[amsat-bb] D72 to Falconsat-3 "User Phrases"

[Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)]

Tom,

When you are in the screen to send a message to a
call sign, you press the F key to bring up the list
of "phrases" (stored messages). Then you scroll up
or down using either the round button or VFO knob
to highlight the message you want, then press the
right side of the round button. This puts the phrase
into the message text line. If you have not stored
any of these messages, either using the keypad or
the Kenwood software, the F key won't bring anything
up while you are trying to compose a message.

The printed manual in the TH-D72A box doesn't address
these messages. You have to either use the larger manual
on the CD, or you can download the larger manual from
Kenwood:

http://manual.kenwood.com/files/4ff15b9c0988f.pdf

I found the phrases covered on page 65 of this 75-page
PDF. If printed out, it would be on page 22 of the APRS
section of the manual.

I apologize if you were hoping for a complete step-by-
step instruction in my FalconSat-3 article that was in
a recent AMSAT Journal. Had I done that, the article
would have been much longer, and parts of it would read
like a Kenwood manual. I hope that this message, taken
with the TH-D72's manuals and what you have already
read, helps you get set up to exchange messages via
FalconSat-3 soon.

73!




Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK





On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 3:23 AM, <tjschuessler at verizon.net> wrote:

> I am confused, which is not an uncommon thing.  I have been wanting to try
> and figure out how to work Falxonsat-3 via my Kenwood D72a.  I read Pat
> Stoddard's AMSAT Journal article but he does not do a step by step per se.
> I also read KB6IGK and WD9EWKs other article on the same subject.  Mention
> is made on setting "User phrases". Looking at several different D72
> manuals,
> I cannot for the life of me, see how one selects the phrase to use and how
> that gets into the string that is sent.  I see the ability to set several
> phrases from inside RT systems D72 menu program (Not sure how those get
> entered in manual radio programming), nor do I see any instructions for
> sending).  I watched a YouTube video of a guy making Falconst APRS
> contacts,
> but no explanation on how he got the phrases out.
>
> Wisdom please,
>
> 73 and thanks for the patient mentoring.
>
> Tom Schuessler, N5HYP
> EM12ms
>
> ​
>