[aprssig] APRS Voice Alert Explained, in short

[Steve Noskowicz]

Good idea.
  It is easy to forget that using memories can solve some problems and sort'of add a feature.  Going into menus can be awkward.  Switching memories is simple - but - you have to find a "Name" that says it in just the allowed 8 or so characters.  (:-)

-- 
73, Steve, K9DCI


--- On Thu, 7/31/08, Randy Allen <ka0azs at earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: Randy Allen <ka0azs at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [aprssig] APRS Voice Alert Explained, in short
> To: "TAPR APRS Mailing List" <aprssig at lists.tapr.org>
> Cc: 73simplex at yahoogroups.com, "Frederick, Maryland ARC" <farc at mailman.qth.net>, 2fmsimplex at yahoogroups.com, "MADXRA" <madxra at madxra.org>
> Date: Thursday, July 31, 2008, 7:34 PM
> On my D700 and D7 my way of dealing with what, if any
> packets I hear on 
> 144.39, and not messing with menus to turn tone off/on, is
> to have 3 
> adjacent memory channels programmed to that frequency.
> 
> 1 with no tone (if I want to hear everything for
> diagnostics, etc)
> 
> 1 with with 100Hz CT (voice alert)
> 
> 1 with a non-100Hz ct to block pretty much everything out
> from audio.
> 
> I simply have to tune up or down a Memory channel or 2 to
> get the 
> desired level of audio packets for the situation.
> 
> I don't have a D710, but from what I've seen that
> should work for it as 
> well.
> 
> 73
> 
> Joseph M. Durnal wrote:
>    That is one disadvantage to the D710, it isn't as
> > easy to turn off voice alert once you have it on,
> which leads to folks
> > just turning down the volume.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Randy Allen, KAØAZS
> 
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