Kenwood TH-D7A(G) Instruction Manual

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16SELECTING PACKET TRANSMIT INTERVALYou can change the interval for automatically transmittingAPRS data. Access Menu 2–D (TX INTERVAL) andselect 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20, or 30 minutes. Thedefault is 5 minutes.Note:uWith “AUTO” in Menu 2–C and Beacon ON, pressing [OK] tocomplete the setting causes the APRS data to be immediatelytransmitted. After that, APRS data is transmitted at intervals of theselected period.uWhile signals are present, APRS data is not transmitted after theinterval. Approximately 2 seconds after signals drop, transmitting isexecuted.SELECTING PACKET TRANSMIT DELAYIf necessary, adjust the time delay between keying up of thetransmitter and the start of APRS data to the transmitter.Increase this delay, for example, when recipients miss theinitial part of your packets and thus fail to decode the data.Access Menu 2–P (TX DELAY) and select 100, 200, 300,400, 500, 750, or 1000 msec. The default is 500 msec.SELECTING STATUS TEXT TRANSMIT RATEA long status text string can double the size and length of theAPRS packet. Access Menu 2–A and specify how frequentlystatus text is included in APRS packets to be transmitted.The selectable range is 1/1 to 1/8 and OFF (default). If youselect 1/3 for example, status text is included in your packetsonce every 3 times; accordingly stations who receive yourpackets will see your status text once every 3 times.RESTRICTING RECEPTION OF APRS DATAIf APRS is popular in your country, you may receive toomany APRS packets for a short period. If this disturbsyour APRS activities, specify a distance from yourlocation. You will not receive APRS data from stationsbeyond this distance. Access Menu 2–7 (POS LIMIT)and select the range from 10 to 2500 in steps of 10, plusOFF (default). The unit is mile or kilometer dependingon the selection in Menu 2–H (mile/km) {page 7}.STSTA CONCON 9696 BCONDUP975STSTA CONCON 9696 BCONDUP975STSTA CONCON 9696 BCONDUP975STSTA CONCON 9696 BCONDUP975