Kenwood TM-D710GE - Manual (Page 3)

Table of Contents
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Prologue
Amateurs Building the New Global Communications Network ....1
APRS Action ...............................................................................1
New Technology Expands Amateur Radio Versatility ..................1
01 APRS Operations (Written by Bob Bruninga, WB4APR)
APRS Overview ..........................................................................2
History ................................................................................................ 2
Local Information Exchange ................................................................ 2
Mobile Information Resource .............................................................. 2
Situational Awareness ......................................................................... 3
Participation ........................................................................................ 3
Ubiquitous Operations ................................................................3
APRS Global Internet System .....................................................4
KENWOOD Contributions ...........................................................4
APRS in the Field ........................................................................5
Other Data Entry Stations ...........................................................6
02 Preparations for using APRS
What Do I Need to Configure? ....................................................7
Configuration ..............................................................................8
Built‑in Clock ....................................................................................... 8
MY CALLSIGN .................................................................................... 9
BEACON TYPE ................................................................................... 9
DATA BAND ........................................................................................ 9
PACKET SPEED ............................................................................... 10
My Position ....................................................................................... 10
Using an External GPS Receiver ............................................................10
Not Using an External GPS Receiver .....................................................10
Entering Your Position Manually when not Using the GPS Information ...10
POSITION COMMENT ..................................................................... 11
STATUS TEXT ................................................................................... 11
APRS ICON ...................................................................................... 12
Method of BEACON Transmission .................................................... 12
PACKET PATH .................................................................................. 12
SOUND ............................................................................................. 13
Setting the APRS Channel ................................................................ 13
03 GPS
What is GPS? ...........................................................................14
Position Determination Principle ....................................................... 14
Datum (Geodetic Survey System) ..................................................... 14
GPS and APRS Position Format ............................................................15
GPS Receivers .........................................................................15
Garmin GPS18xPC ........................................................................... 15
AvMap G5/G6 ................................................................................... 16
Other GPS Receivers ........................................................................ 16
Settings for Geodetic Survey System ................................................ 16
Internal GPS (TM‑D710GA/GE only) ................................................ 16
GPS Satellite Information Display (TM‑D710GA/GE only) ................ 17
Automatic Adjustment of the Built‑in Clock ....................................... 17
North Up and Heading Up ................................................................. 18
NMEA Sentence Output (TM‑D710GA/GE only)............................... 19
Log Function (TM‑D710GA/GE only) ................................................ 20
Mark Waypoint (TM‑D710GA/GE only) ............................................. 23
Target Point (TM‑D710GA/GE only) .................................................. 23
SBAS (TM‑D710GA/GE only) ........................................................... 24
04 APRS Software for Your PC
UI‑View32 .................................................................................25
Introduction to UI‑View32 .................................................................. 25
Connecting a PC ............................................................................... 26
How to Configure UI-View32 ............................................................. 26
Available APRS‑related Software ..............................................28
05 APRS in Action
Let’s Go Mobile .........................................................................29
Summary .......................................................................................... 29
Automatic Reply Function ......................................................................29
Voice Announcement Mode ...................................................................29
Entering Characters ...............................................................................29
Decay Algorithm Function ................................................................. 30
Proportional Pathing Function ........................................................... 30
Simultaneously using Decay Algorithm and Proportional Pathing ..... 31
SmartBeaconing (Written by Steve Bragg, KA9MVA) ....................... 31
Variable Rate Beaconing (Transmission Interval Changes
with Speed) ............................................................................................31
Corner Pegging (Transmission after Heading Change) ..........................33
Operation Example ................................................................................35
QSY Function .................................................................................... 35
Transmitting QSY Information .................................................................35
Receiving QSY Information ....................................................................37
QSY Functions and EchoLink .................................................................37
Message Function ............................................................................. 37
Automatic Reply Message .....................................................................37
Message Speech Synthesis ...................................................................38
TX Beep .................................................................................................38
Base Station (Weather Station) .................................................39
Using Meteorological Equipment ...................................................... 39
Davis Instruments Corp. .........................................................................39
Peet Bros. Company, Inc. .......................................................................40
06 APRS Networks
Servers .....................................................................................41
IGate .........................................................................................41
Let’s Send Email .......................................................................42
Sending Email with the TM‑D710 and RC‑D710 ............................... 42
Digipeaters (Digital Repeaters) .................................................43
UIDIGI ............................................................................................... 44
UIFLOOD .......................................................................................... 44
UITRACE .......................................................................................... 44
Configuration Examples (U.S.A.) ...................................................... 45
Proper Configuration (Written by Bob Bruninga, WB4APR) .............. 46
Packet Path ...............................................................................47
New‑N Paradigm ............................................................................... 47
RELAY Paradigm .............................................................................. 47
STATE/ SECTION/ REGION ............................................................. 47
Using APRS and EchoLink Simultaneously ..............................48
Transmitting Node Information .......................................................... 48