TM-D700 Tips and Tricks
My D700's (4 of them) are all identically programmed using Kenwood's D700 programming software. I have APRS running on the left bank, and voice freqs all loaded up and running on the right bank. I love these radios, and consider them perfect for my amateur radio interests, which are primarily voice and APRS.
I have the 100 hertz CT programmed on the APRS frequency and this allows me to hear APRS packets when they are within direct range (not digipeated), and if the other person has a D700 and similarly programmed. I can make a voice contact with him and invite more chat on another simplex frequency. So when you are out driving around and you have the APRS freq on the left bank, with the volume up a bit, and you hear APRS packets, then you should look to see if the contact was logged, and try calling that person on the APRS frequency. Remember, no long QSOs, just make contact and move to a voice freq.
When I transfer the radio settings from the software program, I sort the frequency database alphabetically. That way when I tune the channel knob I have all the stations sorted from A-Z. It's much easier than looking for a particular frequency.
This just recently mentioned, in addition to entering an APRS freq with the 100 hz CT, you can program another APRS freq w/o the CT, and then choose either one. If you sort alphabetically, the two entries will be one after another.