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D700//D7A GPS jackTM-D700 menu: APRS: WAYPOINTS: 9 CHARACTER NMEA

Automatic Waypoint Entry

When connected to the Kenwood TH-D7 hand-held, the Garmin GPS 12 and Garmin GPS III+ support the automatic entry of APRS position data onto their displays. The NMEA string '$GPWPL' is output by the Kenwood TH-D7 - as shown in the examples below:

$GPWPL,5346.17,N,00030.15,W,M1BLR *5C

$GPWPL,5342.91,N,00027.05,W,N TOWE*36

$GPWPL,5344.03,N,00025.68,W,G0VRM*6B

Incoming positions from the Kenwood TH-D7 are marked as a 'WAYPOINT'. Although the APRS symbols may appear similar to those of the GPS III+, they are not transferred. (The numbers following the '*' at the end of NMEA strings are checksums.)