Kenwood TH-D72E manuale d’uso

INSTRUCTION MANUAL 144/440 MHz FM DUAL BANDER TH-D72A 144/430 MHz FM DUAL BANDER TH-D72E © Version: 1.00[...]

CONTENTS – 1 OPERATING THROUGH REPEATERS ................................. REPEA TER – REPEATER ACCESS .................................................................................................... 1 Selecting an Offset Direction.................................................................................... 1 Selecting an Offset Freq[...]

CONTENTS – 2 CTCSS/ DCS/ CROSS TONE .......................... CTCSS/ DCS/ CROSS TONE – USING CTCSS .............................................................................................................. 1 CTCSS FREQUENCY SCAN ........................................................................................ 2 USING DCS ...........[...]

CONTENTS – 3 VOX on Busy............................................................................................................ 6 MASKING BANDS ......................................................................................................... 6 POWER ON PASSWORD .........................................................................[...]

CONTENTS – 4 DCD Sense ............................................................................................................ 10 TX delay time ......................................................................................................... 10 SETTING COM PORT .........................................................................[...]

CONTENTS – 5 DIGIPEAT .............................................................................................................. 21 UICHECK ............................................................................................................... 21 UIDIGI ..................................................................................[...]

REPEA TER – 1 REPEA TER ACCESS Most repeaters use a receive and transmit frequency pair with a standard or non-standard offset (odd-split). In addition, some repeaters must receive a tone from the transceiver in order to gain access to the repeater. For details, consult your local repeater reference. Q Selecting an Offset Direction The offset dir[...]

REPEA TER – 2 Q Selecting a T one Frequency To select the tone frequency required to access your desired repeater: 1 Turn the Tone function On. 2 Press [F], [TONE] . • The current Tone frequency appears on the display and blinks. The default frequency is 88.5 Hz. 3 Press [ ]/[ ] or rotate the Tuning control to select your desired frequency. •[...]

REPEA TER – 3 TRANSMITTING A 1750 Hz TONE Most repeaters in Europe require that a transceiver transmit a 1750 Hz tone. On a TH-D72E, simply pressing [CALL] will transmit this tone. It is also possible to program [1750] on the front panel as a [CALL] key for transmitting the 1750 Hz tone. 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 162. 2 Set it to “1750H[...]

MEMORY CH – 1 MEMORY CHANNELS In Memory channels, you can store frequencies and related data that you often use. Then you need not reprogram the data every time. You can quickly recall a programmed channel by simple operation. A total of 1000 Memory channels are available for bands A and B. SIMPLEX & REPEA TER OR ODD-SPLIT MEMOR Y CHANNEL? Yo[...]

MEMORY CH – 2 STORING ODD-SPLIT REPEA TER FREQUENCIES Some repeaters use a receive and transmit frequency pair with a non-standard offset. To access those repeaters, store two separate frequencies in a memory channel. You can then operate on those repeaters without changing the offset frequency you stored in the menu. 1 Set up a simplex channel b[...]

MEMORY CH – 3 NAMING A MEMORY CHANNEL You can name Memory channels using up to 8 characters. When you recall a named Memory channel, its name appears on the display. Names can be call signs, repeater names, cities, people, etc. 1 Press [MR] to enter Memory Recall mode. 2 Press [ ]/[ ] or rotate the Tuning control to select your desired Memory cha[...]

MEMORY CH – 4 Key Name [KEY] [F], [KEY] [KEY] (1s) MR mode While T ransmitting [KEY] + Power ON [PTT] Transmission – X TX/RX X – [LAMP] Backlight ON Backlight ON continuously Backlight ON Backlight ON Backlight ON – [MONI] Monitor Squelch setup X Monitor + Frequency Monitor – [ ] Memory CH Up – Memory CH continuously Up Memory CH Up –[...]

SCAN Scan is a useful feature for hands-off monitoring of your favorite frequencies. Becoming comfortable with all types of Scan will increase your operating efficiency. This transceiver provides the following types of scans: Scan Type Scan Range VFO Scan Scans all frequencies on the current band. Memory Scan Scans all frequencies stored in the Mem[...]

SCAN – 2 VFO SCAN VFO Scan monitors all frequencies tunable on the band, using the current frequency step size. 1 Select your desired band. 2 Press [VFO] (1s) . • Scan starts at the current frequency. • The 1 MHz decimal point blinks while scanning is in progress. • To reverse the scan direction, turn the Tuning control clockwise <or pre[...]

SCAN – 3 Q Naming a Memory Group You can name Memory group using up to 8 characters. 1 Press [MHz] , then press [ ]/[ ] or rotate the Tuning control to select a channel in your desired group. 2 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 144. 3 Enter your desired name for the group. Group name display (in MR mode) 1 Press [LAMP] . • The group name is displ[...]

SCAN – 4 PROGRAM SCAN Program Scan is identical to VFO Scan except that you select a frequency range for the scan. Q Setting Scan Limits You can store up to 10 scan ranges in Memory channels L0/U0 to L9/U9. 1 Press [VFO] . 2 Select your desired band. 3 Press [ ]/[ ] or rotate the Tuning control to select your desired frequency for the lower limit[...]

CTCSS/ DCS/ CROSS TONE – 1 CTCSS/ DCS/ CROSS TONE CTCSS You may sometimes want to hear calls only from specific persons. The Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System (CTCSS) allows you to ignore (not hear) unwanted calls from other persons who are using the same frequency. To do so, select the same CTCSS tone as selected by the other persons in your [...]

CTCSS/ DCS/ CROSS TONE – 2 CTCSS FREQUENCY SCAN This function scans through all CTCSS frequencies to identify the incoming CTCSS frequency on a received signal. You may find this useful when you cannot recall the CTCSS frequency that the other persons in your group are using. 1 Press [TONE] 2 times to activate the CTCSS function. • The “ ” [...]

CTCSS/ DCS/ CROSS TONE – 3 DCS CODE SCAN This function scans through all DCS codes to identify the incoming DCS code on a received signal. You may find it useful when you cannot recall the DCS code that the other persons in your group are using. 1 Press [TONE] 3 times to activate the DCS function. • The “ ” icon appears on the display when [...]

DUAL TONE MULTI-FREQUENCY (DTMF) The keys on the keypad function as DTMF keys; the 12 keys found on a push-button telephone plus 4 additional keys (A, B, C, D). This transceiver provides 10 dedicated memory channels. You can store a DTMF code with up to 16 digits. Some repeaters in the U.S.A. and Canada offer a service called Autopatch. You can acc[...]

DTMF – 2 Q T ransmitting Stored DTMF Codes 1 Press and hold [PTT] . 2 While transmitting, press [MENU]. • The last called DTMF Memory channel number and name appears on the display. If no name has been saved for the channel, the DTMF code appears. 3 While still transmitting, press [ ]/[ ] or rotate the Tuning control to select your desired DTMF[...]

EchoLink ® What is EchoLink ? EchoLink allows you to communicate with other amateur radio stations over the internet, using VoIP (voice-over-IP) technology. The EchoLink software program allows worldwide connections to be made between stations, or from computer to station, greatly enhancing your communications capabilities. Official EchoLink Websi[...]

EchoLink – 2 Q Selecting a T ransmit Speed Some EhoLink node station may not respond correctly if a DTMF code is transmitted at fast speed. If this happens, change the DTMF code transmission speed; the default is 100 msec. 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 171. 2 Select a speed (in msec) from the available list: 50/ 100/ 150. Note: This setting i[...]

OTHER OPERATIONS POWER ON MESSAGE Each time you switch the transceiver on, “HELLO” (default) appears on the display for approximately 2 seconds. You can program your favorite message in place of the default message. 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 100. 2 Enter your desired message. • Press [A/B] to clear the entire message, if necessary. DI[...]

OTHER OP – 2 AUTO POWER OFF (APO) Automatic Power off is a background function that monitors whether or not any operations have been performed (keys pressed, Tuning control turned, etc.), and turns the transceiver power off if it has not been in use. 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 111. 2 Set the APO time limit to 15, 30, 60 minutes, or “Off?[...]

OTHER OP – 3 KEY BEEP You can turn the transceiver beep function “Off”, “RADIO & GPS”, “RADIO Only” or “GPS Only as desired. 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 121. 2 Set the beep function to “Off”, “RADIO & GPS”, “RADIO Only” or “GPS Only”. • Even with the beep function turned off, the transceiver will emit[...]

OTHER OP – 4 Q Microphone Keys There are 3 microphone PF (Programmable Function) keys: [PF1], [PF2], and [PF3]. You can assign your own desired functions to these 3 keys. 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 191 (MIC. PF1) and/or Menu 192 (MIC. PF2) and/or Menu 193 (MIC. PF3). 2 Set your desired function for the key. Programmable functions available[...]

OTHER OP – 5 TX INHIBIT You can inhibit the transmission to prevent unauthorized individuals from transmitting, or to eliminate accidental transmissions while carrying the transceiver. 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 139. 2 Set the TX inhibit to “On” or “Off”. • “TX Inhibit” appears and an error beep sounds if the transceiver trie[...]

OTHER OP – 6 Q VOX on Busy You can configure the transceiver to force VOX transmission even if the transceiver is receiving a signal. 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 137. 2 Set it to “On” or “Off”. Note: You can press [PTT] or [CALL] (if 1750 Hz is programmed) to transmit, regardless of the setting in Menu No. 137. MASKING BANDS If you [...]

GPS (GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM) What is GPS? GPS, standing for Global Positioning System, is becoming common nowadays. Following is a brief introduction. The American Defense Department developed GPS originally for military operations. The system is available for use by the general public. For example, anybody can use GPS in association with modern[...]

GPS – 2 INTERNAL GPS FUNCTION ON/OFF Turn this function Off when connecting an external GPS receiver to the COM terminal. Press [F] , [MARK] to turn the Internal GPS receiver ON or OFF. • When the Internal GPS receiver is ON, the “ ” indicator appears on the display. • When the Internal GPS receiver is On, the internal clock is automatica[...]

GPS – 3 SWhen set to “GPS Only”, you can operate only the following key functions. Key Name [KEY] [F], [KEY] [KEY] (1s) [KEY] + Power ON [LAMP] Lamp Continuous Lamp On Lamp – [ ] [ ] [ OK] [ESC ] – Function/ Menu select –– [MENU] Menu mode RF power select –– [A/B] – ––– [1] MARK Internal GPS On/Off Register mode of Mark Wa[...]

GPS – 4 Q SBAS Through the SBAS (Satellite Based Augmentation System) geostationary satellite, when using the system which offers the information of wide scope reinforcement, set this function to “On”. 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 212. 2 Set SBAS to “Off” or “On”. Note: When the Battery Saver (GPS Save) setting is 1, 2, 4, 8, or [...]

GPS – 5 LOG SETUP Q T rack Log Acquisition T ype You can set the conditions for saving portable Track information as GPS Logger. You can change the settings for travel speed, etc. 1 Enter Menu mode and access Menu 230. 2 Select “Time”, “Distance”, or “Beacon” for the Record Method. 3 Access Menu 231. 4 Select an Interval time from 2 ~[...]

GPS – 6 MARK WA Y POINT You can register up to 100 points with the location’s latitude, longitude, altitude, time, name, and icon. Names and icons can be manually edited. 1 When the frequency or position is displayed, press [MARK] (1s) to enter Mark Waypoint registration mode. • When registering a Mark Waypoint, the following display appears [...]

GPS – 7 Q Detailed Display of a Mark Waypoint The details of a Mark Waypoint are spread across 3 screen pages. Page 1: • Rotate the Tuning control: Changes to the previous/next detailed display. • Press [ESC ] : Returns to the Mark Waypoint list display. • Press [ OK] : Continues to the next page. • Press [A/B] : Deletes the Mark Waypoint[...]

PACKET OPERATION Connect this transceiver to your personal computer via a Terminal Node Controller (TNC). You can send messages or commands to far away stations, obtain a variety of information via your local bulletin boards, or enjoy other Packet applications. Reference material for starting Packet operation should be available at any store that h[...]

P ACKET – 2 TNC COMMANDS LIST The commands supported by the built-in TNC are listed below. You must enter a space between a command name (or short-form) and a parameter, or between two parameters; ex. AU OFF, BEACON EVERY 18. Command Name Short Description Parameter Default AUTOLF AU When ON, sends a line feed (LF) to the computer after each carr[...]

P ACKET – 3 Command Name Short Description Parameter Default DISPLAY DISP Causes the TNC to display the current status of all the commands. You can also specify a class identifier A, C, H, I, L, M, or T to display the status of only the desired command class. Enter a space between the command name and a class identifier; ex. DISPLAY H. A (ASYNC):[...]

P ACKET – 4 Command Name Short Description Parameter Default LOCATION LOC If set to EVERY, sends GPS data at intervals of the specified period (n). If set to AFTER, sends GPS data only once after the specified period (n). The unit of n is 10 seconds. EVERY/ AFTER n (n = 0 ~ 250) EVERY 0 LPATH LPA Specifies call signs to send GPS data. Call1 is th[...]

P ACKET – 5 Command Name Short Description Parameter Default PACTIME PACT If set to EVERY, sends a packet at intervals of the specified period (n). If set to AFTER, sends a packet only once after the specified period (n). The unit of n is 100 milliseconds. EVERY/ AFTER n (n = 0 ~ 250) AFTER 10 PERSIST PE Specifies a parameter to calculate probabi[...]

P ACKET – 6 Command Name Short Description Parameter Default UNPROTO U Specifies call signs to send a packet in Unprotocol mode. Call1 is the call sign of the destination. Call2 to call9 are call signs of stations to be digipeated through. Call1 (VIA call2, ... call18 CQ VERSION VER Version display inquiry. WPATH WPATH Setting for changing the re[...]

APRS – 1 APRS ® APRS DATA COMMUNICATION (APRS BEACON) X This function uses the APRS format for data communications including your station position, messages, etc.. X When data is received from another station, the direction of the received station (from your station’s perspective), their distance, and their grid square locator is displayed. An[...]

4 Press [ ]/[ ] or rotate the Tuning control to enter the current year, then press [ OK] . 5 Press [ESC ] to exit Menu mode. Note: X When used at room temperature (25°C), the error of the internal clock in a month is within one minute. X The internal clock is effective until December 31, 2099. Q Setting Time 1 Access Menu 195. • The first 2 digi[...]

APRS – 3 RECEIVING APRS DA T A Each time a new APRS packet is received, the frequency display is interrupted to show information as below: • The received APRS packet may include information on an object such as a hurricane or tornado. In this case (ex. object), the name of the object appears instead of a call sign. • To restore the frequency [...]

APRS – 4 DISPLA Y EXAMPLE Page 1 : Call sign Situation Station icon Position comment 1 1 For packets received from Mic-encoder stations including TM-D710s, TM-D700s, TH-D72s ,and TH-D7s, position comments are displayed in the fourth line. (Object) Object Page 2: Status text Page 3: Status text Page 4: Distance from station (mile or km) Direction [...]

APRS – 5 Page 8: (Packet path) F: First Repeat (Degipeater) Station's Call sign L: Last Repeat (Degipeater) Station's Call sign Page 9: Receive date Receive time This transceiver is capable of displaying the following icons as station IDs. <APRS> <NAVITRA> Some icons may appear with overlay characters as below if the receive[...]

APRS – 6 FIL TER FUNCTION This function allows you to select only the specified types of data from the station list. 1 Press [LIST] and display the list of stations. 2 Press [MENU] and display the station list menu. 3 Press [ ] or rotate the Tuning control to select [Filter], then press [ OK] . • The filter type list appears on the display. 4 P[...]

APRS – 7 • When a duplicate message from the same station is received, the reception interrupt display does not appear and an error tone sounds. When the frequency at that time appears on the display, “dM” (duplicate Message) and the calling station's call sign appears on the display. Note: X This transceiver allows you to receive a me[...]

APRS – 8 TRANSMITTING A MESSAGE 1 Press [MSG] . • The message list appears on the display. 2 Press [MENU] . • The message list menu appears on the display. 3 Press [ ] / [ ] or rotate the Tuning control to select [Send] . 4 Press [ OK] to send the message. You can select the follows item other then [Send], [Reply], [New] in message list menu.[...]

APRS – 9 BASIC SETTINGS Q My Call Sign Program your call sign using a maximum of 9 alphanumeric characters. You may include SSID characters in the string. Unless you program a call sign, you cannot transmit APRS packets. 1 Access Menu 300. • The display for entering a call sign appears; the first digit blinks. The default is “NOCALL”. 2 Pre[...]

APRS – 10 SETTING INTERNAL TNC Q Data Band Access Menu 310. On this transceiver you can select data band for APRS mode independent of the selection for Packet mode. Select band A or B as the data band for receiving or transmitting APRS packets. The default is band A. “ ” indicates the current data band. Note: In Menu 310, the selection switch[...]

APRS – 11 Q Output T ype Access Menu 332. Waypoint: Waypoint/ DGPS information is forwarded. The call sign and positioning data received from another station can be displayed as the waypoint data through the device connected to your GPS receiver or on the GPS receiver display. Note: When Menu No. 331 is set to “Off” or Weather Station Unit is[...]

APRS – 12 Q Longitude Entry Access Menu 363. <Menu 3W0: “dd°mm.mm’ ”> <Menu 3W0: “dd°mm’ss.s” ”> The east/ west longitude is entered. SETTING BEACON INFORMA TION Q Speed Information Access Menu 370. Select whether or not to transmit speed information when using APRS data communications. Q Altitude Information Access Me[...]

APRS – 13 STORING ST A TUS TEXT Status text is another comment to transmit with position data. Unlike a position comment, you can make any desired comment using a maximum of 42 alphanumeric characters. This transceiver has 5 memory channels for preprogramming. 1 Access Menu 3A0. 2 Select a status text number. • Press [MHz] to mark the currently[...]

APRS – 14 Q QSY T ransmission Operation 1 Access Menu 3A0. 2 Set it to “On”. 3 Access Menu 3A1. 4 Set it to “On” or “Off”. 5 Access Menu 3A2. 6 Set it to “On” or “Off”. Q Operation when Receiving a QSY When QSY (frequency) information is received, the station list appears with the verified frequency. Select [Tune] , then press[...]

APRS – 15 SELECTING YOUR ST A TION 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 fo[...]

APRS – 16 SETTING TX BEACON Q Packet T ransmit Method Access Menu 3D0. Select the operation method for transmitting APRS packets. The table concludes how operations differ depending on the selection. Manual: Each press of [BCON] transmits your APRS packet. PTT: 1 Press [BCON] to switch the function ON. • “BCON” appears and blinks. 2 Press a[...]

APRS – 17 Q Proportional Pathing Access Menu 3E1. This function automatically changes the transmit packet path with the elapsed time. Operation example for when <Proportional Pathing> = ON Transmission interval is 1 minute. (When the <Decay Algorithm> = ON, the decay transmission interval takes precedence.) The packet path changes wit[...]

APRS – 18 SmartBeaconing Operation: Speed Transmission Interval Corner Pegging Above the <High Speed> <Fast Rate> Operates normally Under <High Speed> Over <Low Speed> (Only when the set <High Speed> ≧ <Low Speed>) The interval is calculated using the following formula: (Transmission Interval = <Fast Rate&[...]

APRS – 19 Relay: This is one of the digipeat types used in Europe. 1 Set the <Type> to “Relay”, then press [MHz] . 2 Set <Relay> to “Off” or “On”. • Set <Relay> to “On” to use the digipeater of the Fill-in type (RELAY type) with the <Relay>. • When set to “On”, 1 packet path in addition to RELAY can[...]

APRS – 20 VOICE ALERT This function will notify another station as to whether or not they are within communications range by emitting beacon tones. When a Mobile Station is mobile with the Voice Alert function turned ON, other stations also with Voice Alert turned ON will hear the beacon sound of the Mobile Station if they have matching CTCSS fre[...]

APRS – 21 SETTING AS A DIGIPEA TER Q DIGIPEA T Access Menu 3K0. When using the TH-D72 as a digipeater, set whether or not your call sign is included in the digipeated packet path. In the received packet path, if you have set your call sign in “My Callsign” (Menu 300), the digipeat completion flag ( ) is added to your call sign and will then p[...]

APRS – 22 Q UITRACE When using the TH-D72 as a digipeater, set whether or not UITRACE digipeat runs. When the received UI Frame character string matches the entered alias (for example, WIDE), the number of hops (for example, 2-2) is processed and decreased by 1 (for example, WIDE2-2 becomes WIDE2-1), and your station call sign is added to the UI [...]

APRS – 23 PROGRAMMING A MESSAGE GROUP CODE Access Menu 3S0 . Use a message group code to exchange messages only among your group members. With one or more message group codes programmed, you will receive messages that include the same group code(s), besides messages addressed to you. If you program one or more bulletin group codes, you will not r[...]

APRS – 24 SETTING INTERRUPT DISPLA Y Q Display Area Access Menu 3U0. Selects the Display area. Entire Always: The received new data, duplicate data, and My station data information appears on the full display, other data information appears only at the top of the display. Entire Disp: The received new data information appears on the full display,[...]

APRS – 25 SELECTING A DISPLA Y UNIT Q Speed, Distance Access Menu 3V0. Select to “mi/h, mile”, “km/h, km”, or “knots, nm”. Q Altitude, Rainfall Access Menu 3V1. Select to “feet, inch” or “m, mm”. Q T emperature Access Menu 3V2. Select to “°F” or “°C”. Q Latitude longitude Access Menu 3W0. Select to “dd°mm.mm’ ?[...]

APRS – 26 DX P ACKETCLUSTERS MONITOR DX PacketClusters are networks which consist of nodes and stations who are interested in DXing and contesting. If one station finds a DX station on the air, they will send a notice to their node. This node then passes the information to its local stations through another node. The DX PacketCluster monitor func[...]

TRANSCEIVER RESET Th e r e ar e 3 typ e s o f transc e iv e r r e s e t availabl e : VFO Reset Us e t o initializ e th e VFO an d acc o mpanying s e ttings. Partial Reset Us e t o initializ e all s e ttings o th e r than th e M e m o ry chann e ls, th e DTMF m e m o ry, an d th e PM chann e ls. FULL Reset Us e t o initializ e all transc e iv e r s [...]

SKY COMMAND SYSTEM II Th e SKY COMMA N D SYSTEM II all o ws r e m o t e c o ntr o l o f a TS-2000, TS-2000X, TS-B2000, TS-480HX, TS-480SAT, TS- 590S, TS-570D, TS-570S, o r TS-870S HF transc e iv e r. Y o u will us e o n e transc e iv e r as a c o ntr o l stati o n call ed “C o mman de r”. Th e transc e iv e r c o nn e ct ed with th e HF transc [...]

SKY CMD – 2 PREP ARA TION FLOW Th e f o ll o wing st e ps sh o ul d gui de y o u t o a g ood start o f Sky C o mman d o p e rati o n. First c o nn e ct th e Transp o rt e r t o th e HF transc e iv e r. 1 <On th e C o mman de r an d Transp o rt e r> S e l e ct th e sam e VHF an d UHF fr e qu e nci e s. 2 <On th e C o mman de r> Acc e s[...]

SKY CMD – 3 PROGRAMMING CALL SIGNS Th e built-in T N Cs o f th e C o mman de r an d Transp o rt e r c o mmunicat e e ach o th e r wh e n y o u s e n d a c o ntr o l c o mman d fr o m th e C o mman de r. S o y o u must pr o gram d iff e r e nt call signs (9 d igits max.) o n th e s e transc e iv e rs as th e IDs o f th e T N Cs. Us e th e f o ll o[...]

WEATHER ALERT (TH-D72A ONLY) Th e W e ath e r Al e rt is availabl e o nly in th e USA an d Cana d a. Wh e n activat ed , this functi o n will ch e ck f o r a r e c e iv ed N OAA 1050 Hz t o n e . Wh e n th e t o n e is r e c e iv ed , th e w e ath e r al e rt t o n e will s o un d . WEA THER ALER T ON/ OFF 1 Ent e r M e nu m ode an d acc e ss M e n[...]

WIRELESS OPERATION (TH-D72A ONLY) If y o u als o hav e a Kenwood multi-ban d m o bil e transc e iv e r, y o u can c o ntr o l o n e o f its ban d s by s e n d ing DTMF t o n e s fr o m this han d y transc e iv e r. Y o u will fin d this functi o n us e ful wh e n y o u want t o c o ntr o l y o ur m o bil e transc e iv e r fr o m a l o cati o n o ut[...]