(200805.20)

Part of the 'stuff' I was waiting for arrived late yesterday afternoon, so I spent the rest of the day and early this morning getting 'another part' of ARPSN completed.

I am still waiting for another piece of equipment to arrive that 'should' tie everything together ...then, there is still 'the shed'.

Recently I posted the following to a group, received a response, and am placing it here as an aid for anyone else with the same ;-) anal (-; need for verification.

On or around February 29, 2008, Kenwood provided an update for the D710A that stated:

Updated items : (Version 1.00 1.01) [February 29, 2008]

Updates the following feature.

Works with the data logger of the "WeatherLink® for APRS, with Streaming Data Logger" (Davis Part No. 06540) [which i have] as well as the data logger of the "WeatherLink® for Vantage Pro2™, Windows, Serial Port" (Davis Part No. 06510SER).

Note : Please set the "BAUD RATE" (Menu No.602) to 9600bps for stable working performance."

https://www.kenwood.com/i/products/info/amateur/tmd710_tnc_update_e.html

I understood the above to mean I can plug the Davis "Data Logger" into the D710A serial port, supply transmit parameters, and WeatherLink will supply the WX stream. ??? Is that correct?

Verification appreciated.

Response:

Yes.

See this link:

http://www.davisnet.com/weather/products/weather_product.asp?pnum=06540

Also see page 29 of the new In-Depth Kenwood Manual for the D710, written by Bob Bruniga:

http://www.kenwood.com/i/products/info/amateur/pdf/TM-D710AE_IDM_R1.pdf

Snips pertaining to my interest from the above PDF:

6.2.1.1 Davis Instruments Corp.

"The weather station, Vantage Pro2 from Davis Instruments can be used with TM-D710A/E or RC-D710."

"WeatherLink for APRS With Streaming Data Logger [There is a sticker on my box that says the previous.] (Davis Part #.06540) is required for TM-D710A/E and RC-D710."

tnx simmoh56