BCON button, TH72A
Had some glitches with my 72A, so I did a hard reset on the unit.
Now, when pressing the BCON button on the keypad, BCON does not appear on the display screen.
I've gone through the set-up for adding callsign, date/time, etc, but still no luck in enabling the BCON icon. (Unit receives APRS just fine.)
Am I overlooking something simple?
Thank you Philip N4HF
I should add that the internal GPS is turned on, and I've left the rig outside with a clear path to the sky for several minutes to get a GPS lock. Hasn't made any difference to BCON showing up on the display
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 12:34 PM Philip Jenkins n4hf.philip@gmail.com wrote:
Had some glitches with my 72A, so I did a hard reset on the unit.
Now, when pressing the BCON button on the keypad, BCON does not appear on the display screen.
I've gone through the set-up for adding callsign, date/time, etc, but still no luck in enabling the BCON icon. (Unit receives APRS just fine.)
Am I overlooking something simple?
Thank you Philip N4HF
Is the TNC on? Is the squelch closed? By default Data Carrier Detect (DCD) is enabled and that won't let you send packets if the squelch is open.
73, John Brier KG4AKV
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021, 14:10 Philip Jenkins n4hf.philip@gmail.com wrote:
I should add that the internal GPS is turned on, and I've left the rig outside with a clear path to the sky for several minutes to get a GPS lock. Hasn't made any difference to BCON showing up on the display
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 12:34 PM Philip Jenkins n4hf.philip@gmail.com wrote:
Had some glitches with my 72A, so I did a hard reset on the unit.
Now, when pressing the BCON button on the keypad, BCON does not appear on the display screen.
I've gone through the set-up for adding callsign, date/time, etc, but still no luck in enabling the BCON icon. (Unit receives APRS just fine.)
Am I overlooking something simple?
Thank you Philip N4HF
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I vaguely remember an issue about the bands. Does it only work with VFO A and B on the same band? Or maybe you have to be in single VFO mode? I don't remember but I do remember seeing something similar.
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 2:23 PM John Brier johnbrier@gmail.com wrote:
Is the TNC on? Is the squelch closed? By default Data Carrier Detect (DCD) is enabled and that won't let you send packets if the squelch is open.
73, John Brier KG4AKV
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021, 14:10 Philip Jenkins n4hf.philip@gmail.com wrote:
I should add that the internal GPS is turned on, and I've left the rig outside with a clear path to the sky for several minutes to get a GPS lock. Hasn't made any difference to BCON showing up on the display
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 12:34 PM Philip Jenkins n4hf.philip@gmail.com wrote:
Had some glitches with my 72A, so I did a hard reset on the unit.
Now, when pressing the BCON button on the keypad, BCON does not appear on the display screen.
I've gone through the set-up for adding callsign, date/time, etc, but still no luck in enabling the BCON icon. (Unit receives APRS just fine.)
Am I overlooking something simple?
Thank you Philip N4HF
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I actually recently reset mine and hadn't used it for APRS yet. I just turned on the TNC and tried to beacon and it didn't work. I changed the callsign in the APRS Basic Set menu from "NOCALL" to my callsign and it worked.
There is a setting to select which side of the radio is the "data" side but you can press beacon while the radio is on either side and it will beacon on whatever side is selected as the data side.
73, John Brier KG4AKV
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 2:39 PM Burns Fisher wb1fj-bb@fisher.cc wrote:
I vaguely remember an issue about the bands. Does it only work with VFO A and B on the same band? Or maybe you have to be in single VFO mode? I don't remember but I do remember seeing something similar.
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 2:23 PM John Brier johnbrier@gmail.com wrote:
Is the TNC on? Is the squelch closed? By default Data Carrier Detect (DCD) is enabled and that won't let you send packets if the squelch is open.
73, John Brier KG4AKV
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021, 14:10 Philip Jenkins n4hf.philip@gmail.com wrote:
I should add that the internal GPS is turned on, and I've left the rig outside with a clear path to the sky for several minutes to get a GPS lock. Hasn't made any difference to BCON showing up on the display
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 12:34 PM Philip Jenkins n4hf.philip@gmail.com wrote:
Had some glitches with my 72A, so I did a hard reset on the unit.
Now, when pressing the BCON button on the keypad, BCON does not appear on the display screen.
I've gone through the set-up for adding callsign, date/time, etc, but still no luck in enabling the BCON icon. (Unit receives APRS just fine.)
Am I overlooking something simple?
Thank you Philip N4HF
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I just read that Philip already set his callsign. Not sure then. I am not sure what beacon icon you're talking about. When I press it I see "STA" and the radio transmits. That has always worked for me in the past.
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 2:53 PM John Brier johnbrier@gmail.com wrote:
I actually recently reset mine and hadn't used it for APRS yet. I just turned on the TNC and tried to beacon and it didn't work. I changed the callsign in the APRS Basic Set menu from "NOCALL" to my callsign and it worked.
There is a setting to select which side of the radio is the "data" side but you can press beacon while the radio is on either side and it will beacon on whatever side is selected as the data side.
73, John Brier KG4AKV
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 2:39 PM Burns Fisher wb1fj-bb@fisher.cc wrote:
I vaguely remember an issue about the bands. Does it only work with VFO A and B on the same band? Or maybe you have to be in single VFO mode? I don't remember but I do remember seeing something similar.
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 2:23 PM John Brier johnbrier@gmail.com wrote:
Is the TNC on? Is the squelch closed? By default Data Carrier Detect (DCD) is enabled and that won't let you send packets if the squelch is open.
73, John Brier KG4AKV
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021, 14:10 Philip Jenkins n4hf.philip@gmail.com wrote:
I should add that the internal GPS is turned on, and I've left the rig outside with a clear path to the sky for several minutes to get a GPS lock. Hasn't made any difference to BCON showing up on the display
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 12:34 PM Philip Jenkins n4hf.philip@gmail.com wrote:
Had some glitches with my 72A, so I did a hard reset on the unit.
Now, when pressing the BCON button on the keypad, BCON does not appear on the display screen.
I've gone through the set-up for adding callsign, date/time, etc, but still no luck in enabling the BCON icon. (Unit receives APRS just fine.)
Am I overlooking something simple?
Thank you Philip N4HF
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Check the Beacon TX Algorithm (that’s menu 611 on the D710, not sure if it’s the same on the 72). That might be set for manual, so it only beacons when you press the BCON button.
Dave, W8AAS
On Oct 18, 2021, at 2:55 PM, John Brier johnbrier@gmail.com wrote:
I just read that Philip already set his callsign. Not sure then. I am not sure what beacon icon you're talking about. When I press it I see "STA" and the radio transmits. That has always worked for me in the past.
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 2:53 PM John Brier <johnbrier@gmail.com mailto:johnbrier@gmail.com> wrote: I actually recently reset mine and hadn't used it for APRS yet. I just turned on the TNC and tried to beacon and it didn't work. I changed the callsign in the APRS Basic Set menu from "NOCALL" to my callsign and it worked.
There is a setting to select which side of the radio is the "data" side but you can press beacon while the radio is on either side and it will beacon on whatever side is selected as the data side.
73, John Brier KG4AKV
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 2:39 PM Burns Fisher <wb1fj-bb@fisher.cc mailto:wb1fj-bb@fisher.cc> wrote: I vaguely remember an issue about the bands. Does it only work with VFO A and B on the same band? Or maybe you have to be in single VFO mode? I don't remember but I do remember seeing something similar.
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 2:23 PM John Brier <johnbrier@gmail.com mailto:johnbrier@gmail.com> wrote: Is the TNC on? Is the squelch closed? By default Data Carrier Detect (DCD) is enabled and that won't let you send packets if the squelch is open.
73, John Brier KG4AKV
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021, 14:10 Philip Jenkins <n4hf.philip@gmail.com mailto:n4hf.philip@gmail.com> wrote: I should add that the internal GPS is turned on, and I've left the rig outside with a clear path to the sky for several minutes to get a GPS lock. Hasn't made any difference to BCON showing up on the display
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 12:34 PM Philip Jenkins <n4hf.philip@gmail.com mailto:n4hf.philip@gmail.com> wrote: Had some glitches with my 72A, so I did a hard reset on the unit.
Now, when pressing the BCON button on the keypad, BCON does not appear on the display screen.
I've gone through the set-up for adding callsign, date/time, etc, but still no luck in enabling the BCON icon. (Unit receives APRS just fine.)
Am I overlooking something simple?
Thank you Philip N4HF
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I just remembered that Armand has the answer that was causing me problems a couple years ago. APRS will not beacon if someone else is transmitting on the frequency, and on the D72, it determines that by looking for open squelch. If you are used to doing satellites, you may have adjusted the squelch to be always open, in which case APRS will never beacon!
Thanks for the reminder Armand!
73, Burns WB1FJ
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 4:05 PM Dave Taylor ariss.w8aas@gmail.com wrote:
Check the Beacon TX Algorithm (that’s menu 611 on the D710, not sure if it’s the same on the 72). That might be set for manual, so it only beacons when you press the BCON button.
Dave, W8AAS
On Oct 18, 2021, at 2:55 PM, John Brier johnbrier@gmail.com wrote:
I just read that Philip already set his callsign. Not sure then. I am not sure what beacon icon you're talking about. When I press it I see "STA" and the radio transmits. That has always worked for me in the past.
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 2:53 PM John Brier johnbrier@gmail.com wrote:
I actually recently reset mine and hadn't used it for APRS yet. I just turned on the TNC and tried to beacon and it didn't work. I changed the callsign in the APRS Basic Set menu from "NOCALL" to my callsign and it worked.
There is a setting to select which side of the radio is the "data" side but you can press beacon while the radio is on either side and it will beacon on whatever side is selected as the data side.
73, John Brier KG4AKV
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 2:39 PM Burns Fisher wb1fj-bb@fisher.cc wrote:
I vaguely remember an issue about the bands. Does it only work with VFO A and B on the same band? Or maybe you have to be in single VFO mode? I don't remember but I do remember seeing something similar.
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 2:23 PM John Brier johnbrier@gmail.com wrote:
Is the TNC on? Is the squelch closed? By default Data Carrier Detect (DCD) is enabled and that won't let you send packets if the squelch is open.
73, John Brier KG4AKV
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021, 14:10 Philip Jenkins n4hf.philip@gmail.com wrote:
I should add that the internal GPS is turned on, and I've left the rig outside with a clear path to the sky for several minutes to get a GPS lock. Hasn't made any difference to BCON showing up on the display
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 12:34 PM Philip Jenkins n4hf.philip@gmail.com wrote:
Had some glitches with my 72A, so I did a hard reset on the unit.
Now, when pressing the BCON button on the keypad, BCON does not appear on the display screen.
I've gone through the set-up for adding callsign, date/time, etc, but still no luck in enabling the BCON icon. (Unit receives APRS just fine.)
Am I overlooking something simple?
Thank you Philip N4HF
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You can disable DCD sense in menu 320 and it will TX regardless of whether or not there is a signal/squelch is open. You might flood the digipeater and miss decodes, though.
73
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 4:44 PM Burns Fisher wb1fj-bb@fisher.cc wrote:
I just remembered that Armand has the answer that was causing me problems a couple years ago. APRS will not beacon if someone else is transmitting on the frequency, and on the D72, it determines that by looking for open squelch. If you are used to doing satellites, you may have adjusted the squelch to be always open, in which case APRS will never beacon!
Thanks for the reminder Armand!
73, Burns WB1FJ
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 4:05 PM Dave Taylor ariss.w8aas@gmail.com wrote:
Check the Beacon TX Algorithm (that’s menu 611 on the D710, not sure if it’s the same on the 72). That might be set for manual, so it only beacons when you press the BCON button.
Dave, W8AAS
On Oct 18, 2021, at 2:55 PM, John Brier johnbrier@gmail.com wrote:
I just read that Philip already set his callsign. Not sure then. I am not sure what beacon icon you're talking about. When I press it I see "STA" and the radio transmits. That has always worked for me in the past.
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 2:53 PM John Brier johnbrier@gmail.com wrote:
I actually recently reset mine and hadn't used it for APRS yet. I just turned on the TNC and tried to beacon and it didn't work. I changed the callsign in the APRS Basic Set menu from "NOCALL" to my callsign and it worked.
There is a setting to select which side of the radio is the "data" side but you can press beacon while the radio is on either side and it will beacon on whatever side is selected as the data side.
73, John Brier KG4AKV
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 2:39 PM Burns Fisher wb1fj-bb@fisher.cc wrote:
I vaguely remember an issue about the bands. Does it only work with VFO A and B on the same band? Or maybe you have to be in single VFO mode? I don't remember but I do remember seeing something similar.
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 2:23 PM John Brier johnbrier@gmail.com wrote:
Is the TNC on? Is the squelch closed? By default Data Carrier Detect (DCD) is enabled and that won't let you send packets if the squelch is open.
73, John Brier KG4AKV
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021, 14:10 Philip Jenkins n4hf.philip@gmail.com wrote:
I should add that the internal GPS is turned on, and I've left the rig outside with a clear path to the sky for several minutes to get a GPS lock. Hasn't made any difference to BCON showing up on the display
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 12:34 PM Philip Jenkins < n4hf.philip@gmail.com> wrote:
> Had some glitches with my 72A, so I did a hard reset on the unit. > > Now, when pressing the BCON button on the keypad, BCON does not > appear on the display screen. > > I've gone through the set-up for adding callsign, date/time, etc, > but still no luck in enabling the BCON icon. (Unit receives APRS just fine.) > > Am I overlooking something simple? > > Thank you > Philip N4HF >
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I always manually BCN when operating APRS satellites as it allows me to send retries. Not sure if this is best practice. Waiting for auto beacon seemed unreliable
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 5:05 PM John Brier johnbrier@gmail.com wrote:
You can disable DCD sense in menu 320 and it will TX regardless of whether or not there is a signal/squelch is open. You might flood the digipeater and miss decodes, though.
73
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 4:44 PM Burns Fisher wb1fj-bb@fisher.cc wrote:
I just remembered that Armand has the answer that was causing me problems a couple years ago. APRS will not beacon if someone else is transmitting on the frequency, and on the D72, it determines that by looking for open squelch. If you are used to doing satellites, you may have adjusted the squelch to be always open, in which case APRS will never beacon!
Thanks for the reminder Armand!
73, Burns WB1FJ
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 4:05 PM Dave Taylor ariss.w8aas@gmail.com wrote:
Check the Beacon TX Algorithm (that’s menu 611 on the D710, not sure if it’s the same on the 72). That might be set for manual, so it only beacons when you press the BCON button.
Dave, W8AAS
On Oct 18, 2021, at 2:55 PM, John Brier johnbrier@gmail.com wrote:
I just read that Philip already set his callsign. Not sure then. I am not sure what beacon icon you're talking about. When I press it I see "STA" and the radio transmits. That has always worked for me in the past.
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 2:53 PM John Brier johnbrier@gmail.com wrote:
I actually recently reset mine and hadn't used it for APRS yet. I just turned on the TNC and tried to beacon and it didn't work. I changed the callsign in the APRS Basic Set menu from "NOCALL" to my callsign and it worked.
There is a setting to select which side of the radio is the "data" side but you can press beacon while the radio is on either side and it will beacon on whatever side is selected as the data side.
73, John Brier KG4AKV
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 2:39 PM Burns Fisher wb1fj-bb@fisher.cc wrote:
I vaguely remember an issue about the bands. Does it only work with VFO A and B on the same band? Or maybe you have to be in single VFO mode? I don't remember but I do remember seeing something similar.
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 2:23 PM John Brier johnbrier@gmail.com wrote:
Is the TNC on? Is the squelch closed? By default Data Carrier Detect (DCD) is enabled and that won't let you send packets if the squelch is open.
73, John Brier KG4AKV
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021, 14:10 Philip Jenkins n4hf.philip@gmail.com wrote:
> I should add that the internal GPS is turned on, and I've left the > rig outside with a clear path to the sky for several minutes to get a GPS > lock. Hasn't made any difference to BCON showing up on the display > > On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 12:34 PM Philip Jenkins < > n4hf.philip@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Had some glitches with my 72A, so I did a hard reset on the unit. >> >> Now, when pressing the BCON button on the keypad, BCON does not >> appear on the display screen. >> >> I've gone through the set-up for adding callsign, date/time, etc, >> but still no luck in enabling the BCON icon. (Unit receives APRS just fine.) >> >> Am I overlooking something simple? >> >> Thank you >> Philip N4HF >> > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum > available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official > views of AMSAT-NA. > Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at > https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ > > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/amsat-bb@amsat.org > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at > https://mailman.amsat.org
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Hi All,
I very often have set SQL level on 1 or 2.... so I have silence and I can send beacon manuaally any time. Hovever I use also manually by press the button on left side to open SQL.
I had in thd74 frozen of beacon, when I listened SSB on other VFO.
73, Armand.
PS. Sorry for mistakes. I'm writing today and yesterday phone with Polish dictionary.
Check please the path. Is it SQL open. If busy then no TX.
Instead of GPS use constant position. You can set it manuslly eg. JO82he.
73, Armand
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