Receiving Aprs Data; Accessing Received Aprs Data - Kenwood TM-D710A Manual

RECEIVING APRS DATA

Each time a new APRS packet is received, the frequency
display is interrupted to show information as below:
Position comment (or status text)
• The received APRS packet may include information on an
object such as a hurricane or tornado. In this case, the name
of the object appears instead of a call sign.
• Press [DETAIL] to access further information.
• To restore the frequency display, press [ESC] or just wait for
approximately 10 seconds.
Note:
u When you receive an APRS packet including an "EMERGENCY"
comment, a different format of display from the above will appear
and a different beep will sound.
u When you receive an APRS position packet that you transmitted,
the frequency display is not interrupted. "MY POSITION"
will appear on the display. This could happen when one or
more digipeaters are used. If you receive a message that you
transmitted, "MY MESSAGE" will appear.
If a received packet does not include new (or proper)
APRS data, the frequency display is not interrupted. An
indicator such as "dP" appears depending on the types of
data. See the table.
Indicator
dP Duplicate position comment
nP New position data
oP Other position
>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? Request for sending information
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?? Packet that cannot be decoded
dD Duplicated DX cluster data
nD New DX cluster data
The transceiver automatically transmits the appropriate
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information in approximately 2 minutes after receiving a request.
Note:
u The APRS programs for PCs have entry fields for a position
comment and status text. The data entered to these two fields are
transmitted as separate packets. This transceiver, however, includes
both of a position comment and status text in one packet to transmit.
u This transceiver beeps each time it receives any type of APRS
packet. You may access Menu 624 (AUDIO - RX BEEP) to
change this setting. The default is "ALL".
Meaning

ACCESSING RECEIVED APRS DATA

This transceiver is capable of receiving and storing APRS
data received from up to 100 stations in memory. You can
easily recall the information of the desired station.
1 Press [KEY], [LIST].
• The list of stations appears.
• The numbers beside the call signs indicate the order in
which data is received. The data received last is assigned
1.
[TOP]: Displays the list of the fast 5 stations.
[5↑]: Displays the list of the previous 5 stations.
[5↓]: Displays the list of the next 5 stations.
[ESC]: Restores the frequency display.
[SORT]: To select the sort function
[FILTER]: To select the filter function
[MSG]: Allows message entry to the current station.
[TUNE]: Set the QSY frequency (APRS only).
[CLR]: Deletes the current station.
• Press [F].
[POS.RQ]: Request position.
[ALLCLR]: Deletes all stations.
• When you press [ALLCLR], "CLEAR ALL?" appears with
the message. Press the Tuning Control to clear all.
2 Rotate the Tuning control to select the desired station
using the cursor ( ).
3 Press the Tuning control.
• The information of the selected station appears.
[BACK]: Restores the list of stations.
[MSG]: Allows message entry to the current station.
[←]: Displays the previous page.
[→]: Displays the next page.
[TUNE]: Set the QSY frequency (APRS only).
[CLR]: Deletes the entire information of the current station.
Note:
u When data from the 101st station is received, the oldest data in
memory is replaced by that data.
u Each time a new APRS packet is received from the same station,
the old data from that station (in memory) is replaced by new
data.
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