Setting Packet Filter; Storing User Phrases; Storing Auto Message Reply - Kenwood TH-D74A User Manual

SETTING PACKET FILTER

Position Limit
If APRS is popular in your area, you may receive too many
APRS packets for a short period. If this disturbs your APRS
activities, specify a distance from your location. You will not
receive APRS packets from stations beyond this distance.
Select the range from 10 to 2500 in steps of 10, plus OFF
(default). The unit is mile or kilometer depending on the
selection in Menu No. 970.
1 Access Menu No. 550.
2 Select [Off], [10], [20] ... [2490], or [2500]. (The unit
selected in Menu No. 970
Packet Filter Type
1 Access Menu No. 551.
2 Select [Weather], [Digipeater], [Mobile], [Object],
[NAVITRA], [1-WAY], and/or [Others].
3 Press [ENT].
Each press adds or removes a check mark.
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.
is used.)
(Speed, Distance)

STORING USER PHRASES

This function (clipboard image) allows you to paste phrases
into the APRS message compilation mode. You can create
up to 20 phrases each of which can consist of up to 32
characters.
1 Access Menu No. 560.
2 Select the message number.
3 Press [A/B].
4 Enter the phrases.
• The user phrase function can only be used in the
message compilation mode.
• Before a message is copied, the number of letters
cannot be guaranteed. Only the number of letters
available will be copied, the remainder will be truncated.
• To copy a message, enter message compilation mode,
press [F] to enter function mode, then press [1] (Paste
1), [2] (Paste 2), [3] (Paste 3), [4] (Paste 4), [5] (Paste
5), [6] (Paste 6), [7] (Paste 7), [8] (Paste 8) or [9]
(Paste 9) 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.
Auto Reply
1 Access Menu No. 561.
2 Select [On] or [Off].
• "AA:", meaning "Auto Answer message", is
automatically added to the beginning of all auto-
reply messages. This has been added, based on the
recommendations of "APRS SPEC Addendum 1.1".
Refer to http://aprs.org/aprs11.html for details.
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