When A Received Signal Contains Position Data; Checking Your Location; Ddisplaying Position Data - Icom IC-705 Advanced Manual

12. GPS OPERATION (ADVANCED)
When a received signal
contains position data

When a received signal contains position data,

the caller's position data is displayed in the RX
position screen.
See to the right for details.
Example: When the signal from JG3LUK
contains position data.
When you receive the signal, the RX
position data is displayed in the RX
position window.
After a few seconds, the window disappears.
When the received signal contains
position data, the RX position icon is
displayed, as shown above.
L If you touch the RX position icon, the
RX position window is displayed again.
LYou can turn OFF the caller's position data display.
» SET > Display > RX Position Display
LYou can turn OFF the RX position icon indication.
» SET > Display > RX Position Indicator
RX position icon

Checking your location

You can check your current location.
This section is described using received position
data.
LThe screens are just examples.

DDisplaying Position Data

1. Push in the standby mode.
2. Touch "GPS Position."
• Opens the GPS POSITION screen.
3. Rotate
• Changes between the MY (My position), RX
(Received position), MEM (GPS Memory
position), or ALM (GPS Alarm position) screen.
The displayed icon depends on the type of
screen (MY, RX, MEM, or ALM).
4. To close the GPS POSITION screen, push
.
NOTE: Latitude, longitude, and altitude data may
differ, depending on your received GPS signal.
TIP:
• If you transmit with the GPS POSITION screen
open, the screen closes. To check the location,
push , and then touch "GPS Position" while
transmitting.
• On the MY screen or RX screen, you can enter the
displayed position information in a GPS Memory
by pushing
• See page 12-19 about the GPS Memory function
and see page 12-24 about the GPS Alarm function
for more details.
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and touching "GPS Memory."