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BASIC MANUAL
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6 RECORDING A QSO ONTO A
microSD CARD ������������������������������� 25
■ About the microSD card ............... 25
■ Recording a QSO audio ............... 26
■ Playing a recorded audio ............. 27
■ Removing the microSD card ........ 27
D Removing while
the transceiver is OFF ................. 27
D Removing while
the transceiver is ON ................... 28
7 GPS OPERATION ���������������������������� 29
■ Checking your location ................. 29
D Displaying Location Data ............. 29
■ GPS Logger function .................... 30
D Turning OFF
the GPS Logger function ............. 30
8 SPECIFICATIONS ��������������������������� 31
D General ........................................ 31
D Transmitter .................................. 32
D Receiver ...................................... 32
9 MAINTENANCE ������������������������������� 34
■ Resetting ...................................... 34
D Partial Reset ................................ 34
■ Troubleshooting ........................... 35
INDEX������������������������������������������������������ 65
ABOUT THE LICENSES ������������������������� 67
MENU SCREEN ITEMS �������������������������� 69
D-STAR GUIDE
INTRODUCTION ������������������������������������� 39
■ Unique features of D-STAR .......... 39
■ What is D-STAR? ......................... 40
■ About the DR function .................. 41
■ Ways to Communicate
with the DR function .................... 41
■ Enter your call sign (MY)
into the transceiver ...................... 43
■ Register your call sign
at a gateway repeater .................. 45
D-STAR OPERATION ����������������������������� 47
■ Making a Simplex call .................. 47
■ Accessing repeaters..................... 49
■ Receiving ..................................... 51
■ Capturing a call sign..................... 53
■ Making a Local CQ call ................ 54
■ Making a Gateway CQ call........... 55
■ Calling an individual station.......... 56
■ About reectors ............................ 57
D What is a reector?...................... 57
D Unlinking a reector ..................... 57
D Linking to a reector .................... 58
D Using a reector .......................... 59
D Reector Echo Testing ................. 60
D Requesting repeater information ... 60
■ “FROM” (Access repeater) setting ... 61
■ “TO” (Destination) setting ............. 62
■ When receiving no reply............... 63
■ Updating the repeater list ............. 64