<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">Hi John, info the groups. Coincidentally, I've been playing with these settings using the BT and LT beacons in my KPC-3+ digipeater, and also from within UI-View Object Editor.</span></div>
<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></span></div>
<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">For reference, see these objects on <a href="http://findu.com">findu.com</a>:</span></div>
<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">My D72: <a href="http://map.findu.com/k7gps-7">http://map.findu.com/k7gps-7</a></span></div>
<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">UI-View Object editor: <a href="http://map.findu.com/ieclubmtg">http://map.findu.com/ieclubmtg</a></span></div>
<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">UI-View Object editor: <a href="http://map.findu.com/karsmtg">http://map.findu.com/karsmtg</a></span></div>
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<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">Your format:</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">;147.15NGA*111111z3414.21N/08409.60WrT143 R60m NET2000TU Cumming,GA</div>
<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">as written, this will create the OBJECT 147.15NGA but the data format at the end should be this in order to include the QSY format:</div>
<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">;147.15NGA*111111z3414.21N/08409.60Wr145.150MHZ T143 + R60m NET2000TU Cumming,GA</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">
and note the SPACE between MHZ and T143, and again on either side of the "+" offset indicator</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">
I believe the reason why your radio won't QSY is because it doesn't recognize 147.15NGA as a valid entry. If you had 147.150 or 147.150+ it would have included the QSY info on the OBJECT list...... I think.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">
<br></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">It's good to make the OBJECT name unique as you have done, so it won't be duplicated on the APRS-IS.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">
<br></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">I prefer to enter short term info, like club meeting or general interest info, from within UI-View here at the house and just broadcast it out until the event is completed, then DELETE it. This is easier to do rather than logging into a remote WIDEn-N KPC-3 to change the LT settings. I reserve those for the ECHOLINK and IRLP node info per recommendations already published, as those remain rather constant. </div>
<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">For those with IRLP nodes, I suggest installing the script in your Linux IRLP box that sends the activity indicator to the APRS-IS (C for Connected, I for Idle), then go into the UI-View application and modify the FILE, EDIT INIGATE.INI gate then enter the IRLP-#### in the INET to RF box. This will transmit the IRLP location and status, C or I, over the air so others who are not connected to the APRS-IS can see it.</div>
<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">Check <a href="http://findu.com">findu.com</a> for IECLUBBTG and KARSMTG for two objects I'm announcing as OBJECTS in UI-View:</div>
<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">For example:<br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(144, 0, 0); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">K7GPS-13>APU25N,TCPIP*,qAC,T2USANW-B:;IECLUBMTG*022207z4740.44N/11721.40WK146.880MHz T123 - Mtg Mar10 1830hr @SCC</span></div>
<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(144, 0, 0); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">In UI-View click on the location where you want the OBJECT to appear</span></div>
<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(144, 0, 0); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">In UI-View menu item select ACTION then select OBJECT EDITOR</span></div>
<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(144, 0, 0); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">I entered IECLUBMTG as the IDENTIFIER</span></div>
<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(144, 0, 0); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">I entered </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(144, 0, 0); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">146.880MHz T123 - Mtg Mar10 1830hr @SCC as the COMMENT (note the spaces between MHz and T123 and on either side of the "-" offset indicator.</span></div>
<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(144, 0, 0); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><br>
</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(144, 0, 0); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">People who see this on their map will know be reminded of when and where the next Inland Empire VHF Club meeting (Spokane) is, the date and time.</span></div>
<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(144, 0, 0); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">People who receive this on their TM-D710 will receive it as an object, hit the TUNE button, and the radio B side goes into VFO mode and selects the frequency, Tone, and Offset needed to communicate.</span></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#900000" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br></span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#900000" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">As for sending status from a Kenwood TH-D72, so others see what freq your B side of the radio is on at the moment, adjust setting 39 STATUS TEXT to TX RATE 1/1 and enter some text like >Dave's TH-D72A (you can check this on <a href="http://findu.com">findu.com</a> as <a href="http://map.findu.com/k7gps-7">http://map.findu.com/k7gps-7</a></span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#900000" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">Adjust setting 3A to QSY(Freq) QSY in Status Tone/Narrow Shift/Offset and ON</span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#900000" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">Thus <a href="http://findu.com">findu.com</a> says </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(144, 0, 0); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">K7GPS-7>T7TPPQ,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1,qAR,K7GPS-13:`-C5l +[/>";w}444.800MHz T088 +500>Dave's TH-D72A= </span></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#900000" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">will let others know I'm monitoring 444.80+ T88. If they have a D710 they can autotune me by hitting the TUNE button.</span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#900000" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br></span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#900000" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">For general info, to send the QSY info in either a TH-D72 or TM-D710 the B side of the radio must be in MEMORY mode, not VFO mode. If in VFO mode, no QSY info will be sent.</span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#900000" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br></span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#900000" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">Hope this helps.</span></font></div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#900000" face="'Times New Roman'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">David K7GPS</span></font></div>
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<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">------------------------------</span></font><br><br><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">On Wed, 16/02/2011 at 20.33 -0500, John Gorkos wrote:</span></font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> Bob-</span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> This seems broken in the Kenwood implementation. Basically, I'll have to</span></font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> double my transmit rate to get the appropriate information out there.</span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> Actually, I don't see any way to actually make this work unless I change my</span></font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> beacon callsign to "147.15NGA" and send a position packet that looks like</span></font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> this:</span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> 147.15NGA>BEACON,WIDE2-1:</span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">111111z3414.21N/08409.60Wr147.</span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">150MHz T143 R60m</span></font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> NET2000TU Cumming,GA de AB0OO</span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> Am I misunderstanding this? It's highly likely...</span></font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">></span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> On Wednesday, February 16, 2011 20:16:09 Guido Trentalancia wrote:</span></font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > Hello John !</span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> ></span></font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > On Wed, 16/02/2011 at 17.37 -0500, John Gorkos wrote:</span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > > We're having some problems with the "TUNE" function of D710s and D72s in</span></font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > > the Atl area.</span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > ></span></font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > > I'm beaconing the following text from my Tx/Igate:</span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > > ;147.15NGA*111111z3414.21N/</span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">08409.60WrT143 R60m NET2000TU Cumming,GA</span></font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > > which seems to match, per character, what's on the localinfo.html page:</span></font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > > ;FFF.FFxyz*111111zDDMM.hhN/</span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">DDDMM.hhWrTnnn RXXm NETxxxxxx MTGxxxxx</span></font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > > .........</span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> ></span></font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > Appears consistent with the specification for Frequency Objects.</span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> ></span></font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > The best specification, you can find it here:</span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> ></span></font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > </span></font><a href="http://webster-new.dmz.usna.edu/Users/aero/bruninga/aprs/freqspec.txt" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 84, 136); border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">http://webster-new.dmz.usna.edu/Users/aero/bruninga/aprs/freqspec.txt</a><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> ></span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > > We can see the objects show up correctly in the station list of the 710s</span></font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > > and 72s, but no amount of pushing the "tune" button does the trick.</span></font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > > Meanwhile, tune DOES work for stations that include their freq in their</span></font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > > status text:</span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > > KD4UYP-9>S3UV8R,WIDE1-1*,</span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">WIDE2-1,qAR,AB0OO-1:`oQhn*uk/]</span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">"72}147.075MHz=</span></font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> ></span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > Yes, this is consistent with what is implemented in the Kenwood TM-D710.</span></font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> ></span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > They have implemented what they call "QSY Function". And that works with</span></font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > frequency information embedded in "the first 10 bytes of the existing</span></font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > free-field position comment text or STATUS field".</span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> ></span></font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > So, if you want to tune, you have to send out beacons that report the</span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > frequency as specified in the document mentioned above according to the</span></font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > paragraph "APRS Frequency Formats" and not the paragraph "Frequency</span></font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > Objects".</span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> ></span></font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > As a start, you can try:</span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > >147.15 MHz T143 R60m And here you can write that it's in Cumming,GA</span></font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> ></span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > but that won't create an object for you. So it's two different features,</span></font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > but you can use both of them if needed.</span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> ></span></font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > 73,</span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> ></span></font><br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">> > Guido IZ6RDB</span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">></span></font>