VX-8GR/GE O
PERATING
M
ANUAL
79
R
ECEIVING
AN
APRS M
ESSAGE
1.
Set the “B-Band” to the APRS frequency. 144.390 MHz is generally used in North
America. If you don’t know the APRS frequency for your country, ask your dealer.
The AX.25 modem is not activated in the “A-Band”.
2.
When an APRS message is received, the alert beep will sound and the white LED will
blink.
3.
Press the
m
key several times until the APRS MESSAGE
screen appears on the display.
The APRS MESSAGE screen stores up to 30 messages.
The messages are sorted according to the time the station
message is received. The latest message is stored into the
first message slot (First-in, First-out format).
4.
To confirm the received message, rotate the
DIAL
knob (or
press the
a
/
b
keys) to select the desired message, then
press the
B
key.
Note
: You may jump to the top of the “APRS MESSAGE LIST” by pressing the
1
key.
5.
Rotate the
DIAL
knob (or press the
a
/
b
keys) to scroll through additional lines
or pages of the received stations message.
Note
: You may confirm additional received messages by pressing the
f
key and
then rotating the
DIAL
knob (or pressing the
a
/
b
keys).
6.
Press the
M
key to display the receive message “Raw” data.
7.
When you have finished reading the received message, press the
B
key to return
to the APRS MESSAGE screen.
1) When the APRS function is activated, the
VX-8GR/GE
Receiver Battery
Saver is temporarily disabled.
2) You may change the alert beep tone via APRS/GPS Set Mode Item 8:
APRS RINGER MSG.
3) You may change the blinking mode of the white LED via APRS/GPS Set Mode Item
4: APRS MSG FLASH.
4) You may activate the Vibrator function via APRS/GPS Set Mode Item 6: APRS MSG
VIBRAT when receive an APRS message.
APRS
®
O
PERATION
