Now Lets confirm that the radio is “seeing” the GPS satellites and the APRS circuits are working properly:<\/p>\n

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• * OPTIONS<\/strong>\n
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  • * Press POS key which will show degrees, minutes seconds. Make sure the small circles just to the right of each is blinking on and off.<\/li>\n
  • * You can press the radio joy stick to see your Altitude.<\/li>\n
  • * Target Point is another display. Target Point is recorded in the HT.\u00a0 Up to 5 points can be stored.\u00a0 (Its accuracy is not good enough for Geocaching.)<\/li>\n
  • * You can view the log memory used.<\/li>\n
  • * You can view satellites.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
  • Beacon<\/strong>\n
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    • * If you have manual beacon set, press \u201cBCON\u201d key to send your position.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The following checklist was created from a YouTube video “Basic setup for APRS operations with the Kenwood D72” by Don Arnold.\u00a0 I really recommend you view this video.\u00a0 The reason I wrote this list is because there are about 10 APRS setup steps.\u00a0 I seldom use this radio and when I do, I want a … <\/p>\n

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