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Aprs - 15, Selecting Your Station Icon

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SELECTING YOUR STATION ICON Access Menu 3C0. Select an icon which will be displayed on the monitors of other stations as your ID. You may select an icon depending on your current location. It is important that the icon conveys the operational status of the station as well as the SSID. You can display and set the following icons for the TH-D72. KENWOOD (\K) Eyeball (/E) Lighthouse (\L) School (/K) Satellite (\S) PC user (/L) SUNNY (\U) Balloon (/O) RADIO (\Y) Police (/P) ARRL (\a) RV (/R) RACES (\c) SHUTTLE (/S) Gale Flags (\g) SSTV (/T) HAM store (\h) Sailboat (/Y) WorkZone (\j) Person (/[) Speedpost (Value Singpost) (\m) Triangle (\n) DF station (/\) WX (Weather station) (/_) Small circle (\o) Dish Antenna (/`) Tornado (\t) Bicycle (/b) Wreck (\x) HOSPITAL (/h) Sheriff (/!) Jeep (/j) Digipeater (/#) Truck (/k) GATEway (/&) Mic-E Repeater (/m) Aircraft (/') Node (/n) Red Cross (/+) ROVER (/p) Home (/-) QSO Repeater (/r) X (/.) Boat (/s) Red Dot (//) Truck (18-wheeler) (/u) Fire (/:) Van (/v) Portable (Tent) (/;) Big Question Mark (\.) Motorcycle (/) BBS (/B) Canoe (/C) APRStt (\A) APRS supports approximately 200 icons. It allows users to select each icon by specifying a combination of two ASCII codes, for example, ! and /. One is a symbol code, and the other is a table identification code (either /or \). If you select "Others", use the following procedures: 1 Access Menu 3C1. 2 Select a symbol code, then press [ OK]. 3 Select a a table identification code. • Overlay Icon Setting For example, to set the Digipeater icon to the letter "S", select "Others" under the icon type menu, select "#" under "Symbol", then select "S" under "Table". Note: ◆ APRS icon codes (symbols/tables) are sometimes updated. Please refer to the following official APRS website (as of November 2011): http://www.aprs.org/symbols/symbolsX.txt http://aprs.org/symbols/symbols-new.txt ◆ Set an icon that represents your operational status. (For example, setting an Aircraft icon or Balloon icon to a fixed station will cause confusion when a station receives a beacon.) APRS - 15

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APRS – 15
SELECTING YOUR STATION ICON
Access Menu 3C0.
Select an icon which will be displayed on the monitors
of other stations as your ID.
You may select an icon
depending on your current location.
It is important that the icon conveys the operational status
of the station as well as the SSID.
You can display and
set the following icons for the TH-D72.
KENWOOD (\K)
Eyeball (/E)
Lighthouse (\L)
School (/K)
Satellite (\S)
PC user (/L)
SUNNY (\U)
Balloon (/O)
RADIO (\Y)
Police (/P)
ARRL (\a)
RV (/R)
RACES (\c)
SHUTTLE (/S)
Gale Flags (\g)
SSTV (/T)
HAM store (\h)
Sailboat (/Y)
WorkZone (\j)
Person (/[)
Speedpost (Value
Singpost) (\m)
DF station (/\)
Triangle (\n)
WX (Weather station) (/_)
Small circle (\o)
Dish Antenna (/`)
Tornado (\t)
Bicycle (/b)
Wreck (\x)
HOSPITAL (/h)
Sheriff (/!)
Jeep (/j)
Digipeater (/#)
Truck (/k)
GATEway (/&)
Mic-E Repeater (/m)
Aircraft (/')
Node (/n)
Red Cross (/+)
ROVER (/p)
Home (/-)
QSO Repeater (/r)
X (/.)
Boat (/s)
Red Dot (//)
Truck (18-wheeler) (/u)
Fire (/:)
Van (/v)
Portable (Tent) (/;)
Big Question Mark (\.)
Motorcycle (/<)
IRLP/EchoLink (\0)
REILROAD ENGIN (/=)
APRStt (\A)
Car (/>)
BBS (/B)
Canoe (/C)
APRS supports approximately 200 icons. It allows users to
select each icon by specifying a combination of two ASCII
codes, for example, ! and /.
One is a symbol code, and
the other is a table identification code (either /or \). If you
select “Others”, use the following procedures:
1
Access Menu 3C1.
2
Select a symbol code, then press
[
OK]
.
3
Select a a table identification code.
•
Overlay Icon Setting
For example, to set the Digipeater icon to the letter “S”,
select “Others” under the icon type menu, select “#” under
“Symbol”, then select “S” under “Table”
.
Note:
◆
APRS icon codes (symbols/tables) are sometimes updated.
Please refer to the following official APRS website (as of
November 2011):
http://aprs.org/symbols/symbols-new.txt
◆
Set an icon that represents your operational status. (For example,
setting an Aircraft icon or Balloon icon to a fixed station will cause
confusion when a station receives a beacon.)