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APRS – 12
Q Longitude Entry
Access Menu 363.
<Menu 3W0: “dd°mm.mm’ ”>
<Menu 3W0: “dd°mm’ss.s” ”>
The east/ west longitude is entered.
SETTING BEACON INFORMATION
Q Speed Information
Access Menu 370.
Select whether or not to transmit speed information
when using APRS data communications.
Q Altitude Information
Access Menu 371.
Select whether or not to transmit altitude information
when using APRS data communications.
• When the beacon type is “NAVITRA”, this information will
not appear on the display.
Q Position Ambiguity
Access Menu 372.
There may be cases where you do not know or do
not want to report your precise locations. For position
data, you can select the number of digits not to be
included in your packets. Select 1 to 4, or Off (default).
The table shows how the digits are cleared.
OFF 1-Digit 2-Digit 3-Digit 4-Digit
33°50.43 33°50.4 33°50. 33°5X. 33° .
118°13.72
118°13.7 118°13. 118°1X. 118° .
• When the beacon type is “NAVITRA”, this information will
not appear on the display.
SELECTING A POSITION COMMENT
Access Menu 380.
The APRS data which you transmit always includes one
of the 15 predetermined position comments. Select an
appropriate comment depending on your situation.
The selectable comments are listed below:
“Off Duty”, “Enroute”, “In Service”, “Returning”,
“Committed”, “Special”, “PRIORITY”, “CUSTOM 0 ~
CUSTOM 6” or “EMERGENCY!”
• If you select “EMERGENCY!”, a confirmation message
appears. Press
[
OK] again.
ATTENTION:
When it is unnecessary, do not select
“EMERGENCY!”. When an emergency signal is
received using APRS, the Emergency Alarm on all
stations will sound.