Kenwood RC-D710 - Manual (Page 48)

APRS-8
ENTERING A MESSAGE
To transmit a message, first enter the callsign of the target
station. To transmit a bulletin, enter “BLN#” instead; where
# must be 0 to 9 or A to Z. When the length of your bulletin
exceeds 64 digits, you may transmit more than one packet
to send the entire bulletin. Use # to indicate the sequence
of the bulletin portions. For example, enter “BLN0” (or
“BLNA”) to send the first packet, then “BLN1” (or “BLNB”)
to send the second packet.
1 Press [KEY], [MSG].
2 Press [NEW] or [REPLY].
• The display for entering a callsign appears; the first digit
blinks. (When you press [REPLY], not necessarily)
[BACK]: Cancels entry of a callsign.
[ ←]: Causes the cursor to move backward.
[INS]: Inserts the currently selected character.
[CLR]: Deletes the digit at which the cursor is blinking.
3 Rotate the Tuning control to select the first digit.
• You can enter 0 to 9, A to Z, and –.
4 Press the Tuning control.
• The cursor moves to the next digit.
5 Rotate the Tuning control to complete the setting.
• The display for entering a message appears; the first digit
blinks.
[SPACE]: Inserts a space
• To copy a message, enter message compilation mode,
press [F] to enter function mode, then press [PASTE1],
[PASTE2], [PASTE3], or [PASTE4] to copy the message
that has been set up for each key.
[ALLCLR]: Clears all digits and backs the cursor to the
first digit.
6 Rotate the Tuning control to select the first digit.
• You can enter alphanumeric characters plus special
ASCII characters.
7 Press the Tuning control.
• The cursor moves to the next digit.
8 Repeat steps 6 and 7 to enter up to 67 digits.
9 Press the Tuning control to complete the setting.
The keypad on the microphone also is available to enter
alphanumeric characters in steps 3 and 6.
ACCESSING RECEIVED APRS MESSAGES
This transceiver is capable of storing a maximum of 100
messages in memory. You can easily access one of
those.
1 Press [KEY], [MSG].
• The newer message the smaller number assigned; the
latest message is assigned 1.
[POS]: Displays the latest position data of the
current station, if stored in memory.
2 Rotate the Tuning control to select the desired
message using the cursor (s).
3 Press the Tuning control.
• If you select an incoming message, the following display
appears:
[BACK]: Restores the list of messages.
[NEW]: Create a new message.
[REPLY]: Responds to the party from whom you
received. Enters into message setting.
[SEND]: Messages in the list that have not been
sent are transmitted.
[POS]: The position data of the transmitting station
is displayed (if the station data is available).
[COPY]: Copies the GPS position data to Menu No.
605 (MY POSITION).
[N/H]: Switches between North up and Heading up.
[ SET]: Sets the date and time from the GPS
receiver to the internal clock.
[CLR]: Deletes the current message.
• If you select one of your outgoing messages, the following
display appears:
[BACK]: Restores the list of messages.
[NEW]: Create a new message.
[EDIT]: Allows you to edit the transmitted message.
[SEND]: All messages which can be transmitted will
be sent 1 time.
[RE-TX]: When pressed for a message assigned
a period (.), resets the retry counter to 5 more
transmissions.
[CLR]: Cancels further transmissions of the current
message.