAY can be used as per the lt Total Hops gt setting 3 Select the relay step number for the lt Total Hops gt setting You can confirm the setting contents in Region Use this method when the packet is being relayed within only a limited area Packet paths are specified using ABBR abbreviations In America for example CA represents California AZ represents Arizona etc 1 Set th
44. read the Track Log If the Track Log overwriting configuration is turned Off see below Log Full appears when the log memory is full When the APRS is On Log operation will begin only when the APRS menu COM terminal input is Off Track Log All Clear 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 220 2 Select Yes or No Selecting Yes will clear the entire Track Log Overwriting the Track Log When the Track Log becomes full new data will begin overwriting the oldest Track Log data 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 221 2 Select On or Off Selecting On will allow old data to be overwritten with new data GPS 5 LOG SETUP Track Log Acquisition Type You can set the conditions for saving portable Track information as GPS Logger You can change the settings for travel speed etc 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 230 2 Select Time Distance or Beacon for the Record Method 3 Access Menu 231 4 Select an Interval time from 2 1800 seconds in steps of 1 second The Interval setting is available only if the Record Method has been set to Time 5 Access Menu 232 6 Select a Distance from 0 01 9 99 in steps of 0 01 The Distance setting is available only if the Record Method has been set to Distance The unites used for Distance can be set to miles mi kilometers km or nautical miles nm Interval and Log
45. 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 1 second Note 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 APRS 17 Proportional Pathing Access Menu 3E1 This function automatically changes the transmit packet path with the elapsed time Operation example for when lt Proportional Pathing gt ON Transmission interval is 1 minute When the lt Decay Algorithm gt 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 1 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 1 2 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 SETTING SmartBeaconingTM Set to use SmartBeaconing Menu 3D0 with APRS data transmission This function optimi
46. 0 dd mm ss s gt The east west longitude is entered SETTING BEACON INFORMATION Speed Information Access Menu 370 Select whether or not to transmit speed information when using APRS data communications Altitude Information Access Menu 371 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 Position Ambiguity Access Menu 372 There may be cases where you do not know or do not want to report your precise locations For position data you can select the number of digits not to be included in your packets Select 1 to 4 or Off default The table shows how the digits are cleared OFF 1 Digit 2 Digit 3 Digit 4 Digit 33 50 43 33 50 4 33 50 33 5X 33 118 13 72 118 13 7 118 13 118 1X 118 When the beacon type is NAVITRA this information will not appear on the display SELECTING A POSITION COMMENT Access Menu 380 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 or EMERGENCY If you select EMERGENCY a confirmation message
47. 0 Hz tone 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 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 If the receive frequency is outside the receive frequency range when using Reverse an error tone will sound and Reverse will not operate The ARO Automatic Repeater Offset will not function when Reverse is ON You cannot switch Reverse On or Off while transmitting 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 blink
48. 0A TM D700A HF transceiver VHF Freq UHF Freq HF transceiver HF transceiver HF transceiver TH D72 MIC connector on HF transceiver MIC connector on HF transceiver COM connector on HF transceiver To EXT SP jack To 2 5 mm 1 10 SP jack To 2 5 mm 1 10 SP jack TH D72 To 3 5 mm 1 8 MIC jack TH D72 solder side Attach the line filter to the cable SKY CMD 2 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 500 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 501 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 500 to program the same call sign as you entered in step 2 5 lt On the Transporter gt Access Menu 501 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 502 and select the tone frequency Select the same tone frequency on both transceivers 7 lt On the Commander gt
49. 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 Meaning Message addressed to you Bulletin message Report by the National Weather Service RX or TX Received message or bulletin A message or bulletin for transmitting 1 These indicators appear for outgoing messages or bulletins APRS 7 When a duplicate message from the same station is received the reception interrupt display does not appear and an error tone sounds When the frequency at that time appears on the display dM duplicate Message and the calling station s call sign appears on the display Note This transceiver allows you to receive a message also when the SSID does not match However it will not return a reception acknowledgment 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 deleted 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 This transceiver beeps each time it receives any type of APRS packet You may access Menu 3N0 Sound RX Beep to change this setting The default is All
50. 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 DCS CROSS TONE 2 CTCSS FREQUENCY SCAN 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 the 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 time you press TONE the selection changes as follows Tone CTCSS DCS Cross Tone default Off no display lt Additionally when APRS is ON and Voice Alert is configured Voice Alert ON is added to the above cycle gt 2 Press F TONE 1s Scan starts and Scanning blinks on the display To quit the scan press ESC When a CTCSS frequency is identified the identified frequency appears on the display and blinks 3 Press OK 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
51. Aircraft icon or Balloon icon to a fixed station will cause confusion when a station receives a beacon APRS 16 SETTING TX BEACON Packet Transmit Method Access Menu 3D0 Select the operation method for transmitting APRS packets The table concludes how operations differ depending on the selection Manual Each press of BCON transmits your APRS packet PTT 1 Press BCON to switch the function ON BCON appears and blinks 2 Press and hold PTT then speak into the microphone 3 Release PTT Releasing the switch transmits your APRS packet You cannot retransmit an APRS packet unless the time selected in lt Initial Interval gt passes Wait until BCON starts blinking to indicate transmitting is ready 4 To switch the function OFF press BCON again Auto 1 Press 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 Initial Interval gt 2 To switch the function OFF press BCON again SmartBeaconing 1 Press BCON to switch the function ON BCON appears and blinks After manually transmitting your station position data 1 time your position data will be automatically transmitted using the time interval set under SmartBeaconing Menu Nos 3F0 3G2 2 To switch the function OFF pr
52. BAND 1 FULL DUPLEX 1 TNC COMMANDS LIST 2 APRS APRS CONNECTING TO AN EXTERNAL GPS UNIT OR WEATHER STATION 2 ADJUSTING THE INTERNAL CLOCK 2 Setting Date 2 Setting Time 2 Setting UTC Offset 2 RECEIVING APRS DATA 3 ACCESSING RECEIVED APRS DATA 3 DISPLAY EXAMPLE 4 SORT FUNCTION
53. 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 Demodulation mode Yes Yes STORING SIMPLEX AND STANDARD REPEATER FREQUENCIES 1 Press VFO to enter VFO mode 2 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select your desired 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 MR A memory channel number appears 5 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select your desired channel number When the selected channel number does not have stored data the icon appears When the channel does have stored data the icon appears 6 Press OK 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 and the new data will be stored 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 F CALL Note Storing new data in the Call channel will
54. Corner Pegging Above the lt High Speed gt lt Fast Rate gt Operates normally Under lt High Speed gt Over lt Low Speed gt Only when the set lt High Speed gt lt Low Speed gt The interval is calculated using the following formula Transmission Interval lt Fast Rate gt x lt High Speed gt Speed Operates normally Below the lt Low Speed gt lt Slow Rate gt Will not operate Transmission Interval Example with lt Low Speed gt 5 lt High Speed gt 70 lt Slow Rate gt 30 min lt Fast Rate gt 120 sec Speed Interval 80 120 seconds 2 minutes 70 120 seconds 2 minutes 50 168 seconds 2 minutes 48 seconds 30 280 seconds 4 minutes 40 seconds 20 420 seconds 7 minutes 10 840 seconds 14 minutes 5 1680 seconds 28 minutes 0 1800 seconds 30 minutes Corner Pegging Operation Example with lt Turn Angle gt 28 lt Turn Slope gt 26 Speed lt Turn Slope gt lt Turn Slope gt Speed 1 lt Turn Angle gt 2 Turn Threshold 3 1 2 70 26 x10 3 28 31 50 26 x10 5 28 33 30 26 x10 8 28 36 20 26 x10 13 28 41 10 26 x10 26 28 54 5 26 x10 52 28 80 When the value of Turn Threshold exceeds 120 it is calculated as 120 PROGRAMMING A PACKET PATH Access Menu 3H0 Select the packet path type from New N Relay Region
55. DD SPLIT MEMORY CHANNEL 1 STORING SIMPLEX AND STANDARD REPEATER FREQUENCIES 1 Call Channel Memory Simplex 1 STORING ODD SPLIT REPEATER FREQUENCIES 2 Call Channel Memory Odd Split 2 RECALLING A MEMORY CHANNEL 2 Memory Recall Method 2 RECALLING A CALL CHANNEL 2 CLEARING A MEMORY CHANNEL 2 NAMING A MEMORY CHANNEL 3 Frequency display lt gt memory name display 3 MEMORY TO VFO TRANSFER 3 CHANNEL DISPLAY FUNCTION 3 SCAN SCAN SELECTING A SCAN RESUME METH
56. F to enter function mode then press 1 Paste 1 2 Paste 2 3 Paste 3 4 Paste 4 5 Paste 5 6 Paste 6 7 Paste 7 or 8 Paste 8 key for 1 second to copy the message that has been set up for each key 7 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select the first digit You can enter alphanumeric characters plus special ASCII characters 8 Press OK The cursor moves to the next digit 9 Repeat steps 6 and 8 to enter up to 67 digits 10 Press OK to complete the setting APRS 8 TRANSMITTING A MESSAGE 1 Press MSG The message list appears on the display 2 Press MENU The message list menu appears on the display 3 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select Send 4 Press OK to send the message You can select the follows item other then Send Reply New in message list menu Re TX Sending the message again Position Search position information from a position list POS Request The position data of the transmitting station is displayed if the station data is available Unread Change the existing reading message to unread message 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 MSG The message list appears on the display The newer message the smaller number assigned the latest message is assigned 1
57. G POSITION DATA 11 Select Position channel 11 Name Entry 11 Latitude Entry 11 Longitude Entry 11 SETTING BEACON INFORMATION 12 Speed Information 12 Altitude Information 12 Position Ambiguity 12 SELECTING A POSITION COMMENT 12 STORING STATUS TEXT 13 QSY FUNCTION 13 QSY Transmission Operation
58. IDE type Note While using APRS in order to prevent Packet miss decoding access Menu No 110 and set the Battery Saver to Off or 0 03 4 Press or rotate the Tuning control to enter the current year then press OK 5 Press ESC to exit Menu mode Note When used at room temperature 25 C the error of the internal clock in a month is within one minute The internal clock is effective until December 31 2099 Setting Time 1 Access Menu 195 The first 2 digits blink 2 Press or rotate the Tuning control to enter the current hour then press OK To set 1 o clock PM for example select 13 The next 2 digits blink 3 Press or rotate the Tuning control to enter the current minute then press OK 4 Press ESC to exit Menu mode Setting UTC Offset 1 Access Menu 196 2 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select the appropriate UTC offset then press OK The selectable range is from 14 00 to 14 00 in steps of 15 minutes 3 Press ESC to exit Menu mode APRS 2 CONNECTING TO AN EXTERNAL GPS UNIT OR WEATHER STATION The COM terminal on this transceiver accepts a 2 5 mm 1 10 3 conductor plug If necessary use the cable service part E30 3400 XX to modify the cable end of external GPS receiver or Weather Station 5 3 2 GND RXD TXD Shield to GND on GPS WX Red to DATA OUT on GPS WX Wh
59. INSTRUCTION MANUAL 144 440 MHz FM DUAL BANDER TH D72A 144 430 MHz FM DUAL BANDER TH D72E Version 1 00 CONTENTS 1 OPERATING THROUGH REPEATERS REPEATER REPEATER ACCESS 1 Selecting an Offset Direction 1 Selecting an Offset Frequency 1 Activating the Tone Function 1 Selecting a Tone Frequency 2 Automatic Repeater Offset 2 TRANSMITTING A 1750 Hz TONE 3 REVERSE FUNCTION 3 AUTOMATIC SIMPLEX CHECKER ASC 3 TONE FREQUENCY ID 3 MEMORY CHANNELS MEMORY CH SIMPLEX amp REPEATER OR O
60. M gt V Memory to VFO Copy M IN C IN T SEL NEW VA DX WXI OTHER OP 4 Microphone Keys There are 3 microphone PF Programmable Function keys PF1 PF2 and PF3 You can assign your own desired functions to these 3 keys 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 191 MIC PF1 and or Menu 192 MIC PF2 and or Menu 193 MIC PF3 2 Set your desired function for the key Programmable functions available are WX Weather Channel GROUP UP MR Name lt gt FREQ VOX MR GRP Memory group up NAME BAL GPS LOG SQL SHIFT Shift DUP BAND STEP LOW LOCK M gt V M IN C IN T SEL NEW VA DX WXI A B Band Select A Band Select B MENU Menu mode MARK TNC POS MSG LIST BCON VFO REV Reverse TONE MR MHz DUAL Dual Mode ENT CALL LAMP MONI Monitor FREQUENCY DIRECT ENTRY If the desired operating frequency is far from the current frequency using the keypad is the quickest way to change the frequency 1 Press A B to select band A or B then press VFO or CALL 2 Press ENT The Direct Frequency Entry display appears 3 Press the keys 0 9 to enter your desired frequency 4 To set the entered frequency press ENT or VFO Pressing ENT before entering all of the digits will set the remaining digits to 0 Pressing VFO before entering all of the digits will leave the remaining digits at their previous values Entering all digits for a frequency
61. MHz 600 kHz offset 146 400 146 599 MHz No offset Simplex operation 146 600 146 999 MHz 600 kHz offset 147 000 147 399 MHz 600 kHz offset 147 400 147 599 MHz No offset Simplex operation 147 600 147 999 MHz 600 kHz offset 148 000 MHz and higher No offset Simplex operation Under 442 000 MHz No offset Simplex operation 442 000 444 999 MHz 5 MHz offset 445 000 446 999 MHz No offset Simplex operation 447 000 449 999 MHz 5 MHz offset 450 000 MHz and higher No offset Simplex operation TH D72E Under 145 000 MHz No offset Simplex operation 145 600 145 799 MHz 600 KHz offset 145 800 MHz and higher No offset Simplex operation REPEATER 3 TRANSMITTING A 1750 Hz TONE Most repeaters in Europe require that a transceiver transmit a 1750 Hz tone On a TH D72E simply pressing CALL will transmit this tone It is also possible to program 1750 on the front panel as a CALL key for transmitting the 1750 Hz tone 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 162 2 Set it to 1750Hz Some repeaters in Europe must receive 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 163 2 Set it to On Note While remaining in the transmit mode the transceiver does not continuously transmit a 175
62. OD 1 ime Operate Resume Time 1 Carrier Operated Resume Time 1 VFO SCAN 2 MEMORY SCAN 2 Locking Out a Memory Channel 2 GROUP SCAN 2 Naming a Memory Group 3 Memory Group Link 3 Clearing a Memory Group 3 PROGRAM SCAN 4 Setting Scan Limits 4 Using Program Scan
63. R 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 RESET 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 TRACE TRAC When ON causes the TNC to 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
64. RA GROUP Group Mode lt GROUP MODE gt Access Menu 3X0 Select to Group mode On or Off Enter Group Code lt GROUP CODE gt Access Menu 3X1 You can enter 0 to 9 A to Z Note The Navitra system was introduced by Kenwood in the 1990 s for use within Japan STORING NAVITRA MESSAGE 1 Access Menu 3Y0 2 Select the message number 3 Press OK 4 Enter the phrases You can create up to 5 phrases each of which can consist of up to 20 characters APRS 26 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 they will send a notice to their node This node then passes the information to its local stations through another node The DX PacketCluster monitor function receives the packet data of the DX cluster and displays the contents This transceiver can retain the latest information on up to 10 DX stations but the memory will be cleared when the transceiver power supply is turned Off If you have a TS 590S TS 480HX SAT TS 2000 X TS 570S D or TS 870S HF transceiver you can connect the TH D72 to the HF transceiver to use the DX PacketCluster Tune function You can use this function to monitor the latest DX information in your area be it cannot be used to send DX information to a node Node Node Node Station 1 Access Menu 310 Int TNC Data Band to se
65. S originally for military operations The system is available for use by the general public For example anybody can use GPS in association with modern vehicle navigation systems Position precision for public use is approximately 15 m Moreover precision can be improved when a vehicle is used for navigation and aboard ships through use of map matching technology and differential GPS techniques A total of 24 or more GPS satellites are at a high level altitude of approximately 20 000 km on six circular tracks with an orbital radius of approximately 26 000 km Therefore there are four or more satellites located in each orbital track For civilian use the RF carrier frequency of the satellites is 1575 42 MHz Spread spectrum SS technology is used over a bandwidth of 2 046 MHz to prevent interference among all the satellite signals on a common carrier frequency Datum Geodetic Survey System The GPS receiver receives the radio signals transmitted from the GPS satellites The receiver measures the time duration between when the signal leaves the satellite and when the signal arrives at the GPS receiver Knowing this time allows calculation of the distance that the signal traveled from that particular satellite By receiving multiple signals from different satellites and doing this distance calculation multiple times the intersection of the spherical surfaces that represent the respective radius distances to the various satellites will determine a sin
66. Total Time Point Q ty Interval time second 2 5 10 15 30 2800 5000 166 7 41 7 833 3 1250 2500 150000 min 2 8 6 9 13 9 20 8 28 2500 hour Interval and Total Distance Point Q ty Interval distance km 0 01 2 00 4 00 6 00 8 00 9 99 5000 50 10000 20000 30000 40000 49950 km TARGET POINT You can register positional information for a target point 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 240 2 Select a Target Point from 1 5 3 Press MHz The in use target point mark appears to the left of the channel number 4 Access Menu 241 5 Enter a Target Point name up to 8 characters 6 Access Menu 242 lt Menu No 3W0 dd mm mm gt lt Menu 3W0 dd mm ss s gt 7 Enter the north south latitude 8 Access Menu 243 lt Menu No 3W0 dd mm mm gt lt Menu 3W0 dd mm ss s gt 9 Enter the east west longitude GPS 6 MARK WAY POINT You can register up to 100 points with the location s latitude longitude altitude time name and icon Names and icons can be manually edited 1 When the frequency or position is displayed press MARK 1s to enter Mark Waypoint registration mode When registering a Mark Waypoint the following display appears for approximately 10 seconds 2 Press OK to enter Mark Waypoint editing Mode 3 Selecting Name will enter the Name editing s
67. ams 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 This transceiver beeps each time it receives any type of APRS packet You may access Menu 3TO Sound 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 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 2 Press LIST 1s to change the List type to Call sign model name Call sign Time QSY Press To move the cursor to big list number Old receiving station Press To move the cursor to small list number New receiving station Press ESC Return to the frequency display Press A B Deletes the selected station Press MENU To enter the station list menu 2 Press to select the desired station using the cursor 3 Press OK The information of the selected station appears Press OK Displays the next page Press ESC Displays the previous page Press
68. 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 1 CONNECTING THE TRANSPORTER WITH THE HF TRANSCEIVER In order to connect TH D72 to the HF transceiver you need to prepare three cables by yourself The COM terminal on this transceiver accepts a 2 5 mm 1 10 3 conductor plug If necessary use the cable service part E30 3400 XX to modify the cable end of RS 232 C connector Note Operation of Sky Command System II may not been permitted in certain countries Check your local laws before operating Switch OFF both the Transporter and HF transceiver before making the connection 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 When the Transporter is too close to the HF transceiver unwanted feedback may cause malfunction 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 gt lt Response Audio Commander TH D72A E TH D7A TM D710A TM D700A Transporter TH D72A E TH D7A TM D71
69. ata information appears on the full display other data information appears only at the top of the display One Line The received new data information appears only at the top of the display Note When an emergency message or a message designated for your station is received the received data information appears on the full display even if the display method is set to One Line Entire Interrupt Time Set the duration to display an indication for when new data is received If you select Infinite the indication cannot be canceled Access Menu 3U1 The Interrupt time can be set to 3 5 10 seconds or Infinite Cursor Control Select a cursor control setting for when receiving Access Menu 3U2 Followed On the list screen the cursor follows the call sign when receiving APRS data Fixed On the list screen the cursor sits at the list number when receiving APRS data APRS 25 SELECTING A DISPLAY UNIT Speed Distance Access Menu 3V0 Select to mi h mile km h km or knots nm Altitude Rainfall Access Menu 3V1 Select to feet inch or m mm Temperature Access Menu 3V2 Select to F or C Latitude longitude Access Menu 3W0 Select to dd mm mm or dd mm ss s Grid Format Access Menu 3W1 Select to Maidenhead Grid SAR Grid CONV or SAR Grid CELL SELECTING A NAVIT
70. ber of selectable codes For DCS you can select from 104 different codes Note CTCSS DCS does not cause your conversation to be private It only relieves you from listening to unwanted conversations CTCSS 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 time you press TONE the selection changes as follows Tone CTCSS DCS Cross Tone default Off no display lt Additionally when APRS is ON and Voice Alert is configured Voice Alert ON is added to the above cycle gt 3 Press F TONE The current CTCSS frequency appears on the display and blinks The default frequency is 88 5 Hz 4 Press or 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 OK 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 To cancel CTCSS press TONE until no longer appears on the display 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
71. ble Your mobile transceiver may require you to first activate the Tone or CTCSS function It may also allow you to program a separate tone and CTCSS frequency Check the instruction manual for the mobile transceiver WIRELESS OP 1
72. 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 CHANGING THE FREQUENCY STEP 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 TH D72A or 12 5 kHz TH D72E The default on the 430 440 MHz band is 25 kHz Each band can have a separate selectable step frequency 1 Press A B to select band A or B then press VFO 2 Press F ENT 3 Set the step size to 5 0 6 25 8 33 10 0 12 5 15 0 20 0 25 0 30 0 50 0 or 100 0 kHz Note Each band can have a separate selectable step frequency 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 Transceiver PF Key This is PF Programmable Function key on the transceiver front panel You can assign your own desired functions to this key 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 190 2 Set your desired function for the key Programmable functions available are WX Weather Channel GROUP UP Memory group up MR Name lt gt FREQ Memory name lt gt Frequency VOX MR GRP NAME Memory group name BAL Balance GPS LOG SQL SHIFT DUP Full duplex BAND STEP LOW LOCK
73. clear the old data The Call channel itself cannot be cleared but data can be replaced with new data MEMORY CH 2 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 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select your desired transmit 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 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select your desired channel number 7 Press OK while pressing PTT to store the data in the selected Memory channel 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 CALL while pressing PTT Note Yo
74. cond delay between signal drop out and scan resumption Seek mode The transceiver remains on a busy frequency 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 MONI 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 150 2 Set the Scan Resume mode to Time Time Operated Carrier Carrier Operated or Seek Seek Time Operate Resume Time Set the hold time for the Time Operate scan method When a signal is received scan will pause at that frequency for the duration of the hold time you set When the set time elapses scan will resume even if the signal is still being received 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 151 2 Set the resume time to 1 10 sec Carrier Operated Resume Time Set the hold time for the Carrier Operate scan method When a signal is received scan will pause at that frequency When the signal stops scan will resume after the duration of the hold time you set 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 152 2 Set the resume time to 1 10 sec SCAN 1 SCAN 2 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 point blinks while scanning is in progress To reverse the scan direction turn
75. creen You can enter up to 9 characters 4 Selecting Icon will enter the Icon selection screen Refer to the APRS explanation regarding the available icons Note Even when the Log function is OFF you can register a Mark Waypoint The MCP 4A can read Mark Way points Copying the Mark Way Point to the Target Point You can copy the displayed Mark Way Point to the Target Point 1 Select Copy to TP to display the Target Point list 2 Select the Target Point 1 5 that you want to copy Mark Way Point List The information registered with the Mark Waypoint is confirmed Press MARK to display the Mark Waypoint list The list of Mark way point appears When there is no data registered in the Mark Waypoint No Mark is displayed Rotate the Tuning control Selects the station data Press To move the cursor up the display to the previous list number Press To move the cursor down the display to the next list number Press OK Displays the details of the selected Mark Waypoint Press A B Deletes the selected Mark Waypoint Press MENU Enters Mark Waypoint Edit mode Press ESC Returns to the frequency display Press LIST Returns to the frequency display Note When the Mark way point is no data registered No Mark is displayed GPS 7 Detailed Display of a Mark Waypoint The details of a Mark Waypoin
76. e before entering CALL mode CLEARING A MEMORY CHANNEL 1 Press MR to enter Memory Recall mode 2 Turn the transceiver power Off 3 Press MR Power ON to enter Memory Channel Clear mode 4 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select your desired Memory channel 5 Press OK Sure appears on the display and blinks 6 Press OK or MR to clear the Memory channel Repeat steps 4 to 6 to clear additional Memory channels To exit without clearing the channel press ESC MEMORY CH 3 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 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select your desired Memory channel 3 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 140 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 Frequency display lt gt memory name display You can select the display method at the memory mode 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 141 2 Set the display method to Name or Freq MEMORY TO VFO TRANSFER Transferring the contents of a Memory channel or the Call channel to the VFO can be u
77. e lt Type gt to Region then press MHz 2 Using the ABBR setting enter an abbreviation of up to 5 characters 3 Select the relay step number for the lt Total Hops gt setting You can confirm the setting contents in Others Use this method when the relay path is specified to an individual When a character string is not entered the packet data is not relayed 1 Set the lt Type gt to Others then press MHz 2 Enter a path A Packet path is the digipeat route of the packet data sent from My station For example if you want your packet to take the W5DJY 1 gt W4DJY 1 route enter W5DJY 1 W4DJY 1 separating each digipeater call sign with a comma NETWORK Access Menu 3I0 and 3I1 Set APRS data communications UNPROTOCOL UNPROTOCOL is the method in which packet data is transmitted without other stations or making a connection Select either APRS APK003 or Altnet APRS Use this setting for normal use default setting When transmitting messages and meteorological data using the TH D72 APK003 is added to the packet following your station call sign There are no restrictions on received packets Altnet When it is necessary to add restrictions to received packets you can set it for special use Select Altnet and press MHz then enter your desired character string When transmitting messages and meteorological data using the TH D72 the charact
78. e stored scan limits press MR then select the L and U channels Note The lower limit must be lower in frequency than the upper limit The lower and upper limits must be selected on the same band Using Program Scan 1 Select your desired band 2 Press VFO 3 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select a frequency within your desired scan range 4 Press VFO 1s Scan starts at the current frequency The 1 MHz decimal point blinks while scanning is in progress To reverse the scan direction turn the Tuning control clockwise lt or press gt upward scan or counterclockwise lt or press gt downward scan 5 To quit Program Scan press VFO again Note 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 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select a frequency within your desired 1 MHz range 4 Press MHz 1s to start scanning Scan starts at the current frequency The 1 MHz decimal poi
79. e unit is mile or kilometer depending on the selection in Menu 3V0 Units 1 Packet Filter Type 1 Access Menu 3B1 2 Select the Filter type to Weather Digipeater Mobile Object Navitra 1 WAY or Others 3 Press OK When you press MHz the icon appears on the left side of the Filter type The APRS position data is filtered Check the type s you want to receive If all types are checked you will receive all types of data APRS 15 SELECTING YOUR STATION ICON Access Menu 3C0 Select an icon which will be displayed on the monitors of other stations as your ID You may select an icon depending on your current location It is important that the icon conveys the operational status of the station as well as the SSID You can display and set the following icons for the TH D72 KENWOOD K Eyeball E Lighthouse L School K Satellite S PC user L SUNNY U Balloon O RADIO Y Police P ARRL a RV R RACES c SHUTTLE S Gale Flags g SSTV T HAM store h Sailboat Y WorkZone j Person Speedpost Value Singpost m DF station Triangle n WX Weather station _ Small circle o Dish Antenna Tornado t Bicycle b Wreck x HOSPITAL h Sheriff Jeep j Digipeater Truck k GATEway amp Mic E Repeater m Airc
80. ed To copy a message enter message compilation mode press F to enter function mode then press 1 Paste 1 2 Paste 2 3 Paste 3 4 Paste 4 5 Paste 5 6 Paste 6 7 Paste 7 or 8 Paste 8 key for 1 second to copy the message that has been set up for each key If the user messages are not set up they cannot be used STORING AUTO MESSAGE REPLY 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 Reply Access Menu 3Q0 Set lt Reply gt to On or Off Reply To Call Sign Access Menu 3Q1 When there is a message you would like to reply to for the specific call sign preset that call sign for automatic responses A reply will be sent to all matching stations when using the wildcard mark For example if you enter JA1 a response is sent to all call signs beginning with JA1 Reply Text Access Menu 3R0 The display for entering a message appears the first digit blinks You can enter alphanumeric characters plus special ASCII characters APRS 23 PROGRAMMING A MESSAGE GROUP CODE Access Menu 3S0 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 addre
81. emains on 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 101 2 Select a time in sec from the available list 2 10 Lamp Control The display illumination will light either when any key is pressed or only when the LAMP key is pressed depending on the setting 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 102 2 Set the Lamp Control Type to Manual or Auto Manual The backlight turns on when the LAMP key is pressed Auto The backlight turns on when operating any key or when turning the Tuning control The backlight will turn off according to the Illumination Timer setting or when the LAMP key is pressed 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 103 2 Set your desired contrast level from 1 to 8 Note The display contrast may be affected by a change in temperature Adjust the contrast as necessary BATTERY SAVER The Battery Saver extends the operating time of the transceiver It automatically activates when the squelch is closed and no key is pressed for more than 10 seconds To reduce battery consumption this function shuts the receiver circuit OFF for the programmed time then momentarily turn it back ON to detect a signal To program the receiver shut off period for the battery saver 1
82. er string you entered is added to the packet following your station call sign APRS 20 VOICE ALERT This function will notify another station as to whether or not they are within communications range by emitting beacon tones When a Mobile Station is mobile with the Voice Alert function turned ON other stations also with Voice Alert turned ON will hear the beacon sound of the Mobile Station if they have matching CTCSS frequencies and are within range thus informing the stations that communications is possible Press F REV You can set Voice Alert to Off On or RX Only When using this function you must also set up a CTCSS frequency Off Voice Alert is disabled On A CTCSS frequency is added to the transmitted packet VA appears above the displayed frequency RX Only A CTCSS frequency is not added to the transmitted packet VAR appears above the displayed frequency Note When the built in data band is set to cross band the Voice Alert function does not operate Voice alert takes precedence even when TONE CTCSS and DCS are set When Voice alert is ON you cannot perform TONE or CTCSS frequency selection and DCS code selection When the packet speed is 9600bps the TONE and DCS will disrupt the demodulation of the packet when the packet speed is 9600bps Set the packet speed to 1200bps when using Voice Alert WEATHER STATION DATA OUTPUT Transmit Access Menu 3J0 This sett
83. ess BCON again Note After setting SmartBeaconing the TX Interval Time Decay Algorithm and Proportional Pathing features will no longer operate Quick Beacon When setting Method to any value other than Manual you can manually transmit the Beacon Press F BCON transmits your APRS packet Initial Interval Time Access Menu 3D1 You can change the interval for automatically transmitting APRS packets Select to 0 2 0 5 1 2 3 5 10 20 or 30 minutes The default is 1 minute Note With Auto in lt Method gt and Beacon ON pressing OK to complete the setting causes the APRS packet to be immediately transmitted After that APRS packets are transmitted at intervals of the selected period While signals are present an APRS packet is not transmitted after the interval Approximately 1 second after signals drop transmitting is executed SETTING ALGORITHM Decay Algorithm Access Menu 3E0 This function continuously extends the packet transmission interval in the case that there is no change of position information When the position data does not change the data is transmitted based on a Decay Algorithm ex Interval Time 1 minute 2 minutes 4 minutes 8 minutes 16 minutes 32 minutes 32 minutes 32 minutes etc 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
84. eters PACKET 6 Command Name Short Description Parameter Default 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 call18 CQ VERSION VER Version display inquiry WPATH WPATH Setting for changing the relay exchange list when relaying with UISSID Call1 call17 XFLOW X Causes the TNC to perform software flow control when ON or hardware flow control when OFF ON OFF ON APRS 1 APRS APRS DATA COMMUNICATION APRS BEACON This function uses the APRS format for data communications including your station position messages etc When data is received from another station the direction of the received station from your station s perspective their distance and their grid square locator is displayed Any comments sent by the other station are also displayed Meteorological data obtained from a connected Weather Station can be transmitted APRS Automatic Packet Reporting System is a worldwide system introduced by Bob Bruninga WB4APR lt APRS is a software program and registered trademark of Bob Bruninga WB4APR gt NAVITRA DATA COMMUNICATION NAVITRA BEACON The Navitra system was introduced by Kenwood in the 1990 s for use within Japan CALL SIGN AND BEACON TYPE SETTINGS When an APRS NAVITRA beacon is created set the call s
85. function Off RADIO amp GPS RADIO Only or GPS Only as desired 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 121 2 Set the beep function to Off RADIO amp GPS RADIO Only or GPS Only 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 Note The APRS related beeps comply with the settings of the APRS menu rather than from this setting 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 130 3 Press OK The lower frequency limit blinks 4 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select your desired lower frequency limit then press OK to set the selected value The upper frequency limit blinks 5 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select your desired upper frequency limit then press OK to set the selected value 6 Press ESC to exit Menu mode Note You
86. gle point The precision of the determination of the intersecting point relies on the satellites and the data collected Position Determination Principle The latitude and longitude information required by the GPS receiver does not allow for accurate representation of the unevenness of the Earth s surface For use with GPS the current standard that defines the precise shape of the Earth is called WGS 84 By using this standard in conjunction with mapping standards for each country accurate position plotting on a map can be done GPS and APRS Position Format Although position can be described in many different formats such as degrees degrees and minutes and degrees minutes and seconds the GPS system and APRS have standardized on the degrees and decimal minutes format Just like it is important to use proper international phonetics when spelling on the air it is important in APRS as in any communications system to have a default standard for position All operators should be trained to use the DDD MM mm format by default in voice communications just like in data formats Using these standards on the air will prevent communications errors confusion repeats and conversions Interval and Total Distance Geographic Coordinates Format Example Latitude DD MM mm degrees and minutes 39 49 31N 39 49 31 Longitude DDD MM mm degrees and minutes 84 15 39W 84 15 39 GPS 1 GPS 2 INTERNAL GPS FUNCTION ON OFF Turn
87. han the Memory channels the DTMF memory and the PM channels 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 Press or rotate the Tuning control and select your desired reset type VFO Reset Partial Reset or Full Reset 4 Press OK to set the reset type A confirmation message appears on the display Press ESC to cancel the reset 5 Press OK again to perform the reset MENU MODE 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 199 2 Press or rotate the Tuning control and select your desired reset type VFO Reset Partial Reset or Full Reset 3 Press OK to set the reset type A confirmation message appears on the display Press ESC to cancel the reset 4 Press OK again to perform the reset RESET 1 SKY COMMAND SYSTEM II The SKY COMMAND SYSTEM II allows remote control of a TS 2000 TS 2000X TS B2000 TS 480HX TS 480SAT TS 590S TS 570D TS 570S or TS 870S HF transceiver You will use one transceiver 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
88. he TNC to function as a digipeater ON OFF ON DISCONNE D Sends a disconnect request PACKET 3 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 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 0 250 3 FULLDUP FU
89. he mechanism used for automatically transmitting the frequency information The format of the transmitted frequency is FFF FFF MHz So for example if at the time of a beacon transmission the non data band has a frequency of 446 100 MHz selected then the frequency of 446 100MHz gets embedded to the beginning of the status text If you configure in any of Statuses 1 through 4 the frequency of 446 100MHz at the beginning of the status text messages then this fixed frequency will be transmitted as QSY information along with the beacon transmission In addition to frequencies there are fields where you can send other settings such as Wide Narrow Tone CTCSS DCS Shift and Offset frequency simply by leaving one space between each value Therefore other information besides just a frequency can be sent QSY Information Format Insert one space after the frequency before entering Wide Narrow Tone CTCSS DCS and Shift Offset T079 An upper case T indicates Wide Tone frequency of 79 7 Hz Encoding t079 A lower case t indicates Narrow Tone frequency of 79 7 Hz Encoding tOFF A lower case t indicates Narrow Tone OFF Without any tone Encoding or Decoding C079 An upper case C indicates Wide CTCSS frequency of 79 7 Hz Encoding Decoding c079 A lower case c indicates Narrow CTCSS frequency of 79 7 Hz Encoding Decoding
90. hen 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 TX Beep Access Menu 3T1 When a beacon containing your station position information My position information is transmitted in a manner other than manually you can select whether or not it emits a beep sound Off A beep does not sound On A beep sounds when a beacon is transmitted using the PTT switch or when it is automatically transmitted Note Depending on the congestion level of the transmission channel the transmission beep sound may be delayed when using the internal TNC DCD sense function Special Call Sound Access Menu 3T2 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 APRS 24 SETTING INTERRUPT DISPLAY Display Area Access Menu 3U0 Selects the Display area Entire Always The received new data duplicate data and My station data information appears on the full display other data information appears only at the top of the display Entire Disp The received new d
91. hurricane or tornado In this case ex object the name of the object appears instead of a call sign To restore the frequency display press any key or just wait for approximately 10 seconds You can change the time through Menu No 3U1 Interrupt Time Note 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 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 proper APRS data the frequency display is not interrupted An indicator such as dP appears depending on the types of data See the table You can change the interrupt screen display setting through Menu No 3U0 Display Area Indicator Meaning dP Duplicate position comment nP New position data oP Other station position data Navitra beacon 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 Query Packet that cannot be decoded dD Duplicated DX cluster data nD New DX cluster data Note The APRS progr
92. ign and beacon type APRS NAVITRA Menu 301 SSID Secondary Station IDentifiers can be added to the end of your call sign for example W6DJY will become W6DJY 11 SSIDs can range from None 1 to 15 so that each call sign can have up to 16 settings Refer to the website for SSID http aprs org aprs11 SSIDs txt currently September 2010 DIGIPEAT The term digipeat means that the beacon packet data is relayed When a digipeater relay station receives a packet beacon it saves it to memory When the reception ends the data is re transmitted Using digipeat it is possible to send beacons long distances In order to perform a digipeat you must set up a packet path relay path Menu 3H0 For relay modes you can specify a direct call sign or you can use WIDE1 1 or WIDE1 1 WIDE2 1 specifying a common alias and hops number Set the transceiver s packet path according to the digipeater settings Digipeat is very useful in reaching other stations when you have a weak signal However you need to set up the total hops numbers and beacon transmissions moderately to prevent channel congestion WIDE type WIDE type This degipeater can send the packet over a wide area Fill in type Regional degipeaters are also called RELAY type relays These degipeaters are used for mobile stations when a signal cannot reach a WIDE type degipeater Fill in type RELAY type Fill in type RELAY type W
93. ing To exit ASC press REV Note Pressing PTT will cause the icon to stop blinking ASC does not function if you are using simplex operation ASC does not function while scanning Activating ASC while using Reverse will switch the Reverse function Off 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 You cannot use ASC when the built in TNC is turned On 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 TONE 1s to run the Tone Frequency ID scan Scan starts and Scanning blinks on the display To reverse the scan direction turn the Tuning control clockwise lt or press gt upward scan or counterclockwise lt or press gt 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 OK while the identified frequency is blinking to resume scanning 3 Press OK to program the identified frequency in place
94. ing To turn the Cross Tone function On Press TONE 4 times to activate the Cross Tone function The default icon appears on the display when the Cross Tone function is On Each time you press TONE the selection changes as follows Tone CTCSS DCS Cross Tone default Off no display lt Additionally when APRS is ON and Voice Alert is configured Voice Alert ON is added to the above cycle gt Selecting a Cross Tone mode To select the cross tone code frequency required to access your desired repeater 1 Turn the Cross Tone function On 2 Press F TONE The Cross Tone setting appears on the display 3 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select your desired Cross Tone setting Setting Encode Decode Icon DCS Off DCS off TONE DCS Tone DCS DCS CTCSS DCS CTCSS TONE CTCSS Tone CTCSS To exit the Cross Tone setting selection press ESC 4 Press OK to set the selected setting DUAL TONE MULTI FREQUENCY DTMF The keys on the 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 consu
95. ing determines whether or not to transmit the meteorological data obtained from the Weather Station with the APRS data communication Transmit Interval Time Access Menu 3J1 Set the interval at which the meteorological data is transmitted with the APRS data communication The interval can be set to 5 10 30 or 60 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 Weather Station APRS 21 SETTING AS A DIGIPEATER DIGIPEAT Access Menu 3K0 When using the TH D72 as a digipeater set whether or not your call sign is included in the digipeated packet path In the received packet path if you have set your call sign in My Callsign Menu 300 the digipeat completion flag is added to your call sign and will then process the relay For example JA1YKX gt JA1YKX UICHECK Access Menu 3L0 This function will not relay a one time received UI frame within the set UICHECK time This is effective for each of UIDIGI UIFOOD and UITRACE UI frame Unnumbered Information frame Data can be transferred and the APRS beacon etc can be used without making a connection UIDIGI UIFLOOD and UITRACE are all special
96. ite to DATA IN on GPS WX External GPS receiver COM terminal Weather Station solder side Line filter Attach the line filter to the cable Use a GPS receiver which conforms to the NMEA 0183 format and is compatible with RS 232C signal polarity output at the below mentioned levels Low level less then 0 5 V High level more then 3 V You cannot use GPS receivers with USB type connections ADJUSTING THE INTERNAL CLOCK When the internal GPS function is turned ON the year month day and time are automatically set from the GPS satellite information If the GPS information cannot be received you can manually enter the date and time Note The battery for the clock backup is built into the unit When the battery pack is connected the backup battery begins to charge It takes approximately 8 hours to become fully charged Setting Date 1 Access Menu 194 The first 2 digits blink 2 Press or rotate the Tuning control to enter the current month TH D72A or day TH D72E then press OK The next 2 digits blink 3 Press or rotate the Tuning control to enter the current day TH D72A or month TH D72E then press OK The last 2 digits blink APRS 3 RECEIVING APRS DATA Each time a new APRS packet is received the frequency display is interrupted to show information as below The received APRS packet may include information on an object such as a
97. ized UI frame relay processing modes UIDIGI Access Menu 3M0 When using the TH D72 as a digipeater set whether or not UI digipeat is run When receiving a UI frame that matches your entered character string alias of the beginning part of the packet path that has not yet been digipeated the digipeat completion flag is added to your call sign the call sign you set up in MY CALLSIGN and the relay will begin processing For example WIDE1 1 gt JA1YKX etc 1 Press or rotate the Tuning control to switch the function ON then press OK 2 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select Aliases then press OK The display for entering a path appears the first digit blinks You can enter 0 to 9 A to Z comma and UIFLOOD When using the TH D72 as a digipeater set whether or not UIFLOOD digipeat runs When the received UI Frame character string matches the entered alias for example CA the number of hops for example 2 2 is processed and decreased by 1 for example CA2 2 becomes CA2 1 1 Access Menu 3N0 2 Set lt UIflood gt to On or Off 3 Access Menu 3N1 You enter Alias Setting mode 4 Enter the UIflood alias When running UIFLOOD digipeat set the character string of the alias that is used 5 Access Menu 3N2 You enter UIFLOOD SUBSTITUTION Setting mode 6 Set one of ID NOID or FIRST ID Yo
98. kaline 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 LAMP SQL F 1s F LAMP To turn Key Lock On or Off press F 1s When Key Lock is activated the icon will appear on the display Key Lock Type Select a Lock type 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 180 2 Set the Key Lock type to Key Lock F Lock or Key amp F Lock Key Lock Locks all the front panel keys Press F 1s to unlock the keys F Lock Locks the frequency or the memory channel The MHz ENT MR BAND Scan PF Group Up and WX keys functions cannot be used Key amp F Lock Locks all the front panel keys along with the Tuning control Press F 1s to unlock the keys The LAMP MONI PTT and VOL control knob cannot be locked Microphone Key Lock The Microphone Key Lock function will lock the microphone PF Programmable Function keys 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 182 2 Set the Microphone Key Lock function On or Off VOLUME BALANCE BAND A B You can regulate the volume balance between the A band upper indicator and the B band lower indicator 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 120 2 Adjust the volume balance OTHER OP 3 KEY BEEP You can turn the transceiver beep
99. lect band A or B If the common transfer rate in your local PacketCluster network is 9600 bps access Menu 311 Int TNC Data Speed and select 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 LIST Each time new DX cluster data is received a call sign frequency and time are displayed When a duplicate DX cluster data is received DX and a call sign are displayed 5 Press OK DX station detailed display mode Press ESC Restores the frequency display Press MENU Outputs the PCT data Note The Packet Cluster data PCT is output only when Menu No 311 COM Port input is set to Off Connecting TH D72 with the HF Transceiver In order to connect TH D72 to the HF transceiver you need to prepare three cables by yourself The COM terminal on this transceiver accepts a 2 5 mm 1 10 3 conductor plug If necessary use the cable service part E30 3400 XX to modify the cable end of RS 232 C connector HF transceiver COM connector on HF transceiver TH D72 2 5 mm 1 10 3 conductor plug 9 pin D SUB connector solder side Attach the line filter to the cable Line Filter TRANSCEIVER RESET There are 3 types of transceiver reset available VFO Reset Use to initialize the VFO and accompanying settings Partial Reset Use to initialize all settings other t
100. lert tone will sound WEATHER ALERT ON OFF 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 13A 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 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 Press or 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 WEATHER ALERT SCAN The memory channel only for the weather alert is scanned 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 13B 2 Set the Weather Alert Scan to Off or 15 30 60 min When the weather channel scanning time is set Auto scanning starts after the set time When the weather channel scanning is set to Off Press and hold the key programmed with the WX function to start the weather channel scan Scanning stops when the channel with the highest signal level is received Memory sca
101. lt your local repeater reference MANUAL DIALING Manual Dialing requires only two steps to send DTMF tones 1 Press and hold 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 not need 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 8 9 C 941 0 D 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 173 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 Storing a DTMF Code in Memory 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 170 2 Press OK 3 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select a channel number 4 Press OK or MENU to set the selected channel number The name entry display appears 5 Enter a name for the channel the press OK or MENU to set it The
102. model currently September 2010 Vantage PRO2TM Please use the Data Logger bundled with WeatherLink for Vantage Pro2TM Windows Serial Port Davis Part No 06510SER or WeatherLink for APRS with Streaming Data Logger Davis Part No 06540 with Vantage PRO2TM When using the WeatherLink for APRS with Streaming Data Logger Davis Part No 06540 Data Logger set the Baud Rate Menu 330 to 9600bps for stable operation Weather PeetBros You can perform APRS communications using a PeetBros Weather Station Verify your station weather data by pressing the WXI PF key Operation verification model currently September 2010 ULTIMETER 2100 Packet mode APRS 11 Output Type Access Menu 332 Waypoint Waypoint DGPS information is forwarded The call sign and positioning data received from another station can be displayed as the waypoint data through the device connected to your GPS receiver or on the GPS receiver display Note When Menu No 331 is set to Off or Weather Station Unit is selected the Way Point data is not output SETTING WAY POINT Way Point Format Access Menu 340 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
103. nnected via EchoLink or the control command name etc are entered into the EchoLink memory name The code entry display appears 6 Enter a DTMF code for the channel then press OK or MENU 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 Transmitting EchoLink Memory 1 Press and hold PTT 2 While transmitting press MENU The last called EchoLink DTMF Memory channel name and number appears on the display 3 While still transmitting press or rotate the Tuning control to select your desired EchoLink Memory channel then press MENU or OK to transmit DTMF code The stored code scrolls across the display and is transmitted Note In step 2 press C key before pressing OK 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 In step 2 press 0 7 keys before pressing OK to transmit the converted DTMF code of the EchoLink Query by Call function example JA1YKX 0 7 51 21 10 93 52 92 is automatically added to the end of the DTMF code When only the EchoLink memory name has been registered the EchoLink Connect Call function transmits the converted DTMF code example JA1YKX
104. nning stops when performing any operation other than LAMP MONI key lock F 1s and Tuning control WX 1 WIRELESS OPERATION TH D72A ONLY If you also have a Kenwood multi band mobile transceiver you can control one of its bands by sending DTMF tones from this handy transceiver You will find this function useful when you want to control your mobile transceiver from a location outside your vehicle Note You can remotely control only mobile transceivers that have both the secret number and Remote Control functions FCC rules permit you to send control codes only on the 440 MHz band PREPARATION Let us assume the VHF band of the mobile transceiver will be controlled On the handy transceiver 1 Press PTT VFO Power ON The current secret access code number appears The default is 000 2 To change the secret number press the numeric keys 0 to 9 to enter a 3 digit number You can also press to select each digit Press OK or ESC to move the cursor to the next or previous digit 3 Press OK to complete the setting 4 Select the UHF band 5 Select the transmit frequency 6 Turn the transceiver power OFF 7 Press PTT MR Power ON The transceiver enters Remote Control mode Mobile Ctrl appears To exit Remote Control mode repeat steps 6 and 7 On the mobile transceiver 8 Set the ID code to the same secret number
105. ns are displayed KENWOOD Only Kenwood TH D72 TH D7 TM D700 TM D710 and RC D710 Stations are displayed NAVITRA Only Navitra Stations starting from PNTS are displayed QSY Freq Only stations containing frequency QSY data are displayed 1 Way Only the microphone encoder station tracker and the GPS tracker are displayed Others Stations other than those listed above are displayed 5 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 stations 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 RECEIVING A MESSAGE Each time a proper message is received the frequency display is interrupted to show information as below First page Last page Status Indicator Meaning Indicator RX or TX Indicator Call sign TX Message TX RX date Receive time Line number The display shows up to 67 characters 24 characters by one page of the message The following indicators appear depending on the types of received messages Status n 1 n indicates the remaining number of times for transmitting the message or bulletin
106. nt blinks while scanning is in progress To reverse the scan direction turn the Tuning control clockwise lt or press gt upward scan or counterclockwise lt or press gt downward scan 5 To quit MHz Scan press MHz again CALL 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 point blinks while scanning is in progress When scanning with 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 CTCSS DCS CROSS TONE 1 CTCSS DCS CROSS TONE 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 DCS Digital Coded 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 num
107. o enter Memory Recall mode 2 Turn the transceiver power Off 3 Press MHz Power ON to enter Group Clear mode 4 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select your desired Group 5 Press OK Sure appears on the display and blinks 6 Press OK or MR to clear the Group Repeat steps 4 to 6 to clear additional Group To exit without clearing the channel press ESC SCAN 4 PROGRAM SCAN Program Scan is identical to VFO Scan except that you select a frequency range for the scan 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 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select your desired frequency for the lower limit 4 Press F MR A memory channel number appears and blinks 5 Press or 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 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select your desired frequency for the upper limit 8 Press F MR 9 Press or 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 th
108. 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 1 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 is 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
109. on the display Press ESC if you do not want to program the identified frequency DCS 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 time you press TONE the selection changes as follows Tone CTCSS DCS Cross Tone default Off no display lt Additionally when APRS is ON and Voice Alert is configured Voice Alert ON is added to the above cycle gt 3 Press F TONE The current DCS code appears on the display and blinks 4 Press or 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 OK 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 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
110. onnection is made it automatically disconnects ON OFF OFF CONMODE CONM With NOMODE set to OFF causes the TNC to automatically enter Converse or Transparent mode when connection is completed Concvers Trans Concvers CONNECT C Sends a connect request Call1 is the call sign of the station to be connected to Call2 to call8 are call signs of stations to be digipeated through Call1 VIA call2 call3 call8 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 DIGIPEAT DIG When ON allows t
111. 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 signs On Commander 500 COM Callsign Call sign for Commander 501 TRP Callsign Call sign for Transporter On Transporter 500 COM Callsign Call sign for Commander 501 TRP Callsign Call sign for Transporter 1 Access Menu 500 or 501 then OK The callsign entry field appears the first digit blinks 2 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select a character You can enter 0 to 9 A to Z and 3 Press OK The cursor moves to the next digit 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 to enter up to 9 digits ESC Cancels entry of a call sign A B Deletes the digit at which the cursor is blinking 5 Press OK to complete the setting 6 Press MENU to exit Menu mode The keypad also is available to enter alphanumeric characters in step 2 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 502 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 pre
112. p 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 press or rotate the Tuning control to select a channel in your desired group 2 Press MHz 1s Scan starts at the current channel The 1 MHz decimal point blinks while scanning is in progress To reverse the scan direction turn the Tuning control clockwise lt or press gt upward scan or counterclockwise lt or press gt downward scan 3 To quit Group Scan press MHz again Note At least 2 Memory channels in the selected group must contain data and must not be locked out of scan You can also start Memory Scan when in Channel Display mode While Scan is paused on a channel the channel number blinks SCAN 3 Naming a Memory Group You can name Memory group using up to 8 characters 1 Press MHz then press or rotate the Tuning control to select a channel in your desired group 2 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 144 3 Enter your desired name for the group Group name display in MR mode 1 Press LAMP
113. quency 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 Automatic Repeater Offset 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 161 2 Set the ARO to On 3 Press A B to select the A band 4 Press VFO to select VFO mode 5 Press or 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 TH D72A Under 145 100 MHz No offset Simplex operation 145 100 145 499 MHz 600 kHz offset 145 500 145 599 MHz No offset Simplex operation 146 000 146 399
114. quipment Note When the distance between the radio antenna and your personal computer is too close interference may occur PACKET 1 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 12 1200 bps transfer rate selected 96 9600 bps transfer rate selected To set it to 9600bps use the HB 9600 or HBAUD 9600 TNC command This cannot be changed through the TH D72 menu Note Not all functions available via conventional TNC s are supported by the TNC built in this transceiver The built in TNC could be automatically reinitiated when its malfunction is detected this does not designate that the transceiver is defective The internal TNC is a 2 chip type that does not have an SRAM backup Therefore the settings made using commands in Packet mode such as MYCALL will be reset when the power is switched Off and then back On To distinguish your various stations or nodes you can have up to 15 Secondary Station Identifiers SSIDs ex W6DJY 1 to W6DJY
115. raft Node n Red Cross ROVER p Home QSO Repeater r X Boat s Red Dot Truck 18 wheeler u Fire Van v Portable Tent Big Question Mark Motorcycle lt IRLP EchoLink 0 REILROAD ENGIN APRStt A Car gt BBS B Canoe C 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 Access Menu 3C1 2 Select a symbol code then press OK 3 Select a a table identification code Overlay Icon Setting For example to set the Digipeater icon to the letter S select Others under the icon type menu select under Symbol then select S under Table Note APRS icon codes symbols tables are sometimes updated You can download up to date icon codes from the following website as of September 2010 http www tapr org software_library php dir aprssig dosstuff APRSdos From this website click on the aprsXXX zip file where XXX is 3 alphanumeric characters to download it After downloading and extracting the file a README directory is created which contains the SYMBOLS TXT file icon codes Set an icon that represents your operational status For example setting an
116. seful if 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 Call channel mode 2 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select your desired channel This step is not necessary when selecting the Call channel 3 Press F VFO 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 VFO 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 PTT A B Power ON to turn the channel display On or Off Note If no Memory channels have saved data in them channel display will not function When using Channel Display you cannot reset the transceiver While in Channel Display mode the transceiver keys function as shown next page MEMORY CH 4 Key Name KEY F KEY KEY 1s MR mode While Transmitting KEY Power ON PTT Transmission X TX RX X LAMP Backlight ON Backlight ON continuously Backlight ON Backlight ON Backlight ON
117. sired VOX gain level VOX Delay Time If the transceiver returns to reception mode too quickly after you stop speaking the end of your transmission may not be sent To avoid this select an appropriate delay time that allows your entire transmission to be sent before Transmit mode ends However do not make the delay overly long 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 136 2 Set the desired delay time to 250 500 default 750 1000 1500 2000 or 3000 ms Note If you press PTT while the VOX function is ON the VOX Delay Time is not reflected to the transmission If you press CALL if 1750 Hz is programmed to transmit a 1750 Hz tone the VOX Delay Time is not reflected If the DCS function is ON the transceiver remains in Transmit mode for the duration set by the VOX Delay Time It then sends a Turn Off Code to close the receiving party s squelch OTHER OP 6 VOX on Busy You can configure the transceiver to force VOX transmission even if the transceiver is receiving a signal 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 137 2 Set it to On or Off Note You can press PTT or CALL if 1750 Hz is programmed to transmit regardless of the setting in Menu No 137 MASKING BANDS If you have no plans to use a certain frequency band you can hide the frequency display on the unused band This allows for easier reading of the frequency band 1 Turn the transceiver power off 2 Press A B Power ON
118. ss the desired key the Commander will automatically enter transmit mode and send the corresponding control command to the Transporter Key Function Tuning control Frequency or memory channel number change 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 MONI To monitor the UHF band on the Commander B M V VFO Memory Recall mode switch XIT RIT offset frequency increase XIT RIT offset frequency decrease 1 FAST In LSB USB or CW mode 10 Hz 1 kHz switch In FM or AM mode 1 kHz 10 kHz switch 2 ENTER 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 press 0 to 9 to enter a frequency or memory channel number Tuning control WEATHER ALERT TH D72A 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 a
119. ssed 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 characters 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 RX Beep Type Access Menu 3T0 This transceiver beeps each time it receives any type of APRS packets Selection Operation Off The APRS beep tone does not sound Message Only Beep sounds only w
120. t are spread across 3 screen pages Page 1 Rotate the Tuning control Changes to the previous next detailed display Press ESC Returns to the Mark Waypoint list display Press OK Continues to the next page Press A B Deletes the Mark Waypoint currently being displayed Press MENU Enters Mark Waypoint Edit mode Press LIST Returns to the frequency display Page 2 Rotate the Tuning control Changes to the previous next detailed display Press ESC Returns to the previous page Press OK Continues to the next page Press A B Deletes the Mark Waypoint currently being displayed Press MENU Enters Mark Waypoint Edit mode Press LIST Returns to the frequency display Page 3 Rotate the Tuning control Changes to the previous next detailed display Press ESC Returns to the previous page Press A B Deletes the Mark Waypoint currently being displayed Press MENU Enters Mark Waypoint Edit mode Press LIST Returns to the frequency display 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 e
121. ted after 1 second Press PTT to enter transmit mode The data band is busy Both Band When the bands are no longer busy as per the steps below the packet is transmitted after 1 second Press PTT to enter transmit mode The data band is busy The other band is busy Ignore DCD Transmission from the built in TNC is not inhibited The packet is transmitted immediately TX delay time Access Menu 321 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 set a longer delay time SETTING COM PORT Baud Rate Access Menu 330 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 Input Type Access Menu 331 Off You can perform APRS communications without the use of a GPS receiver or Weather Station Set your station position data manually through Menu 360 MY Position GPS You can perform APRS communications using a GPS receiver Verify your station position data by pressing the POS key Weather Davis You can perform APRS communications using a Davis Weather Station Verify your station weather data by pressing the WXI PF key Operation verification
122. the Tuning control clockwise lt or press gt upward scan or counterclockwise lt or press gt downward scan 3 To quit VFO Scan press VFO again MEMORY SCAN Use Memory Scan to monitor all Memory channels programmed with frequency data 1 Select your desired band 2 Press MR 1s Scan starts at the current memory channel The 1 MHz decimal point blinks while scanning is in progress To reverse the scan direction turn the Tuning control clockwise lt or press gt upward scan or counterclockwise lt or press gt downward scan 3 To quit Memory Scan press MR again Note At least 2 Memory channels must contain data and must not be locked out of scan The L0 U0 to L9 U9 Memory channels will not be scanned You can also start Memory Scan when in Channel Display mode While Scan is paused on a channel the channel number blinks 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 142 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 Grou
123. this function Off when connecting an external GPS receiver to the COM terminal Press F MARK to turn the Internal GPS receiver ON or OFF When the Internal GPS receiver is ON the indicator appears on the display When the Internal GPS receiver is On the internal clock is automatically configured with the time data from the internal GPS receiver You must set the time zone beforehand through Menu No 196 When determining your position for the first time after the power supply is turned On the clock data is automatically set and is updated once per day thereafter When the Internal GPS receiver is On pressing POS will display Latitude longitude then press OK to cycle the display between Time Altitude Travel direction speed gt gt Target point distance Travel direction gt gt Log meter gt gt GPS satellite information Press ESC to return to the previous display lt Latitude longitude gt lt Time Altitude Travel direction speed gt Altitude Travel direction Time Travel Speed lt Target point distance Travel direction gt Travel direction Target point distance When pressing F while the target point distance traveling direction is displayed the North Up display displays North as the top changes to the Heading Up display displays the current travel direction as the top or vice versa In the Heading Up display a
124. tion is turned OFF The INT GPS icon icon blinks while determining the position Normal The display continues to show your frequency You can use it as a normal transceiver GPS 3 SWhen set to GPS Only you can operate only the following key functions Key Name KEY F KEY KEY 1s KEY Power ON LAMP Lamp Continuous Lamp On Lamp OK ESC Function Menu select MENU Menu mode RF power select A B 1 MARK Internal GPS On Off Register mode of Mark Waypoint 2 Starting the LOG function 3 POS F Function mode Reset mode Battery Saver GPS Save This function will turn the GPS power source Off after the programmed timer expires if position data is not determined during the maximum catching time approximately 5 minutes To prevent unnecessary battery consumption when there are many reception satellites the GPS is stabilized and position data can be determined the GPS power source repeatedly turns On and Off 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 201 2 Set GPS Off time to Off 1 2 4 8 or Auto Auto When set to Auto the GPS Off time starts at 1 minute for the first time then progresses to 2 minutes 4 minutes and 8 minutes each additional time The GPS Off time remains at 8 minutes thereafter Ho
125. u cannot set the transmission and reception frequencies on different bands You cannot set a different frequency step size for the transmission and reception frequencies 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 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select your desired Memory channel Additionally you can enter a channel number using the keypad 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 143 2 Set the recall method to Current band or All bands Current band allows you to recall only those memory channels that have stored frequencies within the current band All bands allows you to recall all programmed memory channels When the recalled memory channel is an AM channel you cannot recall on the A band RECALLING A CALL CHANNEL 1 Press CALL to enter Call Channel mode C appears on the display If the frequency of the operating band is less than 300 MHz the VHF CALL channel is used for recall If the frequency is over 300 MHz the UHF CALL channel is used for recall 2 Press CALL again the transceiver will return to the previous status VFO mode or Memory Channel mod
126. uning control to select a sort type then press OK 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 5 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 APRS 6 FILTER FUNCTION This function allows you to select only the specified types of data from the station list 1 Press LIST and display the list of stations 2 Press MENU and display the station list menu 3 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select Filter then press OK The filter type list appears on the display 4 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select a filter type then press OK Filtering appears on the display and filtering begins All Off The filtering function is cancelled displaying all stations Digipeater Only Digipeater Stations are displayed Weather Only Weather Stations are displayed Mobile Only Mobile Stations are displayed Object Only Object Statio
127. ur station call sign is embedded When there is already a call sign in the relayed UI frame your station call sign will replace the existing call sign NOID The call sign is not embedded or replaced FIRST When there is no call sign in the relayed UI frame your station call sign is embedded When there is already a call sign in the relayed UI frame the call sign is not embedded or replaced APRS 22 UITRACE When using the TH D72 as a digipeater set whether or not UITRACE digipeat runs When the received UI Frame character string matches the entered alias for example WIDE the number of hops for example 2 2 is processed and decreased by 1 for example WIDE2 2 becomes WIDE2 1 and your station call sign is added to the UI Frame 1 Access Menu 3O0 2 Set lt UItrace gt to On or Off 3 Access Menu 3O1 You enter Alias Setting mode 4 Enter the UITRACE alias When running UITRACE digipeat set the character string of the alias that is used STORING USER PHRASES Access Menu 3P0 This function clipboard image allows you to paste phrases into the APRS message compilation mode You can create up to 8 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 truncat
128. wever after having determined your position for the duration if the GPS cannot pinpoint your location the GPS Off time will restart at 1 minute Note Position precision may be improved by setting the Batter Saver GPS Save function to Off You cannot set the SBAS function to On when the Batter Saver GPS Save function is 1 2 4 8 or Auto Set the Battery Saver GPS Save function to Off GPS Data PC Output Turn this function on when you want to send the Internal GPS receiver data NMEA from the PC terminal using 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 202 2 Set PC Output to Off or On GPS DATA SETUP Land Survey System Datum When using the Internal GPS receiver set up the necessary land surveying system For APRS select WGS 84 world land surveying system 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 210 2 Set Datum to WGS 84 This function does not work when using an external GPS receiver Sentence Adds an NMEA sentence to the Internal GPS receiver data output from the PC 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 211 2 Set Sentence to GPGGA GPGLL GPGSA GPGSV GPRMC GPVTG or GPZDA With BEACON transmission the GPGGA GPRMC check cannot be removed in necessary information and satellite image information You cannot output an NMEA sentence from an external GPS receiver to a PC GPS 4
129. will automatically set the frequency without pressing ENT or VFO In step 3 after entering 1 3 digits pressing MHz will set the digits above the MHz value For example when the displayed frequency is 432 250 1 Press ENT 2 Press 4 4 3 Press MHz 4 3 4 SWITCHING FM AM MODE This transceiver is also capable of receiving not transmitting in AM on band B The default mode on the 118 MHz band is AM while the default on the 144 300 or 430 440 MHz band is FM 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 131 2 Set the mode to AM FM or NFM Note You cannot switch between FM and AM to receive on band A ADVANCED INTERCEPT POINT AIP The VHF UHF band is 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 132 VHF AIP and or Menu 133 UHF AIP 2 Set the AIP to On or Off 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 Select a Beat Shift setting from Type 1 Type 8 which does not cause interference The default is Type 1 Off 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 138 2 Set the Beat Shift to Type 1 Type 8
130. x operation If you are using a TH D72E when operating on the 430 MHz band the offset direction changes as follows Simplex operation 7 6 MHz 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 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 160 3 Set the appropriate offset frequency value The selectable 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 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 CTCSS DCS Cross Tone default
131. y Fix station Antenna gain Antenna directivity Page 7 Position data APRS 5 Page 8 Packet path F First Repeat Degipeater Station s Call sign L Last Repeat Degipeater Station s Call sign Page 9 Receive date Receive time 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 APRS only Example The following icons show the directions of stations relative to your position North Up Heading Up example To change the speed distance and or temperature settings of the units access Menu 3V0 Units 1 Speed Distance and or Menu 3V2 Units 1 Temperature Note Some stations transmit APRS packets through TNCs connected to GPS receivers If you receive packets from those stations GOOD satellites tracked or LAST satellites not tracked will be shown as the situation with GLL GGA or RMC which designates GPGLL GPGGA or GPRMC format SORT FUNCTION This function allows you to sort the station list according to the call sign date time or distance 1 Press LIST and display the list of stations 2 Press MENU and display the station list menu 3 Press or rotate the Tuning control to select Sort then press OK The sort type list appears on the display 4 Press or rotate the T
132. ying that there is no reception disruption during communications PACKET 2 TNC 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 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 disconnection The unit of the parameter is 10 seconds 0 250 30 CMSG CMS When a connection is made the message is automatically transmitted ON OFF OFF CMSGDISC CMSGD When a c
133. you set on the handy transceiver For the method refer to the instruction manual for the mobile transceiver 9 Select the receive frequency on the UHF band Match this frequency with the transmit frequency of the handy transceiver 10 Enter the transceiver s Remote Control mode For the method refer to the instruction manual for the mobile transceiver If it is not described consult your authorized Kenwood dealer customer service or service center CONTROL OPERATION When in Remote Control mode the keys of the handy transceiver will function as described below Each time you press a key the handy transceiver will automatically transmit the corresponding command to the mobile transceiver ON 1 TONE ON CTCSS ON ENT OFF 1 TONE OFF CTCSS OFF TONE SEL CALL VFO MR REP ON 2 DOWN LOW UP REP OFF 2 1 TM V7 TM D700 Revers ON OFF TM D710 TS 2000 DCS ON OFF Other than TM V7 TM D700 TM D710 TS 2000 Tone Alert ON OFF 2 Switches Cross band Repeater ON OFF if the mobile transceiver has this function To change the transmit receive frequency VFO ENT 0 9 enter the necessary digits ENT or VFO To recall a memory channel MR ENT 0 9 enter the necessary digits ENT or MR To change the tone or CTCSS frequency TONE SEL 0 9 enter 2 digits ex 0 5 TONE SEL Use Nos 01 to 42 as shown in the CTCSS ta
134. zes beacon transmission based on driving direction and speed Use this function when you want to track your transmissions especially for optimizing crossover beacon transmission intervals lt SmartBeaconing from HamHUD Nichetronix gt Low speed High speed Access Menu 3F0 Low speed setting 2 30 lt mi h km h or knots gt When the speed is lower than this beacons are transmitted at the time interval specified under Slow Rate High speed setting 2 90 lt mi h km h or knots gt When the speed is faster than this beacons are transmitted at the time interval specified under Fast Rate Note To select the speed setting of the units access Menu 3V0 Units 1 Speed Distance Slow rate Access Menu 3F1 Low speed transmission interval time 1 100 minutes Fast rate Access Menu 3F2 High speed transmission interval time 10 180 seconds Turn angle Access Menu 3G0 Driving direction change minimum value setting 5 90 degrees Turn slope Access Menu 3G1 Driving direction change additional value setting 1 255 10degrees speed Turn time Access Menu 3G2 Minimum time delay between each beacon transmission 5 180 seconds Note When Menu 331 is set to a value other than GPS it operates at the lt Slow Rate gt Adjust the Setting values to match the actual driving status APRS 18 SmartBeaconing Operation Speed Transmission Interval

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