[aprssig] TND-710 and the VGS-1

[kai.brandt at hjemme.no]

>----- Original Message -----

>Does anyone know if the TM-D710 with the VGS-1 voice chip behaves in the 
>same way with incoming APRS  messages as does the TM-D700 and it's voice 
>chip? i.e. Speak the originating callsign of an incoming message and 
>it's text?

It does NOT announce the originating callsign and it does NOT read the message without the sender activating this.

If the sender starts a message with "%" the radio announce the callsign and read the message letter by letter.
(pretty useless as most people don't know about the % function)

The following wish in a future firmware has been delivered to a Kenwood representant:

Speech announce when receiving messages even without the “%” in front of the message.
I.e “Message from: callsign” or just “callsign” “New bulletin”
Just announce the senders callsign. Must be possible to turn off independent from other voice/sound functions


Kai Gunter
LA3QMA