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VX-8R OPERATING MANUAL90

APRS

OPERATION

TRANSMIT AN APRS MESSAGE

1. Press the key several times until the APRS MESSAGE

screen appears on the display.

2. Press the key to enter the “EDIT” mode.

3. Any previously stored message may be cleared using the

following procedures.

1) Press the key

2) Press the the / key to select the “

ALL CLEARALL CLEAR

ALL CLEAR”.

3) Press the key.

4. Enter the callsign (with SSID) of the station you wish to

contact using the / key pad (select the cursor) or

turn the DIAL knob (select the number/letter).

5. When you have completed entering the callsign (and SSID),

press the key briefly.

6. Enter the message using the / key pad (select the

cursor) or turn the DIAL knob (select the number/letter).

Available length is up to 67 characters. You may add/delete

a message/character using the following procedure.

a. If you want to add a previously stored message (determined through APRS/GPS

Set Mode item

6: APRS MSG TXT6: APRS MSG TXT

6: APRS MSG TXT; see next page), press the / key to

select the “

MSG TXT 1MSG TXT 1

MSG TXT 1” through “

MSG TXT 5MSG TXT 5

MSG TXT 5” then press the key.

b. If you want to delete the message after the cursor, press the / key to select

“

CLEARCLEAR

CLEAR” then press the key.

c. If you want to add a character, press the / key to select “

INSERTINSERT

INSERT” then

press the key.

7. When the message entry is complete, press the key to

transmit the message and return to the APRS MESSAGE

screen. The transmitted message is stored into the APRS

MESSAGE screen.

8. When an acknowledgment packet (“ack”) is received, the

beeper will sound and “¿” icon will appear on the display.

If an acknowledgment packet (“ack”) is not received, the

APRS message is transmitted repeatedly five times, once

each minute.

9. The remaining number of transmissions of the message is shown on the display. When

there is no acknowledgment packet

(“ack”) even if the APRS message

transmits five times, the “

” (pe-

riod) icon (on the APRS MES-

SAGE screen) or “

TXOUTTXOUT

TXOUT” notation (on the Detailed Message screen) will appear on