‰ NOW 25 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM DECEMBER 2013 QST PAGE 43‰ MOST D STAR GATEWAYS WILL CONVERT THE D PRS DATA PACKET INTO STANDARD APRS PACKETS AND SEND IT ON THE INTERNET, ALLOWING YOUR POSITION TO BE VIEWED ON APRS SERVERS. THE GPS LOGGER FUNCTION STORES POSITIONS ALONG YOUR COURSE ON THE MICROSD CARD FOR DISPLAY USING MAPPING SOFTWARE. BC RADIO AND TWO BAND MONITORING AS WITH MANY RADIOS NOWADAYS, THE OPERATOR CAN MONITOR TWO BANDS AT ONCE, ALONG WITH THE BROADCAST RADIO RECEIVER INCORPORATED INTO THIS RADIO. THE OPERATOR CAN LISTEN TO EACH ONE SEPARATELY, TOO, OF COURSE. THE BROADCAST RADIO WORKS FINE, AND IT SOUNDS BETTER THAN MY CARS FM RADIO. BOTH AM AND FM BANDS ARE AVAILABLE AND FAVORITE STATIONS CAN BE STORED IN MEMORY. AGAIN, FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF AN EMERGENCY OR DISASTER RESPONSE COMMUNICATIONS OPERATOR, HAVING ACCESS TO THE AM AND FM BROADCAST BANDS FOR GENERAL DISASTER INFORMATION AND ALERTS IS VERY USEFUL. MEMORY CHANNELS THE TRANSCEIVER HAS 500 REGULAR MEMORY CHANNELS, 50 SCAN EDGE ‰ END OF 25 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ