Position Comment; Status Text - Kenwood TH-D74A User Manual

POSITION COMMENT

The APRS data which you transmit always includes one
of the 15 predetermined position comments. Select an
appropriate comment depending on your situation.
Selecting a Position Comment
1 Access Menu No. 502.
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
appears. Press [A/B] again.
ATTENTION
◆ When it is unnecessary, never select [EMERGENCY!].
When an emergency signal is received using APRS, the
Emergency Alarm on all stations will sound.

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.
Storing Status Text
1 Access Menu 503.
2 Select a status text number.
• Press [A/B] to mark the currently used status text with <
>.
3 Select the proportion of times to transmit the status text
when the APRS beacon is transmitted. You can select [Off]
or [1/1] ~ [1/8].
• 1/X means the status text will be transmitted X number
of times.
4 Enter your status text.
Setting the Data Band Frequency
Set the data band frequency to the APRS network frequency.
The default setting of the data band is band A.
You can change the data band to band B by Menu No. 506.
Note:
◆ The APRS network frequency will depend on what region of the
world you are operating as follows:
North America: 144.390 MHz, Europe: 144.800 MHz
Australia: 145.175 MHz, New Zealand: 144.575 MHz
Argentina: 144.930 MHz, Brazil: 145.570 MHz
Japan: 144.640 MHz (9600 bps)/ 144.660 MHz (1200 bps)
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