Tom,

With a message open and your cursor in the text field, press F(funtion key) that will pull up your list of user phrases that you have previously saved. Press the number of the phrase you wish to insert and it will paste it into the message text. Add anything else you want to the message (within character limits) and send. Easy least.

Personally I have these phrases stored, which are enough to cover a packet QSO:

1: CQ De K7TEJ DM34 2: K7TEJ DM33 R QSL? 3: K7TEJ 73!

I actually have the same set saved with different grids I operate from and a set with a field day exchange.

Hope this helps

Rick Tejera K7TEJ Saguaro Astronomy Club www.SaguaroAstro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.w7tbc.org

On June 5, 2018, at 20:23, tjschuessler@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

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