D About The Course; D About The Grid Locator; D Changing The Gps Memory Or Alarm - Icom IC-905 Advanced Manual

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GPS OPERATION (ADVANCED)
Checking your location

D About the Course

The course displayed on the GPS POSITION screens
is indicated in degrees.
315°
W
270°
225°

D About the Grid Locator

Grid Locator (GL) is a position compressed into a 6
character code, calculated by the longitude and the
latitude position of the station.
The locator is simply calculated by dividing the earth's
surface into squares.
It is used to find the location of a transceiver station.
Field
PM74SO
Square
The grid locator map of Japan
PN
PM
0°
N
45°
E
90°
135°
S
180°
Subsquare
140°
14
04 24
QN
03 13 23
02 12 22
01 11 21
40°
20
00
10
09
08
07
QM
06
05
04
03
02
01

D Changing the GPS Memory or Alarm

You can change the GPS Memory or GPS Alarm in
the GPS POSITION screen.
1� While selecting the MEM screen or ALM screen,
push �
2� Touch "GPS Memory Select," or touch "Alarm
Select."
MEM screen
ALM screen
3� Select the GPS Memory or GPS Alarm to display
on the GPS POSITION screen.
L Adding or editing a GPS Memory: p. 9-19
L Setting the GPS Alarm: p. 9-24
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