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Sending and Receiving APRS Messages
Cancelling a message resend
When a message is sent to a specific partner station and an ACK packet to
acknowledge receipt of the message is not returned by the partner station one minute
after the message is sent, the same message will be resent up to 5 times. The resend
may be cancelled by pressing [TxCLR] midway through the process.
Remaining transmission count
Display after resend is cancelled
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Using sent and received messages
A previously edited message can be used to write a new message. This can be used to
forward a received message.
1
Display the “MESSAGE LIST” screen.
2
Press
[
].
The message input screen will be displayed.
Tip
To delete previously created call signs or messages,
press
[ ] then press
[
].
3
Edit the call sign and text according to Steps 3 to 6
under “Creating and sending a new message” (
P.46).
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Clear the resend timer and resend the message by force
This clears the resend timer when an ACK packet is not returned from the partner
station and resends the message by force.
1
Display the “MESSAGE LIST” screen.
2
Select the message tag to be sent by force.
or display the message details.
3
Press
[ ].
The extension key switches.
4
Press
[
].
The message will be transmitted by force.
