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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Sorry… Except some of the Yaesu’s that do not let you set CTCSS on the APRS channel…</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Bob</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Weston Bustraan <<a href="mailto:wbustraan@gmail.com">wbustraan@gmail.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 20, 2019 4:57 PM<br><b>To:</b> Robert Bruninga <<a href="mailto:bruninga@usna.edu">bruninga@usna.edu</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Steve Dimse <<a href="mailto:steve@dimse.com">steve@dimse.com</a>>; TAPR APRS Mailing List <<a href="mailto:aprssig@lists.tapr.org">aprssig@lists.tapr.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [aprssig] [Kenwood_TH-D74] monitering aprs "Proximity/Voice Alert!"</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I have a Yaesu VX-8DR and was quite puzzled when you said that all APRS radios have this feature. I can’t find any mention of this in the manual. In fact, there is a setting that “Enables/Disables audio output of the ‘B-Band’ during APRS operation”</p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">- Wes Bustraan, W8WJB</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Le lun. 20 mai 2019 à 15:09, Robert Bruninga <<a href="mailto:bruninga@usna.edu">bruninga@usna.edu</a>> a écrit :</p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><p class="MsoNormal">What I don’t like about the menu VA is that it then takes another<br>multi-press menu process to turn it off, even momentarily...<br><br>That is why I like the 4 APRS Frequency channel method. TO change from<br>normal VA, to SILENT, to open-squelch monitoring, to PRIVATE, and to no VA<br>is just a twist 1 or 2 clicks with the tune knob to select one of the 4 APRS<br>channels saved with the different CTCSS/PL methods.<br><br>Since I discovered that, I never use the menu method.<br>Bob<br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: aprssig <<a href="mailto:aprssig-bounces@lists.tapr.org" target="_blank">aprssig-bounces@lists.tapr.org</a>> On Behalf Of Steve Dimse<br>Sent: Monday, May 20, 2019 11:06 AM<br>To: TAPR APRS Mailing List <<a href="mailto:aprssig@lists.tapr.org" target="_blank">aprssig@lists.tapr.org</a>><br>Subject: Re: [aprssig] [Kenwood_TH-D74] monitering aprs "Proximity/Voice<br>Alert!"<br><br>Bob also didn't mention that the D710 and D74 have an APRS menu option to<br>turn on voice alert which is easier than manually setting up CTCSS.<br><br>But it is pretty worthless in practice. I have hundreds of thousands of APRS<br>mobile miles with VA on, I do occasionally hear a station and I call if it<br>is safe (often it is in a city while towing my fifth wheel and talking isn't<br>safe), and have never once gotten an answer, nor have I gotten a call...<br><br>Steve K4HG<br><br>> On May 20, 2019, at 7:29 AM, Robert Bruninga <<a href="mailto:bruninga@usna.edu" target="_blank">bruninga@usna.edu</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> I was astounded that of the 100 people in the APRS forum at Dayton only a<br>> handful knew what voice alert was about.<br>><br>> Im going to start calling it PROXIMITY alert, because that is its real<br>> value. To hear that someone is in range and after that, then make the<br>> call. So it will be “APRS Proximity/Voice Alert”.<br>><br>> Bob, WB4APR<br>> From: Robert Bruninga <<a href="mailto:bruninga@usna.edu" target="_blank">bruninga@usna.edu</a>><br>> Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2019 7:50 AM<br>> To: <a href="mailto:Kenwood_TH-D74@yahoogroups.com" target="_blank">Kenwood_TH-D74@yahoogroups.com</a>; TAPR APRS Mailing List<br>> <<a href="mailto:aprssig@lists.tapr.org" target="_blank">aprssig@lists.tapr.org</a>><br>> Cc: Robert Bruninga <<a href="mailto:bruninga@usna.edu" target="_blank">bruninga@usna.edu</a>><br>> Subject: Re: [Kenwood_TH-D74] monitering aprs<br>><br>> THe way to do APRS in any radio is to have Four memory channels and ALWAYS<br>> keep the volume UP.:<br>><br>> 1) (normal) 144.39 with CTCSS 100 for Voice Alert (and in-range<br>> detection)<br>> 2) (check) 144.39 without CT so you can check the channel by ear<br>> 3) (Silent) 144.39 with CTCSS (private tone for only your friends to<br>> call, otherwise totally silent)<br>> 4) (Event) 144.39 +600 for Events where there is a 144.99 input/144.39<br>> output digi<br>><br>> Bob, WB4APR<br>><br>><br>> On Sat, May 18, 2019 at 11:49 PM Cliff Sojourner <a href="mailto:cls@employees.org" target="_blank">cls@employees.org</a><br>> [Kenwood_TH-D74] <<a href="mailto:Kenwood_TH-D74@yahoogroups.com" target="_blank">Kenwood_TH-D74@yahoogroups.com</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>>> Sorry, I should have written more specific:<br>>><br>>> PL on voice on 144.390, not on the APRS signal.<br>>><br>>> Cliff K6CLS CM87uw<br>>><br>>> On May 18, 2019 7:29:00 PM PDT, "Don Rhodes <a href="mailto:lbdwag@gmail.com" target="_blank">lbdwag@gmail.com</a><br>>> [Kenwood_TH-D74]" <<a href="mailto:Kenwood_TH-D74@yahoogroups.com" target="_blank">Kenwood_TH-D74@yahoogroups.com</a>> wrote:<br>>>><br>>>> Putting a PL tone on it and that APRS still decodes is fascinating to<br>>>> me. I will be doing that so I do not need to keep the volume on 0.<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> --<br>>>> Don<br>>>> "Planning to plan."<br>>>> Arthur C. Clarke: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is<br>>>> indistinguishable from magic."<br>>>> Matthew Green: "Sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable<br>>>> from malice."<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 3:19 PM Cliff Sojourner <a href="mailto:cls@employees.org" target="_blank">cls@employees.org</a><br>>>> [Kenwood_TH-D74] <<a href="mailto:Kenwood_TH-D74@yahoogroups.com" target="_blank">Kenwood_TH-D74@yahoogroups.com</a>> wrote:<br>>>>><br>>>>> Bob B recommend we use pl100 on the APRS side, to squelch the modem<br>>>>> tones, yet have a well known voice channel. Makes sense to me. But I've<br>>>>> never heard anyone on .390. Is such use common anywhere in the country<br>>>>> (world)?<br>>>>><br>>>>> Cliff K6CLS CM87uw<br>>>>><br>>>>> On May 15, 2019 7:43:06 AM PDT, "'Aaron (kc1cxx) Addison'<br>>>>> <a href="mailto:rangerfriday@gmail.com" target="_blank">rangerfriday@gmail.com</a> [Kenwood_TH-D74]"<br>>>>> <<a href="mailto:Kenwood_TH-D74@yahoogroups.com" target="_blank">Kenwood_TH-D74@yahoogroups.com</a>> wrote:<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> Also you can put a tone squelch in on recieve aprs will still decode<br>>>>>> but you wont hear anything unless they by some odd chance someone has<br>>>>>> the same one in on transmit.<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> A<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> On Wed, May 15, 2019, 10:14 AM <a href="mailto:rlmartin58@yahoo.com" target="_blank">rlmartin58@yahoo.com</a> [Kenwood_TH-D74]<br>>>>>> <<a href="mailto:Kenwood_TH-D74@yahoogroups.com" target="_blank">Kenwood_TH-D74@yahoogroups.com</a>> wrote:<br>>>>>>><br>>>>>>> is there anyway i can turn the volume down on the aprs B Band so<br>>>>>>> i can moniter the A band while I am recieving aprs<br>>>>>>><br>>>>>>><br>>>>>>><br>>>>>>><br>>>>>>><br>>> __._,_.___<br>>> Posted by: Cliff Sojourner <<a href="mailto:cls@employees.org" target="_blank">cls@employees.org</a>> Reply via web post<br>>><br>>> •<br>>><br>>> Reply to sender<br>>><br>>> •<br>>><br>>> Reply to group<br>>><br>>> •<br>>><br>>> Start a New Topic<br>>><br>>> •<br>>><br>>> Messages in this topic (16)<br>>><br>>> <image001.jpg><br>>> Have you tried the highest rated email app?<br>>> With 4.5 stars in iTunes, the Yahoo Mail app is the highest rated email<br>>> app on the market. 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