D About Each Setting Item - Icom ID-31A PLUS Advanced Manual

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GPS OPERATION
Transmitting D-PRS data

D About each setting item

Unproto Address
Displays an unproto address of up to 56 alphanumeric
characters.
NOTE: You should use the default address, and
editing is not recommended.
Symbol
Select the symbol that indicates your operating
situation. The selected Symbol channel's Symbol
(1 ~ 4) is transmitted with position data.
L See "Selectable Symbol list." (p. 5-15)
TIP: To change the Symbol
1� Select a Symbol channel you want to edit.
L Do not push [ENT].
2� Push [QUICK].
3� Select "Edit Symbol."
4� Select a Symbol.
• Sets the Symbol into the Symbol channel.
SSID
Select an SSID based on APRS
sign, to show your operating style to other stations.
The addition methods of the SSID differ, depending on
whether the call sign includes a space or not.
• ---: The space in call sign is converted to "-."
L If no text is entered after the space, the space
will be deleted, and the space is not converted
to "-."
Example: JA3YUA → JA3YUA
JA3YUA A → JA3YUA-A
• (-0): No SSID is added.
L If a call sign includes a space, any text or digit
after the space will be deleted.
Example: JA3YUA → JA3YUA
JA3YUA A → JA3YUA
• -1~-15: Adds an SSID of -1 to -15 to your call sign.
L Example: SSID is "-9."
JA3YUA → JA3YUA-9
JA3YUA A → JA3YUA-9
• -A~-Z: Adds an SSID of -A to -Z to your call sign.
L Example: SSID is "-Z."
JA3YUA → JA3YUA-Z
JA3YUA A → JA3YUA-Z
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to add to your call
TIP: About the SSID
To assist in identifying a station's type, designated
call sign SSIDs are used in D-PRS (or APRS
according to a common guideline.
The guideline may be changed when the
infrastructure environment, such as a product
or network, is changed. Please check the latest
guideline in the web site related to D-PRS and
APRS ® , and correctly set.
http://aprs.org/aprs11/SSIDs.txt
Comment
Enter a comment to transmit it with the D-PRS
position data. You can enter up to 4 comments. The
number of characters you can enter differs, depending
on the Altitude and Data Extension settings�
( MENU > GPS > GPS TX Mode > D-PRS (DV-A) >
Altitude, Data Extension)
Data Extension
OFF
OFF
Course/Speed
Course/Speed
The symbol " " displays the transmittable comment
range. Note that the characters that exceed the range
are not transmitted.
Transmittable comment range display
(In case of up to 28 characters)
5-13
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Characters
entered
Altitude
(Maximum)
43 (Default)
OFF
35
ON
36
OFF
28
ON