User manual YAESU VX-8R

[. . . ] 50/144/430 MHz TRIPLE-BAND HEAVY DUTY SUBMERSIBLE TRANSCEIVER VX-8R OPERATING MANUAL VERTEX STANDARD CO. , LTD. VERTEX STANDARD 4-8-8 Nakameguro, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 153-8644, Japan US Headquarters 10900 Walker Street, Cypress, CA 90630, U. S. A. YAESU EUROPE B. V. Box 75525, 1118 ZN Schiphol, The Netherlands Unit 12, Sun Valley Business Park, Winnall Close Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 0LB, U. K. VERTEX STANDARD HK LTD. Unit 5, 20/F. , Seaview Centre, 139-141 Hoi Bun Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong VERTEX STANDARD (AUSTRALIA) PTY. , LTD. Normanby Business Park, Unit 14/45 Normanby Road Notting Hill 3168, Victoria, Australia Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Controls &Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] And the "STATION LIST" screen sorts each station according to the received time. To confirm the details of the received beacon, rotate the STATION LIST CHARACTER DIAL knob (or press the / keys) to select the de- DIRECTION TO THE RECEIVED STATION STATION LIST CHARACTER sired station, then press the key. The "Received Data STATUS TEXT "FLAG" and Time", "Distance and Direction of the station", and other information will be displayed. When the "Status Text" is included in the Mic Encoder Station Beacon, the " " icon appears at the upper right corner of the display. RECEIVED DATE & TIME / keys) to scroll 5. Rotate the DIAL knob (or press the DISTANCE TO THE RECEIVED STATION through additional lines or pages of the received information. When the confirmation is finished, press the key to return to the STATION LIST screen. STATION LIST CHARACTER CHARACTER E P p W w O o I i K k S ?DETAILS Mic-E: Mic Encoder Station Position (Fixed/Moving) Station Position (Fixed/Moving) Station (Compressed Data) Weather Station Weather Station (Compressed Data) Object Station Object Station (Compressed Data) Item Station Item Station (Compressed Data) Killed Station Killed Station (Compressed Data) Status Station Other Station (Include Non-Decoding Station) VX-8R OPERATING MANUAL 83 APRS® OPERATION RECEIVING AN APRS BEACON Deleting a Received Beacon from the "STATION LIST" 1. Press the key several times until the STATION LIST screen appears on the display. Rotate the DIAL knob (or press the the beacon station to be deleted. Press the key once more, the selected beacon station will be deleted from the STATION LIST. APRS FILTER SETTING The APRS filter option allows you to receive only specified types of the data. Press the key several times until the STATION LIST screen appears on the display. Press and hold the key for one second to enter the APRS/ GPS Set Mode. Rotate the DIAL knob to select Set Mode Item 3: APRS FILTER. Press the key briefly to enable adjustment of this Set Mode Item. Press the / key to select the "Filter" you wish to exclude, then rotate the DIAL knob to select "OFF OFF". Repeat above steps and select "OFF to any other filters you OFF" OFF wish to exclude. When you have completed your selection, press the PTT switch to save the new setting and exit to the STATION LIST screen. 84 VX-8R OPERATING MANUAL APRS® OPERATION TRANSMIT AN APRS BEACON To transmit your APRS Beacon, just press the key. The VX-8R allows you to transmit your APRS Beacon automatically and repeatedly via the APRS/GPS Set Mode. Press the key several times until the STATION LIST screen appears on the display. Press and hold the key for one second to enter the APRS/ GPS Set Mode. Rotate the DIAL knob to select Set Mode Item 14: BEACON TX TX. [. . . ] Available Values: Auto/Lat/Lon/P1 ~ P10 Default: Auto Auto: Your location is determined by the optional FGPS-2 GPS Unit. When the FGPS-2 is connected to the transceiver, select this item. Lat/Lon: Your location can be entered manually (See page 81 for details). P1 ~ P10: Memory Slot for your location (Lat/Lon) as measured with the GPS. [. . . ]