Kenwood TM-D710E Instruction Manual

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APRS-13SELECTING YOUR STATION ICONEnter Menu mode and access Menu 610.Select an icon which will be displayed on the monitorsof other stations as your ID. You may select an icondepending on your current location.It is important that the icon conveys the operational statusof the station as well as the SSID. You can display andset the following icons for the TM-D710.KENWOOD (\K) Eyeball (/E)Lighthouse (\L) School (/K)Satellite (\S) PC user (/L)SUNNY (\U) Balloon (/O)RADIO (\Y) Police (/P)ARRL (\a) RV (/R)RACES (\c) SHUTTLE (/S)Gale Flags (\g) SSTV (/T)HAM store (\h) Sailboat (/Y)WorkZone (\j) Person (/[)Speedpost (ValueSingpost) (\m) DF station (/\)Triangle (\n) WX (Weather station) (/_)Small circle (\o) Dish Antenna (/`)Tornado (\t) Bicycle (/b)Wreck (\x) HOSPITAL (/h)Sheriff (/!) Jeep (/j)Digipeater (/#) Truck (/k)GATEway (/&) Mic-E Repeater (/m)Aircraft (/') Node (/n)Red Cross (/+) ROVER (/p)Home (/-) QSO Repeater (/r)X (/.) Boat (/s)Red Dot (//) Truck (18-wheeler) (/u)Fire (/:) Van (/v)Portable (Tent) (/;) Big Question Mark (\.)Motorcycle (/<) IRLP/EchoLink (\0)REILROAD ENGIN (/=) APRStt (\A)Car (/>)BBS (/B)Canoe (/C)APRS supports approximately 200 icons. It allows users toselect each icon by specifying a combination of two ASCIIcodes, for example, ! and /. One is a symbol code, andthe other is a table identification code (either /or \). If youselect “OTHERS”, use the following procedures:1 Rotate the Tuning control to select a symbol code,then press the Tuning control.2 Rotate the Tuning control to select a tableidentification code, then press the Tuning control.• Overlay Icon SettingFor example, to set the Digipeater icon to the letter “S”,select “OTHERS” under the icon type menu, select “#”under “SYMBOL”, then select “S” under “TABLE”.Note:◆ APRS icon codes (symbols/tables) are sometimes updated.Please refer to the following official APRS website (as of April2013):http://www.aprs.org/symbols/symbolsX.txthttp://aprs.org/symbols/symbols-new.txt◆ Set an icon that represents your operational status. (For example,setting an Aircraft icon or Balloon icon to a fixed station will causeconfusion when a station receives a beacon.)