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<v Speaker 1>I just picked up this brand new VGC in our

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<v Speaker 1>seventy six hundred. This is the update to the R

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<v Speaker 1>seventy five hundred. It offers a few more features. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of you have been using the N seventy

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<v Speaker 1>six HT, which this in seventy six HT is sort

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<v Speaker 1>of kind of pretty much the same radio as a

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<v Speaker 1>b Tech UV Pro full Open Kiss tn C full APRS.

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<v Speaker 1>Lots of extra features in this radio that we have

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<v Speaker 1>not seen in a radio with this price point for

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<v Speaker 1>a while. The predecessor to this mobile radio, the N

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<v Speaker 1>seventy five hundred, was all controlled by an app, which

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<v Speaker 1>this one is also. But reading through the manual just now,

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<v Speaker 1>and reading through it comes with two manuals. This is

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<v Speaker 1>the manual manual kind of washed out because it's white,

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<v Speaker 1>and it comes with a whole separate manual for the

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<v Speaker 1>ht app. This was never included. I did a video

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<v Speaker 1>about the N seventy five hundred on this channel several

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<v Speaker 1>years ago when it was new, and we did a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of live streams with it, trying to turn it

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<v Speaker 1>into a all Star node, which that never worked out.

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<v Speaker 1>But the ht app at the time of that recording

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<v Speaker 1>only worked on Android. Now it works on iOS, so

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<v Speaker 1>though it does say it's a limited capability, and it

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<v Speaker 1>was never a manual or anything with it. You just

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<v Speaker 1>kind of had to bumble your way through it to

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<v Speaker 1>learn the app. So that's already an improvement right there

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<v Speaker 1>in my mind. Let's take a look at this brand

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<v Speaker 1>new mobile radio. I'm gonna tell you about a few

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<v Speaker 1>really cool features it has. All right, this is the

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<v Speaker 1>radio itself right here, and it's got this eight pen

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<v Speaker 1>connector on the front here, and we're gonna look at this.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm show you this in a minute. But it's got

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<v Speaker 1>a big screen on the microphone so you can control

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<v Speaker 1>I think you can control the whole radio from the microphone.

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<v Speaker 1>The radio itself doesn't have a screen because it's all

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<v Speaker 1>app controlled. It's controlled with your Android app or iOS

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<v Speaker 1>app or whatever. And doing a little bit of research

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<v Speaker 1>on this radio before I went live here, before I

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<v Speaker 1>hit record, I should say I put together this high

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<v Speaker 1>level overview of everything. N seventy six hundred is a

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<v Speaker 1>fifty wat VHF forty wat UHF dual band mobile radio

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<v Speaker 1>designed for amateur radio use. It features headless design that's

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<v Speaker 1>like its predecessor as well, meaning it lacks the traditional

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<v Speaker 1>front panel et cetera, et cetera, et cetera smartphone app.

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<v Speaker 1>Bluetooth Control Radio is built for discrete vehicle installation and

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<v Speaker 1>offers advanced features like APRS, GPS network connectivity, making it

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<v Speaker 1>verstaal choice for modern HAM radio enthusiasts. So we scroll

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<v Speaker 1>down here and we look through this a little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>Right here. The HT app available for Android full featured

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<v Speaker 1>and iOS limited functionality. Okay, good. And then we scroll

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<v Speaker 1>down right here and it says built in GPS. Unlike

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<v Speaker 1>its predecessor, THENR the VRN seventy five hundred. This new model,

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<v Speaker 1>the seventy six hundred, includes an integrated GPS module for

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<v Speaker 1>standalone look atation track in APRS beaconing transmits GPS coordinates

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<v Speaker 1>with transmissions for geolocation tracking and mapping, and then APRS features.

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<v Speaker 1>It supports APRS for real time positioning, reporting and messaging. Okay, good,

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<v Speaker 1>that's what the HT does. Functions like an iGATE for APRS.

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<v Speaker 1>Functions like an iGATE for APRS. So you go on

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<v Speaker 1>and you read a little bit farther and what it does.

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<v Speaker 1>From what I'm reading, we're gonna hook this up here

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<v Speaker 1>in a minute. You download the app on your Android device,

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<v Speaker 1>which I just did that. I'm gonna look at that

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<v Speaker 1>here in just a second. You go into the app,

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<v Speaker 1>you connect to the radio, you can figure everything on

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<v Speaker 1>the app, and then it uses your smartphone intercon net

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<v Speaker 1>connection to beacon itself to APRS dot Fi to join

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<v Speaker 1>the APRS network. So it has GPS location, It has

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<v Speaker 1>GPS tracker in the radio, so it knows where it

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<v Speaker 1>is as long as you turn that on, I guess

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<v Speaker 1>it knows where it is. And it transmits that position

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<v Speaker 1>through your Android app, through the Internet, through your five

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<v Speaker 1>G connection on your Android phone to APRS dot Fi,

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<v Speaker 1>so it acts as its own iGATE. That is pretty cool.

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<v Speaker 1>Reading down through these instructions here, I don't see anything

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<v Speaker 1>specifically about a KISS T and C connection, although it

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't use that word, and I didn't find anything in

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<v Speaker 1>the manual about a Kiss TNC. If you're not aware

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<v Speaker 1>what a Kiss TNC is. TNC is a terminal node

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<v Speaker 1>controller KISS is keep it stupid simple, and it's basically

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<v Speaker 1>a way to connect via USB or Bluetooth to an

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<v Speaker 1>a You take a tn C and you interface it

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<v Speaker 1>to a radio, maybe through a USB connection, maybe through

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<v Speaker 1>the two prong Kinwood connector there's some old style TNCs

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<v Speaker 1>that do that, and then that basically adds the APRS

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<v Speaker 1>and wind link and functionality a lot of functionality to

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<v Speaker 1>that radio. Moby Linked is a good example of a

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<v Speaker 1>modern KISS tn C. Also, the digrig can act as

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<v Speaker 1>a TNC. The digitrig is is hardline only, while the

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<v Speaker 1>moby link has Bluetooth, so you can attach that to

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<v Speaker 1>a radio and then use apps like win link over

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<v Speaker 1>Android or APRS droid or something like that to do

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<v Speaker 1>APRS over a non APRS radio or send win link

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<v Speaker 1>over a non over a radio that doesn't have a

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<v Speaker 1>built in T and C. Modern radios like the Kiin

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<v Speaker 1>with D seventy four and D seventy five have have

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<v Speaker 1>built in KISS T and cs that just allow you

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<v Speaker 1>to connect to the radio via Bluetooth and it's all

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<v Speaker 1>done for you, kind of like a built in sound

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<v Speaker 1>card inside of an HF radio. You don't have to

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<v Speaker 1>have an interface in between your smartphone or computer and

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<v Speaker 1>the radio if the radio has a built in KISS

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<v Speaker 1>T and C. That The vr N seventy six HT

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<v Speaker 1>that I just showed you a picture of is an

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<v Speaker 1>example of something with a KISST and C as well

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<v Speaker 1>as the BTech UV Pro. These have built in t

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<v Speaker 1>and cs where you don't need an extra piece of

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<v Speaker 1>hardware between your computer and or smartphone and the radio

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<v Speaker 1>in order to enable these extra functionalities with the radio.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, we're gonna connect this up to the power

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<v Speaker 1>supply here, got the microphone hooked up here, so you've

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<v Speaker 1>got a menu you can go in and edit the channel. There.

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<v Speaker 1>These two buttons here. Main menu is this button here,

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<v Speaker 1>return channel up, channel down. These are all the pre

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<v Speaker 1>program channels that came with the radio. Some glare on

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<v Speaker 1>the screen of the microphone, but it's nice and backlit.

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<v Speaker 1>As you can see. You can edit the channel that way.

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<v Speaker 1>Main menu basically control the whole radio from that microphone,

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<v Speaker 1>which that microphone was not an option on the On

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<v Speaker 1>its predecessor, the N seventy five hundred, it was only

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<v Speaker 1>controlled from the app on this one. Also, there's a

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<v Speaker 1>there's this USB port in the front here. It's Usbare's

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<v Speaker 1>it's not USBC, And I wasn't really sure what that was,

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<v Speaker 1>so I consulted the manual. The only thing it really

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<v Speaker 1>says right there down at the bottom of that page

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<v Speaker 1>is that it's an output of five volts and two

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<v Speaker 1>amps right there in that little diagram right there, So

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't appear that that USBC port actually does anything.

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<v Speaker 1>You can plug your phone into it or plug I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know, all Star node, I don't know power your

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<v Speaker 1>All Star node, that kind of thing. So maybe maybe

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<v Speaker 1>more to come on that later. Maybe it will have

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<v Speaker 1>some increased functionality on that later for an extra expansion

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<v Speaker 1>or something. I don't know. But right now, what we're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna do is I've downloaded the ht app on my

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<v Speaker 1>phone and I'm going to take this. I'm going to

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<v Speaker 1>open it up and I'm going to connect to this

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<v Speaker 1>radio and see see what it looks like, what kind

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<v Speaker 1>of APRS functions and other functions we can set up

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<v Speaker 1>while using the app on the radio. Now, with this

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<v Speaker 1>radio setup, if I was going to put it here

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<v Speaker 1>in the shack, or I was going to add it

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<v Speaker 1>to my vehicle, which I actually might do that later,

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<v Speaker 1>this video. This is the app on my phone and

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<v Speaker 1>put these. You guys know, I turned fifty last year, right,

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<v Speaker 1>which means how old was my this year? Okay, So

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<v Speaker 1>we've got this right here. This HT app is just

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<v Speaker 1>it's very it's just called HT. I just went to

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<v Speaker 1>the play store and searched for HT and that's what

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<v Speaker 1>it looks like right there. It says HT and it's

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<v Speaker 1>got that green and white symbol there, so that's all

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<v Speaker 1>it is. That's when you install it. So we're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>go pair a new device here and the options are

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<v Speaker 1>Walkie Talkie, PTT, Handfeld microphone or buy now. Walkie talkie

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<v Speaker 1>is what it calls a radio. Okay, so we're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>scan this. Hopefully this seventy six HUNDERD will come up.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the only thing I've got powered up in the

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<v Speaker 1>shack right now. Now again, we can consult this HT

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<v Speaker 1>app operating guide and there might be a menu. We've

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<v Speaker 1>got to go and download the app. Okay, So what

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<v Speaker 1>you have to do. And this book doesn't tell you

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<v Speaker 1>that this is the ht app operating instructions, but it

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't tell you that you have to put the radio

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<v Speaker 1>into pairing mode, which makes sense. It makes sense that

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<v Speaker 1>the radio needs to go into pairing mode before it

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<v Speaker 1>will show up on this app. I get it. But

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<v Speaker 1>in order to use this book, you have to put

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<v Speaker 1>the radio in pairing mode, which you can only find

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<v Speaker 1>instructions for in the main manual, the user manual. Right there,

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<v Speaker 1>I know it's washed out. There we go, that's better.

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<v Speaker 1>This one will tell you how to put the radio

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<v Speaker 1>in pairing mode. This one does not, but this one

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<v Speaker 1>should say it, because this is how to use the

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<v Speaker 1>ht app. In my opinion, what we do here is

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<v Speaker 1>we go into the main menu of the radio by

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<v Speaker 1>clicking on the menu button on the microphone that I

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<v Speaker 1>showed you a minute ago. And we're just gonna scroll

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<v Speaker 1>down here. And I know that's washed out and right

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<v Speaker 1>here a is pairing. We click okay, and then now

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<v Speaker 1>it's in pairing mode, and now we can see it

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<v Speaker 1>on the screen here. So I'm going to click on

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<v Speaker 1>this one and it says at the bottom of the screen,

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<v Speaker 1>make sure the device is in pairing mode pairing request pair. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>the radio beeped at me. The device firmware needs to

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<v Speaker 1>be updated. You want to start updating now, synchronized signaling settings?

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<v Speaker 1>Yes and yes. Okay, So in firmware versions zero dot

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<v Speaker 1>eight dot eight added smart beacon functionality. That's one of

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<v Speaker 1>the things. When I looked up the instructions and the

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<v Speaker 1>downloaded the specs on this radio, it said that smart

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<v Speaker 1>beaconing was not available. Well, apparently that's been added now.

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<v Speaker 1>APRS position sharing can be configured using the mike e

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<v Speaker 1>form to shorten the channel occupancy time. Added device GPS

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<v Speaker 1>location sharing when the phone does not support GPS or

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<v Speaker 1>has it disabled, so the device itself will share the GPS,

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<v Speaker 1>reduce volume bard display time to one second. Fix the

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<v Speaker 1>issue of interrupting network channel reception for location sharing. Okay, good,

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<v Speaker 1>so we're gonna update that firmware now, which is easy

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<v Speaker 1>this I remember this being easy on the last radio too.

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<v Speaker 1>You basically it prompted you, you click yes, and then

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<v Speaker 1>you just kind of let it go. So we're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>sit here for a second while this goes. Okay, that

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<v Speaker 1>took about ten minutes, A little bit longer than I

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<v Speaker 1>thought it was going to. But it's prompted me right

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<v Speaker 1>now saying the data transfer is complete, you want to

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<v Speaker 1>continue to upgrade. Device will reboot. Okay, it's talking about

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<v Speaker 1>the device rebooting. Is talking about the radio, No, not

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<v Speaker 1>the phone. So right now the radio is rebooting on

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<v Speaker 1>the microphone, it's talking about a reboot. And you can

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<v Speaker 1>see the LEDs on the radio itself or off. So

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<v Speaker 1>it says on the microphone updating firmware. Please do not

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<v Speaker 1>turn off the power. Let that go for a minute

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<v Speaker 1>and see how long it takes. Okay, there we go.

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<v Speaker 1>Update is complete. That only took about a minute or

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<v Speaker 1>to maybe a minute and a half, less than two minutes,

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<v Speaker 1>and there we go right there. Okay, So this is

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<v Speaker 1>what the app looks like after it's connected to the radio,

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<v Speaker 1>and we've got options there down the side for APRS

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<v Speaker 1>audio connection, NBC monitor, join the network channel, join an

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<v Speaker 1>existing channel, create a new channel. Here's some network channels.

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<v Speaker 1>Those are all in Chinese. Not sure what those are.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe there's a way to talk to this radio. If

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<v Speaker 1>I have this radio connected to my app on my

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<v Speaker 1>phone and you have one connected to your app on

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<v Speaker 1>your phone, perhaps we can connect to one another and

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<v Speaker 1>kind of set up its own private talk group. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, join a network channel, create a new

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<v Speaker 1>channel title, passcode, bitrate, radio configuration frequency, okay, FM or AM.

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<v Speaker 1>I might have to experience. I'm not gonna do that now,

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<v Speaker 1>but I may have to experiment with that in the future.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me know in the comment section if any of

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<v Speaker 1>get together on a zoom call and try out this

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<v Speaker 1>network channel thing. That might be kind of fun. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna guess Too is probably gonna end up with one

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<v Speaker 1>of these radios, so I might be with t O

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<v Speaker 1>about that. But more than anything, I want to know. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so we can rename the radio itself. I could turn

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<v Speaker 1>that off and on. I don't have I don't currently

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<v Speaker 1>have because of some roof work I'm having done. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't currently have my VHF UHF antenna up right now,

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<v Speaker 1>so I'm not gonna be able to try to hit

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<v Speaker 1>a local repeater with this or anything. Okay, I had

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<v Speaker 1>to look at the manual, But here's what you do.

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<v Speaker 1>So we've got our channels at the top left corner.

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<v Speaker 1>There's that Hamburger menu at the top left corner right there.

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<v Speaker 1>You click on that and you get to your channel section.

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<v Speaker 1>You can edit your channels just like we just did there.

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<v Speaker 1>If you click on the three dots at the top

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<v Speaker 1>right corner, you've got several options there, disconnect, Voice Connection team, whatnot,

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<v Speaker 1>Device settings and settings. I was going to device settings,

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<v Speaker 1>and that is this menu right here, and it's just

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<v Speaker 1>basically squelch level speaker, wired mirkerotphone speaker. You can turn

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<v Speaker 1>it off and on, firmware version, et cetera, et cetera. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>but if we go into settings, not device settings, but settings.

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<v Speaker 1>From that menu, now we have APRS settings, and this

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<v Speaker 1>is what I wanted to look like, what I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to look at. So if we click on APRS settings

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<v Speaker 1>right there, the first thing to ask you is call

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<v Speaker 1>sign and password. This is to get into the APRS.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the same call sign and password you would set

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<v Speaker 1>if you set up APRS droid. So I'm gonna set

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<v Speaker 1>k C five HWB and I'm gonna pay. I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>say DASH generally a mobile station is DASH nine. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't like to use the same signifier, the same SSID

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<v Speaker 1>on multiple radios unless I'm using those radios at too

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<v Speaker 1>totally independent times. So right now, my truck, which is

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<v Speaker 1>the radio in my truck is my YAZUFTM five hundred.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not currently powered on, but it is set to

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<v Speaker 1>kcfive HWB Dash nine and it becons that every time

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<v Speaker 1>to always be my truck radio. So I'm gonna set

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<v Speaker 1>this one to ten KC five HWB DASH ten. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to get a passcode, all right, get APRS password.

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<v Speaker 1>You can use an APRSIS password that has been registered

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<v Speaker 1>with other APRS applications. So when you register with the APRSIS,

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<v Speaker 1>you were given a password. It should be an email somewhere.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the password that you're going to want to put

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<v Speaker 1>in here here is okay. I went back into my

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<v Speaker 1>own email and found my own passcode, which is a

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<v Speaker 1>five digit number, and if I click on verify passcode,

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<v Speaker 1>it says the passcode is correct. So there we go.

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<v Speaker 1>I get service was automatically toggled on. I did not

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<v Speaker 1>toggle that on, so you can toggle that off and on.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to change my server to North America, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>and say radio to internet and Internet to radio, so

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<v Speaker 1>you can you can go both ways. You can turn

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<v Speaker 1>direction for a messaging and then you can do receive

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<v Speaker 1>messages from the Internet. I'm going to turn everything on.

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<v Speaker 1>Share location via iGATE send power well in operating frequency. No,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to do that. Share location via iGATE,

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<v Speaker 1>Location source system select coordinates. Okay, so if I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to share so, I don't see a setting in here

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<v Speaker 1>for ambiguity, which is usually like one or two digits off.

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<v Speaker 1>You can set ambiguity in a lot of radios so

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<v Speaker 1>that it reports your position a few miles away or

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<v Speaker 1>on the next town over something, depend on how you

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<v Speaker 1>set it. I don't see that. But what I can

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<v Speaker 1>do is I can set location source here for select

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<v Speaker 1>coordinates and just set it to if I wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>set it to somewhere across town or set it to

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<v Speaker 1>my mailbox address or something like that, I could do that. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not gonna do that right now, but that's how

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<v Speaker 1>you do it. Okay, we can go interval five minutes

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<v Speaker 1>and I don't see a setting in here for smart beaconing.

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<v Speaker 1>Now it's not gonna really do anything. I guess I could.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess I could turn this on because it's not

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<v Speaker 1>gonna do anything because I'm connected. I got the radio

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<v Speaker 1>connected to a dummy load right now. I set a

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<v Speaker 1>minute ago, I didn't have an antenna hooked up, and

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<v Speaker 1>so I don't know. I'm not gonna I'm not gonna

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<v Speaker 1>click on that anyway, so I'm gonna save that really

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<v Speaker 1>customizable in there. So that's what that's where we are

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<v Speaker 1>on that. Let's see, this is the APRS map now

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<v Speaker 1>that I've got my settings set up there. This is

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<v Speaker 1>what it's seeing on the map currently, now that it's

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<v Speaker 1>connected to the internet through my smartphone. It's not beaconing

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<v Speaker 1>APRS over RF, not right now. Anyway. You can set

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<v Speaker 1>it to do that, but you can also set it

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<v Speaker 1>to use the five G connection on your phone to

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<v Speaker 1>share your position, which makes it an eegate. So this

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<v Speaker 1>is kind of a unique eyegate. Most igates will receive

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<v Speaker 1>an RF signal. If you've got an APRS radio in

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<v Speaker 1>your car and you're beacon in a signal a location

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<v Speaker 1>report on one three ninety, an iGATE will be a

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<v Speaker 1>radio on top of a tower or a building or something,

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<v Speaker 1>and it will receive your beacon and it will transmit

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<v Speaker 1>that information. Whatever you share via the beacon, you can

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<v Speaker 1>set it up in the radio to the Internet and

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<v Speaker 1>it will show up on the website at APRS dot

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<v Speaker 1>f FI. This is doing the same thing, but kind

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<v Speaker 1>of in a different manner. Is this is not transmitting

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<v Speaker 1>our f at least it's not right now because it's

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<v Speaker 1>in a dummi load. But you can see I am

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<v Speaker 1>on this map right here. If you look on this

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<v Speaker 1>map right there, you can see there's my call sign

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<v Speaker 1>right right there is my call sign right there in Grapevine,

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<v Speaker 1>right on the top of the Grapevine dot, which is

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<v Speaker 1>where it should be up there on the north end

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<v Speaker 1>of Grapevine. So it is sharing my location via the

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<v Speaker 1>GPS radio, in the GPS radio inside of this mobile radio,

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<v Speaker 1>and via the settings that I just set right here.

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<v Speaker 1>So this is kind of this is going to be

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<v Speaker 1>a neat thing to play with. I'm interested to see

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<v Speaker 1>if anyone wants to set up and do a network

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<v Speaker 1>connection and see if we can talk to one another

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<v Speaker 1>over the network. And I'm interested to see if they

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<v Speaker 1>eventually have a kiss T and C for this, although

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<v Speaker 1>you might not need it because with the kiss T

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<v Speaker 1>and C on the HT you can connect other apps

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<v Speaker 1>besides just APRS to it, so you can connect wind

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<v Speaker 1>Link to it. You can connect I can't think of

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<v Speaker 1>anything else right now, but win Link an APRS, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>are two different, two totally separate apps, and you can

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<v Speaker 1>connect it and tell the radio to do whatever and

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<v Speaker 1>connect to a win Link gateway or an APRS note

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<v Speaker 1>or something like that. So this one, with all the

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<v Speaker 1>steps we just went through just now, this is limited

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<v Speaker 1>to APRS, but it's totally open, fully function APRS. So

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<v Speaker 1>this is really cool. I want to send some messages

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<v Speaker 1>over the internet see what kind of feedback we can

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<v Speaker 1>get and that kind of thing. So how many of

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<v Speaker 1>you are actually interested in this radio? I would like

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<v Speaker 1>to see in the comments below how many are interested

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<v Speaker 1>in this radio? What you think about this radio? What

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<v Speaker 1>are some really cool things you want to try with

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<v Speaker 1>this radio? Where would you put this? Would you put

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<v Speaker 1>this in your shack or would you put this in

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<v Speaker 1>your vehicle or would you put it in some kind

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<v Speaker 1>of go kit that you would take to trips like

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<v Speaker 1>to hamfests and whatnot. Or to camping campouts or something

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<v Speaker 1>like that. Put a comment in the description below, thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for watching today. Check out the links to the radio

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<v Speaker 1>in the description below. Seventy three