Specifications

VX-8DR/DE OPERATING MANUAL88
RECEIVING AN APRS MESSAGE
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. Disable the Receiver Battery Saver from Set Mode Item 79: SAVE RX.
When the Receiver Battery Saver is turned on, the VX-8DR cannot reliably receive
APRS Messages.
3. Press the 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 / keys) to select the desired message, then
press the key.
Note: You may jump to the top of the “APRS MESSAGE LIST” by pressing the
key.
5. Rotate the DIAL knob (or press the / keys) to scroll through additional lines or
pages of the received stations message.
Note: You may confirm additional received beacons by pressing the key and then
rotating the DIAL knob (or pressing the / keys).
6. Press the key to display the receive message “Raw” data.
7. When you have finished reading your message, press the key to return to the
APRS MESSAGE screen.
Delete the Received Message from the “APRS MESSAGE” Screen
1. Press the key several times until the APRS MESSAGE
screen appears on the display.
2. Rotate the DIAL knob (or press the / keys) to select
the message to be deleted.
3. Press the key. The confirmation message (DELETE?)
will appear on the display. Press the key once more and
the selected message will be deleted from the APRS MES-
SAGE screen.
APRS
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OPERATION