Setting Your Own Station Callsign; Setting The Aprs Modem - Yaesu FTM-300DR Instruction Manual

Setting your own station callsign

Register your own station callsign in order to send and receive messages and to transmit
beacons in APRS. Enter the callsign like "JA1ZRL-9". The "-9" in the callsign indicates
the SSID (Secondary Station Identifier) of which there are 16 types, including one with no
SSID. Generally, the SSIDs shown in the table below are used in APRS.
SSID
(NIL) Fixed stations that can exchange mes-
sages
-1 1200 bps narrow-to-middle band digipe-
ater
-2 9600 bps digipeater
-3 1200 bps broadband digipeater
-4 Digipeater, mobile station, meteorological
station, etc.
-5 Operation station using mobile devices
(smartphones etc.)
-6 Operation station for satellite communica-
tions, events, etc.
-7 Use of FT3D etc. in handy terminals
1
Press and hold the [F(SETUP)] key → [APRS] → [21 CALLSIGN (APRS)].
The text input screen will be displayed.
2
Input the callsign and the SSID in the character input
screen.
Refer to "Text input screen" (FTM-300DR/DE Operating
Manual).
3
After entering the callsign, press and hold the DIAL knob.
4
Press the [DISP] key or press the PTT switch to return to
the operating screen.

Setting the APRS modem

Turn on the APRS modem to activate the APRS function.
1
Press and hold the [F(SETUP)] key → [APRS] → [4 APRS MODEM].
2
Press the DIAL knob to set to [ON].
The display will show "A12" (for 1200 bps) or "A96" (for 9600 bps).
y Stop APRS operation
1
Set it to [OFF] in step 2 above.
Description SSID
-8 Marine mobile stations, land mobile sta-
tions
-9 Using the FTM-300D etc. for mobile ap-
plications
-10 I-Gate station, Internet connection station
-11 Balloons, aircraft, spacecraft, etc.
-12 1-way tracker station (messages cannot
be exchanged)
-13 Meteorological station (weather station)
-14 Tracking mobile stations
-15 Digipeater, mobile station, meteorological
station, etc.
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Description