TH-D7 APRS Editor

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TH-D7 APRS Editor

My Call Sign: enter callsign to be used for APRS functions. There is a limit of 9 characters.

GPS Receiver: specify if a GPS is used "NMEA" or "not used ".

My Position: Enter Longitude and Latitude of the Position you wish to send.

Position Comment: Choose from: Off Duty, En Route, In Service, Returning, Committed, Special Priority, or Emergency

Icon: set the Icon transmitted by your position reports. For the "built-in" icons, select the list box at the top and pull-down the list to choose your icon. If you want to use another icon, click the bottom button, then select either "/" or "\" and the character icon.

Status Text: Enter Status text to transmit, up to 20 characters

TX Interval : select transmit interval for position reports: .5, 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20, or 30 minutes.

Packet Path: specify packet path up to 32 characters.

Beacon Method
- Manual: requires a [BCON] to transmit a position report.
- PTT: Transmits a position report on the tail-end of a voice transmission, only after the TX Interval, above, has timed out..
- Auto: transmits at interval set by TX Interval, above.
PTT and Auto may be turned on or off with the [BCON] key .

Position Limit: If you want to limit the reception distance of the packets received by your radio, set the distance here, in multiples of 10. The units are either miles or km, according to item G, below. ) turns off Position Limit.

Units: Select either miles/°F or km/°C.