Kenwood TM-D710GA, Instruction Manual

Page 1: ...INSTRUCTION MANUAL 144 440 MHz FM DUAL BANDER TM D710GA 144 430 MHz FM DUAL BANDER TM D710GE Version 1 01 ...

Page 2: ...IT REPEATER FREQUENCIES 2 Call Channel Memory Odd Split 2 RECALLING A MEMORY CHANNEL 2 Memory Recall Method 2 CLEARING A MEMORY CHANNEL 2 NAMING A MEMORY CHANNEL 3 MEMORY TO VFO TRANSFER 3 CHANNEL DISPLAY FUNCTION 3 PROGRAMMABLE MEMORY PM PM APPLICATION EXAMPLES 1 STORING DATA IN PM CHANNELS 2 RECALLING PM CHANNELS 2 AUTO PM CHANNEL STORE 2 PM CHANNEL RESET 2 SCAN SCAN SELECTING A SCAN RESUME METH...

Page 3: ...smitting EchoLink Memory 1 Selecting a Transmit Speed 2 SETTING UP EchoLink SYSOP MODE 2 OTHER OPERATIONS OTHER OP SELECTING AN OUTPUT POWER 1 MASKING A BAND 1 KEY BEEP 1 Beep Volume 1 EXTERNAL SPEAKER CONFIGURATION 2 PROGRAMMABLE VFO 2 CHANGING THE FREQUENCY STEP SIZE 2 SWITCHING FM AM MODE 3 ADVANCED INTERCEPT POINT AIP 3 S METER SQUELCH 3 Squelch Hang up Time 3 SPEAKER MUTE 3 Mute Hang up Time ...

Page 4: ...ETUP 3 Record Method RECORD METHOD 3 Interval Time INTERVAL 3 Distance DISTANCE 3 TARGET POINT 4 MARK WAY POINT 4 Mark Way Point List 5 Copying the Mark Way Point to the Target Point 5 Detailed Display of a Mark Waypoint 5 PACKET PACKET 1 PACKET MODE 1 DATA BAND 2 COM PORT SPEED 2 USING EXTERNAL TNC 2 External Data Band 2 DATA Terminal Speed 2 SQC Output Setting 2 TNC COMMANDS LIST 3 APRS APRS CON...

Page 5: ...0 PROGRAMMING POSITION DATA 10 Select Position channel 10 Name Entry NAME 10 Latitude Entry LATITUDE 10 Longitude Entry LONGITUDE 10 SETTING BEACON INFORMATION 10 Speed Information SPEED 10 Altitude Information ALTITUDE 10 Position Ambiguity POSITION AMBIGUITY 10 SELECTING A POSITION COMMENT 11 STORING STATUS TEXT 11 Text TEXT 11 Text Transmit Frequency TX RATE 11 QSY FUNCTION 11 QSY Transmission ...

Page 6: ...AREA 19 Automatic Brightness AUTO BRIGHTNESS 19 Change Color CHANGE COLOR 19 Interrupt Time INTERRUPT TIME 19 SELECTING A DISPLAY UNIT 1 20 Speed Distance SPEED DISTANCE 20 Altitude Rainfall ALTITUDE RAIN 20 Temperature TEMPERATURE 20 SELECTING A DISPLAY UNIT 2 20 Latitude longitude POSITION 20 Grid Format GRID FORMAT 20 SELECTING A NAVITRA GROUP 20 Group Mode GROUP MODE 20 Enter Group Code GROUP ...

Page 7: ... TM D710GA ONLY CROSS BAND REP REPEATER OPERATION MODE 1 REPEATER TX HOLD 1 REPEATER ID TX 1 Entering your Repeater ID 1 WIRELESS OPERATION TM D710GA ONLY WIRELESS OP PREPARATION 1 CONTROL OPERATION 1 WEATHER ALERT TM D710GA ONLY WX WEATHER ALERT ON OFF 1 Weather Channel 1 WEATHER ALERT SCAN 1 SKY COMMAND SYSTEM II SKY CMD CONNECTING THE TRANSPORTER WITH THE HF TRANSCEIVER 1 PREPARATION FLOW 2 PRO...

Page 8: ...et frequency on the 144 MHz band is 600 kHz for all type versions The default on the 430 440 MHz band is 5 MHz 1 Select your desired band A or B 2 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 400 3 Set the appropriate offset frequency value The selectable range is from 00 00 MHz to 29 95 MHz in steps of 50 kHz Note After changing the offset frequency the new offset frequency will also be used by Automatic Repe...

Page 9: ... you have selected To obtain an up to date band plan for repeater offset direction contact your national Amateur Radio association 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 401 2 Set the ARO to ON 3 Press BAND SEL A to select the A band 4 Press VFO to select VFO mode 5 Rotate the Tuning control to select your desired frequency 6 Press PTT to start a call You will be transmitting on an offset frequency val...

Page 10: ...AUTOMATIC SIMPLEX CHECKER ASC While using a repeater ASC periodically monitors the strength of signals you receive directly from the other stations If the station s signal is strong enough to allow direct contact without a repeater the icon blinks Press REV 1s to turn the ASC ON When the ASC is ON the icon will appear on the display While direct contact is possible without the use of a repeater th...

Page 11: ...Yes Yes Memory channel name Yes Yes Modulation Demodulation mode Yes Yes STORING SIMPLEX AND STANDARD REPEATER FREQUENCIES 1 Press VFO to enter VFO mode 2 Rotate the Tuning control to select your desired frequency Additionally you can press the microphone UP DWN keys to select a frequency 3 Set up any additional data desired for the frequency Offset direction Tone ON OFF Tone frequency CTCSS ON OF...

Page 12: ...ds You cannot set a different frequency step size for the transmission and reception frequencies You cannot store the transmit offset status and Reverse status in an odd split Call channel RECALLING A MEMORY CHANNEL 1 Press MR to enter Memory Recall mode 2 Rotate the Tuning control to select your desired Memory channel Additionally you can press the microphone UP DWN keys to select a channel or yo...

Page 13: ...ess MR or CALL to enter Memory Recall mode or select the Call channel 2 Rotate the Tuning control to select your desired channel This step is not necessary when selecting the Call channel 3 Press F M V The entire contents of the Memory channel or Call channel are copied to the VFO and VFO mode is selected after the transfer is complete When copying a transmit frequency from an odd split Memory or ...

Page 14: ...ll mode Call Scan VFO MR MR mode Memory Scan KEY F Function mode Exit Function mode Key Lock Reset TONE REV Reverse ON OFF LOW MUTE Change output power Mute Change output power Change channel display PF1 Select the Weather channel TM D710GA PF2 Change control band default Tuning control Group Scan BAND SEL A A band Change Single Dual BAND SEL B B band Change Single Dual ...

Page 15: ...er each individual has personal preferences for how they like to set various functions You have to keep changing many settings each time you use the transceiver Solution Because 5 PM channels are available up to 5 persons can separately program the transceiver and store their customized environment Then each person can quickly change to his or her favorite settings simply by recalling a PM channel...

Page 16: ... the bottom of the display 4 Enter a channel number 1 to 5 corresponding to your desired PM channel The settings are stored in the PM channel RECALLING PM CHANNELS 1 Press PM PM channel numbers 1 to 5 and OFF appear on the bottom of the display 2 Enter a channel number 1 to 5 corresponding to your desired PM channel The settings stored in the PM channel are recalled The selected channel number app...

Page 17: ...ency or Memory channel on which a signal is detected It then continues scanning according to which resume mode you have selected You can choose one of the following modes The default is Time operated mode Time Operated mode The transceiver remains on a busy frequency or Memory channel for approximately 5 seconds and then continues to scan even if the signal is still present Carrier Operated mode T...

Page 18: ...els which belong to the specific group you are scanning The channels are grouped as follows Memory Group Channel Range Memory Group Channel Range 0 0 99 5 500 599 1 100 199 6 600 699 2 200 299 7 700 799 3 300 399 8 800 899 4 400 499 9 900 999 1 Press MR then rotate the Tuning control to select a channel in your desired group 2 Press the Tuning control 1s Scan starts at the current channel The 1 MH...

Page 19: ...can You can also press microphone UP DWN 5 To quit Program Scan press VFO again Note If the step size differs between the lower limit and upper limit VFO scan will begin instead of Program Scan If the current VFO frequency is within more than one Program Scan range the range stored in the smallest channel number is used MHz SCAN MHz Scan monitors a 1 MHz segment of the band using the current frequ...

Page 20: ...ress SET to use the changed operating frequency as the center frequency Press RESET to restore the previous operating frequency 5 To exit Visual Scan press ESC Note You cannot use the Visual Scan Function under the following circumstances When the APRS NAVITRA or Packet mode is turned ON When only 1 channel has been stored in the memory channels When using Weather Alert K models only If you start ...

Page 21: ...elow for the available frequencies To exit the CTCSS frequency selection press ESC 5 Press any key other than the Tuning control and ESC to complete the setting 6 When you are called The transceiver squelch opens only when the selected CTCSS tone is received When you make a call Press and hold PTT then speak into the microphone To cancel CTCSS press TONE until CT no longer appears on the display Y...

Page 22: ...gram the identified frequency Rotate the Tuning control while an identified frequency is blinking to resume scanning USING DCS 1 Select your desired band 2 Press TONE 3 times to activate the DCS function The icon appears on the display when the DCS function is ON Each press of TONE changes the selection as follows Tone CTCSS DCS Cross Tone default Off no display 3 Press F T SEL The current DCS cod...

Page 23: ...n also press microphone UP DWN To quit the scan press ESC When a DCS code is identified the identified code appears on the display and blinks 3 Press the Tuning control to program the identified code in place of the currently set DCS code The DCS function will remain ON To cancel DCS press TONE until DCS no longer appears on the display Press ESC if you do not want to program the identified code R...

Page 24: ...nd the first key pressing additional keys will keep the transceiver in transmit mode for 2 seconds Frequency Hz 1209 1336 1447 1633 697 1 2 3 A 770 4 5 6 B 852 7 8 9 C 941 0 D DTMF Hold Activate this function to remain in transmit mode after beginning to press keys when making a call 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 300 2 Set DTMF Hold to ON to continue transmitting when pressing keys Set this me...

Page 25: ...re code has scrolled across the display If no DTMF code is stored in the selected channel the frequency display is restored Selecting a Transmit Speed Some repeaters may not respond correctly if a DTMF code is transmitted at fast speed If this happens change the DTMF code transmission speed from FAST default to SLOW 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 302 2 Set the speed to FAST or SLOW Selecting a ...

Page 26: ...n and conference which are connected via EchoLink or the DTMF code of the control command etc are entered into the EchoLink code Transmitting EchoLink Memory 1 Press and hold the microphone PTT 2 While transmitting press the Tuning control The last called EchoLink DTMF Memory channel name and number appears on the display 3 While still transmitting rotate the Tuning control to select your desired ...

Page 27: ...EchoLinkSysopModeOFF PC terminal PC PC terminal PC TxD RxD TxD RxD RxD TxD RxD TxD SQC CTS RTS CTS PKS RTS CTS RTS GND GND GND GND Note When using EchoLink Sysop mode perform the following settings 1 4 1 Set the SQC output setting Menu No 921 to SQL 2 When unnecessary noise signals etc are sent from the link station to the internet while CTCSS and DCS are active use can verify the usage condition ...

Page 28: ...ant to hide or return to normal 4 Press the Tuning control to set the selected band 5 Rotate the Tuning control to set the band to select USE or MASK USE allows you to see and use the band as normal MASK hides the band on the display 6 Press the Tuning control to set the selection 7 Press the ESC to exit Note You cannot operate the masked band nor use it to receive or transmit KEY BEEP You can tur...

Page 29: ...control The lower frequency limit blinks 4 Rotate the Tuning control to select your desired lower frequency limit then press the Tuning control to set the selected value The upper frequency limit blinks 5 Rotate the Tuning control to select your desired upper frequency limit then press the Tuning control to set the selected value 6 Press ESC to exit Menu mode Note You cannot program the 100 kHz an...

Page 30: ...band A or right band B SQL control depending on which band you have selected The squelch will open only at the level you have selected for example level 9 Squelch Hang up Time When using S meter Squelch you may want to adjust the time interval between when the received signals drop and when the squelch closes 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 106 2 Set the hang up time to 125 250 or 500 ms or OFF ...

Page 31: ...ress CLR to clear the entire message if necessary DISPLAY ILLUMINATION You can manually change the display illumination to suit the lighting conditions where you are operating 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 901 2 Set your desired brightness level from 1 to 8 or OFF Auto Display Brightness When Auto Brightness is activated the display will light up every time a key is pressed 1 Enter Menu mode a...

Page 32: ...50 1750 Hz Tone M LIST Message list S LIST Station list MSG NEW REPLY POS P MONI BEACON DX WXi Frequency Direct Entry If the desired operating frequency is far from the current frequency using the microphone keypad is the quickest way to change the frequency One of the microphone PF keys must first be programmed as ENTER 1 Press the left or right BAND SEL to select band A or B then press VFO or CA...

Page 33: ...t speed 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 920 2 Set the PC port speed to 9600 19200 38400 or 57600 bps Turning the power ON OFF will change the port speed setting DISPLAY PARTITION BAR The partition bar that appears between bands A and B can be removed if desired 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 928 2 Set the partition bar display to ON or OFF POWER ON PASSWORD If power on password is activated y...

Page 34: ...ultiple signals from different satellites and performing this distance calculation multiple times the intersection of the spherical surfaces that represent the respective radius distances to the various satellites will determine a single point The precision of the determination of the intersecting point relies on the satellites and the data collected DATUM GEODETIC SURVEY SYSTEM The latitude and l...

Page 35: ... information a Sky view b 2D Latitude Longitude positioning 3D Latitude Longitude and Altitude positioning c Satellite signal strength bars The sky view shows the satellites you are receiving The satellite signal strength bars indicate the strength of each satellite you are receiving A solid bar indicates that the GPS satellite is ready for use When only the frame of the signal strength bar is dis...

Page 36: ...al input is Off Track Log All Clear 1 Press ALLCLR CLEAR ALL appears Press the Tuning Control to clear all Track Logs Overwriting the Track Log When the Track Log becomes full new data will begin overwriting the oldest Track Log data 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 502 2 Select ON or OFF Selecting ON will allow old data to be overwritten with new data LOG SETUP Enter Menu mode and access Menu 50...

Page 37: ... 2 POSITION dd mm mm Menu 627 DISPLAY UNIT 2 POSITION dd mm ss s MARK WAYPOINT You can register up to 100 points with the location s latitude longitude altitude time name and icon You can edit names and icons manually 1 Press MARK 1s to enter Mark Waypoint registration mode When registering a Mark Waypoint the following display appears for approximately 10 seconds 2 Press EDIT to enter Mark Waypoi...

Page 38: ...get Point 1 Rotate the Tuning control to select a Mark Waypoint 2 Press COPY to display the Target Point list 3 Select the Target Point 1 5 that you want to copy Deletes all Mark Waypoints 1 Press MARK to display the Mark Waypoint list The list of Mark waypoints appears 2 Rotate the Tuning control to select a Mark Waypoint 3 Press F 4 Press ALLCLR CLEAR ALL appears 5 Press the Tuning Control to cl...

Page 39: ...T Press TNC 2 times to enter PACKET mode The following indicators appear on the transceiver display to show the current TNC status Indicator Status PACKET The TNC is in Packet mode STA Packets to be transmitted still remain in the buffer CON The TNC is in connection with the target station MB The mailbox in the TNC is being accessed or connected by the other station MA The mailbox in the TNC holds...

Page 40: ... Terminal Speed Select 1200 or 9600 bps for the data transfer rate depending on TNC 1200 bps Transmit data input PKD sensitivity is 40 mVp p and input impedance is 10 k 9600 bps Transmit data input PKD sensitivity is 2 Vp p and input impedance is 10 k 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 919 2 Set the data speed to 1200 or 9600 bps SQC Output Setting You can set the condition for which the SQC output...

Page 41: ...H Specifies the interval from signal drop out until execution of disconnection The unit of the parameter is 10 seconds 0 250 30 CONMODE CONM With NOMODE set to OFF causes the TNC to automatically enter Converse or Transparent mode when connection is completed C T C CONNECT C Sends a connect request Call1 is the callsign of the station to be connected to Call2 to call9 are callsigns of stations to ...

Page 42: ... computer to stop displaying received packets ON OFF ON FRACK FR Specifies the interval from one transmission until retry of transmission The unit of the parameter is 1 second 0 15 3 FULLDUP FU When ON allows the TNC to function in full duplex When OFF allows it to use data carrier detect signals to avoid packet collision ON OFF OFF GBAUD GB Selects 4800 or 9600 bps as the transfer rate between th...

Page 43: ... packets ON OFF ON MRPT MR When ON causes the TNC to display the entire digipeat list for monitored packets ON OFF ON MSTAMP MS When ON causes the TNC to display data and time information for monitored packets ON OFF OFF MYALIAS MYA Specifies a callsign for using your station as a digipeater 6 characters SSID MYCALL MY Specifies your callsign 6 characters SSID MYMCALL MYM Specifies a callsign to b...

Page 44: ...connect takes place The unit of the parameter is 10 seconds 0 250 30 TRACE TRAC When ON causes the TNC to display all received packets in their entirety ON OFF OFF TRANS T Causes the TNC to exit Command mode and enter Transparent mode To restore Command mode press and hold Ctrl then press C three times TRFLOW TRF When ON causes the TNC to respond to software flow control from the computer in Trans...

Page 45: ...ll9 are callsigns of stations to be digipeated through Call1 VIA call2 call3 CQ USERS US Specifies the number of channels available to connect requests 0 10 1 WRITE W Allows the TNC mailbox to store your message In order to permit only a specific station to read your message enter a callsign after the command name ex W JA1YKX To complete message entry press Enter or Return Ctrl C then Enter or Ret...

Page 46: ... for example W6DJY will become W6DJY 14 SSIDs can range from None 1 to 15 so that each callsign can have up to 16 settings Refer to the website for SSID http aprs org aprs11 SSIDs txt as of October 2013 DIGIPEAT The term digipeat means that the packet data is relayed When a digipeater relay station receives a packet it saves it to memory When the reception ends the data is re transmitted Using dig...

Page 47: ...ng control To set 1 o clock PM for example select 13 The next 2 digits blink 3 Rotate the Tuning control to enter the current minute then press the Tuning control 4 Press ESC to exit Menu mode Setting UTC Offset 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 927 2 Rotate the Tuning control to select the appropriate UTC offset then press the Tuning control The selectable range is from 14 00 to 14 00 in steps of...

Page 48: ...proximately 2 minutes after receiving a request Note The APRS programs for PCs have entry fields for a position comment and status text The data entered to these two fields are transmitted as separate packets This transceiver however includes both of a position comment and status text in one packet to transmit This transceiver beeps each time it receives any type of APRS packet You may access Menu...

Page 49: ...tuation g Direction of station h Distance from station mile or km i Position comment 1 1 For packets received from Mic encoder stations including TM D710Gs TM D710s TM D700s TH D72s and TH D7s position comments are displayed in the fourth line Object a Object Page 2 Mobile station a Moving direction b Moving speed mph Mile hour or kph km hour c Altitude Feet or M Meter Weather station a Rainfall o...

Page 50: ...s If you receive packets from those stations GOOD satellites tracked or LAST satellites not tracked will be shown as the situation with GLL GGA or RMC which designates GPGLL GPGGA or GPRMC format SORT FUNCTION This function allows you to sort the station list according to the callsign date time or distance 1 Display the station list 2 Press SORT The sort type list appears on the display 3 Select a...

Page 51: ... will appear to indicate the number of messages not yet read The following indicators appear depending on the types of received messages Indicator Meaning Message addressed to you B Bulletin message Report by the National Weather Service Reception acknowledgment or rejection to your message G Message group XX appears on the display when you have an unread message where XX is the number of unread m...

Page 52: ... control to select the first digit You can enter alphanumeric characters plus special ASCII characters 7 Press the Tuning control The cursor moves to the next digit 8 Repeat steps 6 and 7 to enter up to 67 digits 9 Press the Tuning control to complete the setting The keypad on the microphone also is available to enter alphanumeric characters in steps 3 and 6 ACCESSING RECEIVED APRS MESSAGES This t...

Page 53: ...the Position packet or Message packet cannot be transmitted Beacon Type BEACON TYPE APRS Beacons are transmitted in APRS format when the APRS icon appears on the upper left of the display Additionally in Menu mode only those menus which can be set with APRS are displayed NAVITRA Beacons are transmitted in NAVITRA format when the NAVITRA icon appears on the upper left of the display Additionally in...

Page 54: ...T Enter Menu mode and access Menu 602 Baud Rate BAUD RATE Set the communication speed of the external GPS or other equipment that is connected to the GPS terminal The speed is set to 4800 bps NMEA 9600 bps IPS format SONY when a GPS receiver is connected It does not correspond to the Gamin TXT format Input Type INPUT OFF You can perform APRS communications without the use of a GPS receiver or Weat...

Page 55: ...s 5 memory channels for storing position data Program latitude and longitude data for up to 5 locations from which you will often transmit APRS packets You can also name the 5 memory channels Name Entry NAME You can enter alphanumeric characters plus special ASCII characters up to 8 digits Latitude Entry LATITUDE The north south latitude is entered Longitude Entry LONGITUDE The east west longitude...

Page 56: ...QSY station can automatically embed the voice frequency from the non data band to the beginning of status text This is the mechanism used for automatically transmitting the frequency information The format of the transmitted frequency is FFF FFF MHz So for example if at the time of a beacon transmission the non data band has a frequency of 446 100 MHz selected then the frequency of 446 100MHz gets...

Page 57: ...us OFF default The unit is mile or kilometer depending on the selection in Menu 626 DISPLAY UNIT 1 Packet Filter Type TYPE The APRS position data is filtered Check the type s you want to receive If all types are checked you will receive all types of data SELECTING YOUR STATION ICON Enter Menu mode and access Menu 610 Select an icon which will be displayed on the monitors of other stations as your ...

Page 58: ... Select the operation method for transmitting APRS packets The table concludes how operations differ depending on the selection MANUAL Each press of BCON transmits your APRS packet PTT 1 Press BCON to switch the function ON BCON appears and blinks 2 Press and hold the microphone PTT then speak into the microphone 3 Release the microphone PTT Releasing the switch transmits your APRS packet You cann...

Page 59: ... ON Transmission interval is 2 minutes When the DECAY ALGORITHM ON the decay transmission interval takes precedence The packet path changes with each transmission as shown below when the packet path is set as WIDE1 1 WIDE2 1 2 minutes DIRECT 4 minutes WIDE1 1 1 Hop 6 minutes DIRECT 8 minutes WIDE1 1 WIDE2 1 2 Hops 10 minutes DIRECT 12 minutes WIDE1 1 1 Hop 14 minutes DIRECT 16 minutes WIDE1 1 WIDE...

Page 60: ...ansmitting messages and meteorological data using the TM D710G APK102 is added to the packet following your station callsign There are no restrictions on received packets ALTNET When it is necessary to add restrictions to received packets you can set it for special use Select ALTNET and press USE then enter your desired character string When transmitting messages and meteorological data using the ...

Page 61: ...TM D710G as a digipeater set whether or not you digipeat a packet which includes your callsign in the packet path In the received packet path if you have set your callsign in MY CALLSIGN Menu No 600 the digipeat completion flag is added to your callsign and will then process the relay For example JA1YKX 1 JA1YKX 1 UICHECK Enter Menu mode and access Menu 617 This function will not relay a one time ...

Page 62: ...ACE digipeat runs When the received UI Frame character string matches the entered alias for example WIDE the number of hops for example 2 2 is processed and decreased by 1 for example WIDE2 2 becomes WIDE2 1 and your station callsign is added to the UI Frame Enter Menu mode and access Menu 620 1 Set UITRACE to ON or OFF 2 Press the Tuning control You enter Alias Setting mode 3 Enter the UITRACE al...

Page 63: ... PROGRAMMING A MESSAGE GROUP CODE Enter Menu mode and access Menu 623 Use a message group code to exchange messages only among your group members With one or more message group codes programmed you will receive messages that include the same group code s besides messages addressed to you If you program one or more bulletin group codes you will not receive bulletins addressed to other specific grou...

Page 64: ...hen using an optional VGS 1 unit you may select ON Each time you receive a message addressed to you the transceiver announces the callsign of the sender If the initial character of the message is the transceiver announces the subsequent characters one by one SETTING INTERRUPT DISPLAY Enter Menu mode and access Menu 625 Display Area DISPLAY AREA Selects the Display area ENTIRE ALWAYS The received n...

Page 65: ...you want to track your transmissions especially for optimizing crossover beacon transmission intervals Low speed LOW SPEED Low speed setting 2 30 mi h km h or knots When the speed is lower than this beacons are transmitted at the time interval specified under SLOW RATE Note To select the speed setting of the units access Menu 626 DISPLAY UNIT 1 SPEED DISTANCE High speed HIGH SPEED High speed setti...

Page 66: ...LOPE TURN SLOPE Speed 1 TURN ANGLE 2 Turn Threshold 3 1 2 60 24 x10 4 30 34 50 24 x10 6 30 36 30 24 x10 8 30 38 20 24 x10 12 30 42 10 24 x10 24 30 54 5 24 x10 40 30 78 When the value of Turn Threshold exceeds 120º it is calculated as 120º SmartBeaconing from HamHUD Nichetronix PACKET MONITOR DISPLAY This transceiver presents Terminal Window mode to display raw data of received APRS packets It disp...

Page 67: ...r APRS mode APRS should appear 4 Press F DX Each time new DX cluster data is received a callsign frequency and time are displayed Information of up to 5 DX stations are displayed at the same time When a duplicate DX cluster data is received dD and a callsign are displayed TOP Displays the list of the fast 5 stations 5 Displays the list of the previous 5 stations 5 Displays the list of the next 5 s...

Page 68: ...desired reset type VFO RESET PARTIAL RESET PM RESET or FULL RESET 4 Press the Tuning control to set the reset type A confirmation message appears on the display Press BACK to return to the previous display or ESC to cancel the reset 5 Press the Tuning control again to perform the reset Note When in Remote Control or Repeater mode you cannot reset the transceiver using the Key Operation method MENU...

Page 69: ... Operation Announcement Press VFO VFO Press MR MR Press CALL Call Press MENU Menu menu number Press F Function Press PM PM Press ENT Enter AUTO Announcements are made automatically when changing a mode frequency setting Operation Announcement Change the operating band turn the power ON A B Channel for MR only Call channel number Channel for CALL only operating band frequency output power level PM ...

Page 70: ...rder provides you with 3 VGS channels for recording voice memos along with a single VGS channel for continuous recording You can also prepare automated message responses to received calls Each recording can last for up to 30 seconds Voice Memos To record a voice memo for later playback 1 Press the PF key programmed as VGS 2 Press and hold the key for the VGS channel number you want to store the me...

Page 71: ... When preparing to transmit press the PTT switch before pressing the channel number 1 3 key 2 Press the key for the VGS channel number you want to playback 1 2 3 or 4 when the Continuous Recording is ON The recording saved in the channel you selected is played back To end playback at any time press CLR Playback signals are output from the PTT band side Use the BAND SEL VOL of the PTT band to adjus...

Page 72: ...s ON and the blink and icons appears on the display You are unable to perform any transceiver functions while in Repeater mode To return to normal operation turn the transceiver power OFF then press TONE Power ON Note You cannot activate the Repeater function while in single band operating mode or Weather Channel mode Activating the Repeater function switches OFF the Automatic Simplex Checker ASC ...

Page 73: ...to ON DTMF tones which represent the secret number will be used as an acknowledgment 9 Turn the transceiver power OFF 10 Press REV Power ON to enter Remote Control mode The blink and icons appear on the display To exit Remote Control operation turn the transceiver power OFF then press REV Power ON again CONTROL OPERATION While in Remote Control mode the DTMF keys of the handheld will function as s...

Page 74: ...ntrol to select your desired channel Channel No Frequency MHz Memory Name Location A 1 162 550 WX 1 NOAA Canada A 2 162 400 WX 2 NOAA Canada A 3 162 475 WX 3 NOAA Canada A 4 162 425 WX 4 NOAA A 5 162 450 WX 5 NOAA A 6 162 500 WX 6 NOAA A 7 162 525 WX 7 NOAA A 8 161 650 WX 8 Canada A 9 161 775 WX 9 Canada A10 163 275 WX 10 WEATHER ALERT SCAN The memory channel only for the weather alert is scanned ...

Page 75: ...able A D SUB female male conversion adapter is required Note Operation of SKY COMMAND SYSTEM II may not been permitted in certain countries Check your local laws before operating Switch OFF both the Transporter and HF transceiver before making the connection The Transporter automatically transmits its callsign in Morse at regular intervals because of legal requirements therefore transmit side tone...

Page 76: ...ed in step 3 The same callsign as you entered in step 2 6 On the Commander and Transporter Access Menu 702 and select the tone frequency Select the same tone frequency on both transceivers 7 On the Commander Access Menu 703 and select COMMANDER Push 0 key to start Commander appears 8 On the Transporter Access Menu 703 and select TRANSPORTER Now the Commander and Transporter are in Sky Command mode...

Page 77: ...the frequency or memory channel on the HF transceiver rotate the Tuning control PROGRAMMING CALLSIGNS The built in TNCs of the Commander and Transporter communicate each other when you send a control command from the Commander So you must program different callsigns 9 digits max on these transceivers as the IDs of the TNCs Use the following Menu Nos to program callsigns On Commander 700 COMMANDER ...