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Transmitting APRS
®
beacons
Transmitting a beacon manually
1
Press the [
F
MENU
] → Touch [
BCN-TX
] (to display the frequency screen).
Touch followed by [
BEACON TX
] in the APRS STATION LIST screen and APRS
STATION LIST detail screen.
When transmitting a beacon automatically, set the following “Beacon manual / auto
transmission switch” to “AUTO” or “SMART”.
Tips
• If the [DUP.BCN] setting under [
APRS
] → [
10 APRS RINGER
] is set to ON in the Setup Menu, a “Pee
po po...” alarm will sound when your own station beacon relayed to a digipeater is received.
• When using the GPS function in APRS operations, be sure to check that [
APRS
]
→ [
24 MY POSITION
]
is set to “GPS”. A beacon cannot be transmitted if GPS data cannot be captured.
Switching between automatic and manual beacon transmission
This sets the APRS beacon to auto / manual transmission.
1
Press the [
F
MENU
] → Touch [
S.LIST
].
The APRS STATION LIST screen will be displayed.
2
Touch followed by [
BEACON
]
Each time the [
BEACON
] is touched, the setting will switch between “MANUAL”,
“AUTO” and “SMART”.
This is a short-cut to [
APRS
]
→ [
16 BEACON TX
] in the Setup Menu.
No display (MANUAL):
Only when
and [
BEACON TX
] are
touched will the APRS beacon of your own
station be transmitted (with the default
settings).
Touch [
F
MENU
] followed by [
BCN-TX
] in
the frequency screen.
appears (AUTO):
Automatically transmit the APRS beacon
of your own station at a 5-minute interval.*
1
appears (SMART):
Transmit automatically with the
SmartBeaconing™ function.*
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*1: The beacon transmit interval can be changed in the APRS set mode with the [
APRS
] →
[
14 BEACON INTERVAL
] setting.
*2: Refer to page 26 on the details of the SmartBeaconing™ function.
This setting can be selected only when the status setting of [
APRS
] → [
27 SmartBeaconing
]
in the
Setup Menu is set to TYPE 1 - TYPE 3, and [
APRS
] → [
24 MY POSITION
] is set to GPS.
Tip
The data transmission delay time can be changed using the [
APRS
] → [
12 APRS TX DELAY
] setting
in the Setup Menu.