D Setting The Display Type (Main/Sub); D About The Course; D About The Grid Locator - Icom IC-9700 Advanced Manual

8. GPS OPERATION (ADVANCED)
Checking your position

D Setting the display type (MAIN/SUB)

You can select the display type for the RX screen.
1. While selecting the RX screen, push
2. Touch "Display Select(MAIN/SUB)."
3. Touch the desired option.
• Latest (MAIN/SUB):
The last received station's position
information is displayed.
• MAIN: The position information of the station
received on the MAIN band is displayed.
• SUB: The position information of the station
received on the SUB band is displayed.
L When you select "MAIN" or "SUB," "(MAIN)" or
"(SUB)" is displayed next to "RX."

D About the Course

The course displayed on the GPS POSITION screens
are indicated in degrees.
315°
W
270°
225°
QUICK
0°
N
45°
E
90°
135°
S
180°

D About the Grid Locator

Grid Locator (GL) is a position compressed into a 6
character code, calculated by the longitude and the
. latitude.
The locator is simply calculated by dividing the earth
surface into squares.
It is used to find the area of a transceiver station.
Field
PM74SO
The grid locator map of Japan
8-7
Square Subsquare
140°
04 14 24
PN
QN
13
03 23
12
02 22
01 11 21
20
00
10
09
08
PM
07
06 QM
05
04
03
02
01
40°