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1、TH-D72A/E Cover 2TH-D72A/E All copyrights and other intellectual property rights for this in-depth manual and relevant technical documents as well as the software described in this in-depth manual and relevant technical documents, and help texts and manuals attached to the software are owned by Kenw

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6、ed for the product using the following design specifications. TH-D72A/E, an external GPS unit and Weather Station available marketplaces. TH-D72A/E with firmware version 1.02 or later. About Copyright Copyright of this Manual and Software About this Manual TH-D72A/ECover 3 Windows and Windows logo a

7、re registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. Windows Vista and .NET Framework are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. Kenwood Corporation is a licensee of and entitled to use the APRS tr

8、ademark and protocols from APRS Engineering, LLC. APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System) is a registered trademark of WB4APR (Bob Bruninga). TravelPlus for Repeaters is a registered trademark of American Radio Relay League, Inc. SmartBeaconing is a trademark of HamHUD Nichetronix, LLC. EchoLink is

9、 a registered trademark of Synergenics, LLC. Dayton Hamvention is a registered trademark of DARA Incorporation. All other product names referenced herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective manufacturers. and are omitted in this manual. About Registered Trademark TH-D72A/EI C

10、ONTENTS 1DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT.1 1.1GPS Unit .1 1.2Evolving Development.2 1.3Other New Functions.3 2HOW YOU ENJOY APRS WITH TH-D72A/E (WRITTEN BY BOB BRUNINGA, WB4APR).4 3PREPARATIONS FOR OPERATING APRS.15 3.1What Do I Need to Configure?.15 3.2Configuration.17 3.2.1Built-in Clock.17 3.2.1.1Activating

11、Your Mobile GPS Position. 17 3.2.1.2Setting Manually in the Menu. 17 3.2.2My Callsign.18 3.2.3Beacon Type .18 3.2.4Data Band.19 3.2.5Packet Speed .19 3.2.6Position.19 3.2.6.1Using Internal GPS . 19 3.2.6.2Using GPS Receivers . 19 3.2.6.3Manually Entering Your Position. 20 3.2.7Position Comment .20 3

12、.2.8Status Text .21 3.2.9APRS Icon.21 3.2.10Method of Beacon Transmission.21 3.2.11Packet Path .22 3.2.12Sound .22 3.2.13Battery Saver.22 3.2.14APRS Operating Frequency.23 3.2.15Placing a Transceiver in APRS mode.23 3.2.16Transmitting a Beacon.23 4GPS .24 4.1What is GPS?.24 4.1.1Position Determinati

13、on Principle.24 4.1.2Datum (Geodetic Survey System). 25 4.1.2.1GPS and APRS Position Format. 25 4.2GPS Receivers.26 4.2.1Garmin GPS18xPC .26 4.2.2AvMap G5.26 4.2.3Other GPS Receivers.26 4.2.4Settings for Geodetic Survey System.27 4.3Internal GPS .27 4.3.1GPS Satellite Information Display.27 4.3.2Aut

14、omatic Adjustment of the Built-in Clock.28 4.3.3North Up and Heading Up .28 4.3.4NMEA Sentence Output .30 4.3.5Internal GPS Unit Save.31 4.3.6Battery Operating Time during the Concurrent Use of the Internal GPS Unit .31 4.3.7GPS Only Mode.32 4.3.8Log Function.32 4.3.9Mark Waypoint.35 4.3.10Target Po

15、int.35 4.3.11SBAS.36 5APRS SOFTWARE FOR YOUR PC .37 5.1UI-View32 .37 5.1.1Introduction of UI-View .37 5.1.2Connecting a PC.38 5.1.3How to Configure UI-View32 .38 5.2Available Software associated with APRS .40 6OPERATIONAL EXAMPLES OF APRS .41 6.1Lets Go Mobile.41 6.1.1Overview.41 6.1.1.1Automatic Re

16、ply Function. 41 6.1.1.2Entering Characters. 42 6.1.2Decay Algorithm Function.42 6.1.3Proportional Pathing Function .42 6.1.4Simultaneously using Decay Algorithm and Proportional Pathing. 43 6.1.5SmartBeaconing (Written by Steve Bragg, KA9MVA).43 6.1.5.1Variable Rate Beaconing (Transmission Interval

17、 Changes with Speed). 43 6.1.5.2Corner Pegging (Transmission after Heading Change) . 44 6.1.5.3Operation Example . 46 6.1.6QSY Function .47 6.1.6.1Transmitting QSY Information. 47 6.1.6.2Receiving QSY Information. 49 6.1.6.3QSY Functions and EchoLink. 49 6.1.7Message Function .49 6.1.7.1Automatic Re

18、ply Function. 49 6.1.7.2TX Beep (Beacon). 50 CONTENTS IITH-D72A/E 6.1.8APRS Lock . 50 6.2Base Station (Weather Station).51 6.2.1Using Meteorological Equipment. 51 6.2.1.1Davis Instruments Corp. Inc. .51 6.2.1.2Peet Bros. Company.52 7APRS NETWORKS .53 7.1APRS Servers .53 7.2IGate.53 7.3Lets Send Emai

19、l .55 7.3.1Sending Email with TH-D72A/E. 55 7.4Digipeaters (Digital Repeaters) .57 7.4.1UIDIGI. 57 7.4.2UIFLOOD. 58 7.4.3UITRACE. 58 7.4.4Configuration Examples (USA). 59 7.4.5Proper Configuration (written by Bob Bruninga, WB4APR) . 60 7.5Packet Path.62 7.5.1New-N Paradigm . 62 7.5.2RELAY Paradigm.

20、62 7.5.3STATE/ SECTION/ REGION. 63 8MCP-4A MEMORY CONTROL PROGRAM (FOR USE WITH TH-D72A/E).64 8.1Downloading and Installing MCP-4A.65 8.2Main Functions of MCP-4A .68 8.2.1Useful Functions of MCP-4A . 68 8.2.2Functions Only Configurable by MCP-4A . 68 8.3Reading a File .69 8.3.1Reading a File Created

21、 with MCP-4A . 69 8.3.2Importing Other MCP Files into MCP-4A . 69 8.4Reading GPS Log Data.70 8.4.1Reading GPS Log Data from TH-D72A/E . 70 8.4.2Managing the Read GPS Log Data. 71 8.4.3Converting to KML or GPX File Format . 72 8.5Introduction to Main Functions .73 8.5.1Simple Operation. 73 8.5.2Graph

22、ical Display of SmartBeaconing. 73 8.5.3Changing the Font Sizes . 74 8.5.4Setting your Callsign. 74 8.5.5Exporting .hmk Files . 74 8.5.6Configuring RSS. 74 8.5.7Changing the Power-on Bitmap Image. 75 8.5.8Configuring the Character String for the Power-on Password. 75 9HOW TO UPDATE FIRMWARE.76 9.1Fi

23、rmware.76 9.2Verifying Necessary Equipment.76 9.3How to Verify Firmware Version.77 9.3.1Checking with the Transceiver. 77 9.3.2Checking with MCP-4A. 77 9.4How to Get Latest Firmware/Software.78 9.5How to Update .78 10 MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS. 79 10.1 AvMap (Don Arnold, W6GPS).79 11 APPENDIX . 81 TH-D72

24、A/ECONTENTSI Hams have enjoyed using FM transceivers for years for SSTV, ATV, packet, satellite, EME, GPS and other communications modes. A fundamental reason for this has been that FM transceivers are easy to use. Recently, personal computers and the Internet have combined to offer global communica

25、tions opportunities. Yet, with their long history of communicating using various methods, nobody is better prepared than hams to embrace and take advantage of these new communications techniques to create an even more interesting new global network. No longer are users of FM transceivers bound by li

26、ne-of-sight distances and local same-city coverage. The Internet now shrinks the vast distances to other operators who were once out of reach by using only an FM transceiver. Every ham now meets, experiments and interacts worldwide via voice and data communications using low-power FM transceivers. T

27、hese networks built by individual hams connecting through gateways into the Internet are allowing others to share the experience that this infrastructure offers. Furthermore, the networks are growing in size day-by-day. Hams are using basic FM transceivers to communicate on a direct one-on-one basis

28、 with operators across the globe. Besides hobby applications, such a communications network also has tremendous capability to deliver a powerful tool to serve the general public in times of emergencies. The TH-D72A/E, the successor of TH-D7A/E, incorporates APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System) f

29、unctions. Kenwood has a long history in developing APRS: we have combined radio and GPS technology and developed APRS products over the years. At our first meeting with the father of APRS, Mr. Bob Bruninga, 15 years ago, our history of APRS development products began. In 1996, the TM-V7A/E became po

30、pular for use with APRS because the transceiver has been capable of the data communications using a separate band which is apart from voice communications. But the Internet, personal computers, GPS and electronic mapping technologies were all in their infancies compared to now and along with the cha

31、nge of the environment over the years, our transceivers have always been on the way to be evolved. TH-D7A/E and TM-D700A/E, marketed as APRS transceivers, had a great deal to do with APRSs expansion all over the world. In addition to APRS, with TM-D710A/E launched in 2007, it is possible to use Echo

32、Link over VoIP and this means you can plot stations from the other side of the planet on a map while sending mail and communicating with them by voice. Kenwood continues to be committed to exploring the possibilities of APRS to add more useful features. PROLOGUE Amateurs Building the New Global Comm

33、unications Network Kenwoods Approaches for development of APRS IICONTENTSTH-D72A/E Use of HF transceiver to call CQ and contact to hams around the world via ionosphere will never lose its appeal. But there is elegance in being able to communicate with only an FM transceiver and by adopting the lates

34、t technology. The global network consisting of thousands or even millions of stations will only get more interesting as it evolves with new ideas as a result of those like you becoming involved. Isnt it exciting just to think about? Everywhere even in such other country, there are hams all over wait

35、ing to be contacted! Once you begin sending a radio signal, you can communicate with a myriad of other radio amateurs via the network. Besides, this global network evolves further as each of us adds our ideas. In APRS, information on local events and weather conditions are distributed and even amate

36、ur satellites orbiting around the earth also transmit positional data. Also, in APRS, not only can you know where your acquaintance is currently located on the earth, but you can even send them an APRS message from your radio or PC. You can send email directly to them or take advantage of EchoLink n

37、ode numbers to make direct voice contact. Combining the different technologies adds to and enhances your communications versatility and makes you a part of the communicating world. Kenwood TH-D72A/E Transceivers Development Team New Technology Expands Amateur Radio Versatility TH-D72A/ECONTENTS1 1 D

38、EVELOPMENT CONCEPT Following is the designing and development concept for TH-D72A/E. A genuine tool for communications via voice and data that is based on the TH-D7A/E. An out-of-the-box transceiver with an internal GPS unit (turn-key solution) Equipped with a USB interface Emphasis on ease of operation (with multifunction keys; keys may not be minimized.)