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Checking your GPS position, ◇ Displaying Position Data
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Previous view 8 GPS OPERATION Checking your GPS position You can check your current location. This section is described using received data. DDDisplaying Position Data qqTouch the GPS icon. wwTouch [GPS Position]. • Opens the "GPS POSITION" screen. [About the GPS Position screen] Latitude Compass direction top Longitude is North. Your course Grid locator heading is East. Shows My position screen Your course direction is 95° degrees When the caller's TX format is D-PRS Position (Mobie station) Direction from your position Caller is south of you. D-PRS symbol Caller's SSID eeTouch [∫] or [√] one or more times. • Selects the page. • My (MY) screen, the received (RX) screen, the GPS memory (MEM) channel screen, and the GPS alarm (ALM) channel screen are selectable. • MY: Displays your position in latitude and longitude, grid locator, altitude, speed*, time, compass head- ing* and direction*. * Does not appear when "GPS Select" is set to "Manual." (p. 12-20) (GPS > GPS Set > GPS Select) • RX: Displays the caller station's position in latitude and longitude, grid locator, altitude, distance/di- rection from your position, SSID, course, speed, TX power level, height, antenna gain, antenna direction, temperature, rainfall, wind direction, wind speed, barometric pressure, humidity, Time stamp, D-PRS symbol, and call sign. • D epending on the received signal, some data may not be displayed. (p. 8-6) • MEM: Displays the GPS memory channel's position in latitude and longitude, grid locator, and distance/ direction from your position. • ALM: Displays the GPS alarm memory channel posi- tion in latitude and longitude, grid locator, and dis- tance/direction from your position. rrTouch []. • Closes the "GPS POSITION" screen. Distance from your position Caller's call sign with SSID Shows received Shows RX band in the position screen Dualwatch mode Shows the time the caller acquired the position data The course heading of the caller is 93 degrees. Direction from your position The location is east-northeast of you. Distance from your position * Shows the GPS Memory position screen Direction from your position The location is east-northeast of you. Distance from your position * Shows the GPS alarm position screen *When a name is not assigned to the memory channel, date and time are displayed instead of the name. For your reference: If you transmit when the "GPS POSITION" screen is displayed, the screen will be cancelled. But while transmitting, you can display the "GPS POSITION" screen again by touching the GPS icon to check the position data while transmitting. NOTE: Latitude, longitude, and altitude data may differ, depending on your GPS. GPS memory: Mt.Fuji Your station Course: 95 degrees Speed: 1.4 mph 187 ml GPS alarm: Tokyo Skytree 251 ml 15 ml Caller station (D-PRS: mobie) Course: degrees Speed: 0.0 mph This is an example for the GPS data screens 8-4