When A Received Signal Contains Position Data; Checking Your Location; D Displaying Position Data - Icom IC-905 Advanced Manual

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GPS OPERATION (ADVANCED)
When a received signal
contains position data
When a received signal contains position data, the
caller's position data is displayed in the RX position
screen.
Refer to the right for details.
Example: When the signal from JG3LUK contains
position data�
When you receive the signal, the RX
position data is displayed in the RX
position window.
After a few seconds, the window disappears.
When the received signal contains position
data, the RX position icon is displayed, as
shown above.
L If you touch the RX position icon, the RX
position window is displayed again.
L You can turn OFF the caller's position data display.
» SET > Display > RX Position Display
L You can turn OFF the RX position icon indication.
» SET > Display > RX Position Indicator
RX position icon

Checking your location

You can check your current location.
This section is described using received position data.
L The screens are just examples.

D Displaying Position Data

1� Push in the standby mode.
2� Touch "GPS Position."
• Opens the GPS POSITION screen.
3� Rotate
• Changes between the MY (My position), RX
(Received position), MEM (GPS Memory position), or
ALM (GPS Alarm position) screen.
The displayed icon depends on the type of screen
(MY, RX, MEM, or ALM).
4� To close the GPS POSITION screen, push
NOTE: Latitude, longitude, and altitude data may
differ, depending on your received GPS signal.
TIP:
• If you transmit with the GPS POSITION screen open,
the screen closes. To check the location, push
and then touch "GPS Position" while transmitting.
• On the MY screen or RX screen, you can enter the
displayed position information in a GPS Memory by
pushing and touching "GPS Memory."
• See page 9-19 about the GPS Memory function and
see page 9-24 about the GPS Alarm function for more
details.
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