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C4FM/FM 144/430MHz

DUAL BAND DIGITAL TRANSCEIVER

FT5D

Instruction Manual (APRS Edition)

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Page 1: ...C4FM FM 144 430MHz DUAL BAND DIGITAL TRANSCEIVER FT5DR FT5DE Instruction Manual APRS Edition ...

Page 2: ...t data 23 Deleting a beacon station from the list 24 Transmitting APRS beacons 25 Transmitting a beacon manually 25 Switching between automatic and manual beacon transmission 25 Setting the automatic beacon transmit interval 26 Setting the SmartBeaconing 26 Registering status text 28 Selecting a position comment 29 Setting the digipeater route 29 APRS message screen and operating instructions 31 D...

Page 3: ...ur own station will be shown on the display of your transceiver Initial setting process for APRS operations Enabling the GPS function page 3 Disabling the GPS function page 3 Setting the clock of this device FT5DR DE Operating Manual Turning the GPS function OFF page 3 Turning the GPS function ON page 3 Setting the position of your own station page 4 Setting your own station call sign page 5 Setti...

Page 4: ...ll become invalid Tips The position GPS coordinates for your own station can be registered in 10 memories P1 P10 The registered coordinates can be set as the position information of your own station page 58 When using the GPS function in APRS operations be sure to set APRS 24 MY POSITION to GPS When using the GPS function the current consumed will increase by about 15 mA As a result the battery st...

Page 5: ...m for setting the Minute 6 Turn the DIAL knob to select Minute and press the F MENU key The cursor will move to the item for setting the 1 100th Minute 7 Turn the DIAL knob to select 1 100th Minute and press the F MENU key The seconds will be displayed within parentheses 8 Turn the DIAL knob to select LON and press the F MENU key The cursor will move to the item for setting the longitude 9 Turn th...

Page 6: ...y tracker station messages cannot be exchanged 5 Operation station using mobile devices smartphones etc 13 Meteorological station weather station 6 Operation station for satellite communica tions events etc 14 Tracking mobile stations 7 Use of FT5D etc in handy terminals 15 Digipeater mobile station meteorological station etc 1 Press and hold the F MENU key Touch APRS 23 CALLSIGN APRS The text inp...

Page 7: ... MODEM 2 Turn the DIAL knob to set the APRS baud rate The APRS baud rate can be selected from the following three options OFF 1200 bps 9600 bps Remark Factory shipping value OFF 3 Press the PTT The baud rate sign will be set and the display returned to the operating screen Caution If the APRS is not going to be used follow Step 2 above to set it to OFF Tips If the APRS baud rate is set to 1200 bps...

Page 8: ...d symbol characters can be input directly when 25 MY SYMBOL User appears See the following page on how to enter the characters 3 Press the F MENU key The cursor will move to the Code area of the table below You can turn the DIAL knob to select a frequently used symbol from the symbols shown in the table below Remark The default value of each symbol is as follows MY SYMBOL Code Symbol 1 Human 2 b B...

Page 9: ...nob to select 25 MY SYMBOL User 4 Press the F MENU key again The cursor will move to the Symbol Table ID character on the left side of the code 5 Turn the DIAL knob to select the Symbol Table ID 6 Press the F MENU key The cursor will move to the Symbol Code character on the right side of Code 7 Turn the DIAL knob to select the Symbol Code 8 Press the F MENU key The symbol will be set 9 Press the P...

Page 10: ... stop automatically Receiving beacons y y Displaying beacons in the APRS pop up screen A ping pong audio alarm will sound when a beacon is received on the Band B frequency and the APRS pop up screen will be displayed The contents displayed in the APRS POP UP SCREEN and the APRS STATION LIST DETAIL SCREEN to be explained next are basically the same y y Displaying beacons in the APRS STATION LIST de...

Page 11: ...ay will change the date display on the following day Scroll the screen Turn the DIAL knob Move to the APRS MESSAGE LIST screen page 31 Touch followed by M LIST Replying messages page 39 Touch REPLY Move the cursor to the top of the APRS STATION LIST Touch TOP Delete a selected beacon station from the display page 24 Touch followed by DEL Move to the APRS STATION LIST detail screen page 12 page 20 ...

Page 12: ...he beacon of an object station is received compression type 18 I Item Displayed when the beacon of an item station is received 18 i Item Displayed when the beacon of an item station is received compression type 18 K Killed Object Item Displayed when a deleted object station or item station is received 18 k Killed Object Item Displayed when a deleted object station or item station is received compr...

Page 13: ...n of movement of the partner station will be displayed Altitude The altitude of the partner station will be displayed Position comment The position comments of the partner station will be displayed When an emergency message is received the message Emergency is displayed and a pu x12 sound will be repeated 12 times Latitude The N north latitude or S south latitude of the current position will be di...

Page 14: ...layed Time The time the beacon was received HH MM will be displayed Latitude The N north latitude or S south latitude of the current position will be displayed DDMM MM or DDMMSS Longitude The E east longitude or W west longitude of the current position will be displayed DDMM MM or DDMMSS COMMENT TEXT The comment s information will be displayed Symbol The symbol of the radio station will be display...

Page 15: ...n will be displayed Antenna ground height The antenna ground height of the other station will be displayed Antenna gain The antenna gain of the partner station will be displayed Antenna direction The antenna direction of the partner station will be displayed Transmission count The transmission count of the partner station will be displayed Latitude The N north latitude or S south latitude of the c...

Page 16: ...e The time the beacon was received HH MM will be displayed Speed The moving speed of the partner station will be displayed Direction The direction of movement of the partner station will be displayed Latitude The N north latitude or S south latitude of the current position will be displayed DDMM MM or DDMMSS Longitude The E east longitude or W west longitude of the current position will be display...

Page 17: ...ayed Speed The moving speed of the partner station will be displayed Direction The direction of movement of the partner station will be displayed Coverage area Information on the coverage area of the partner station will be displayed Altitude The altitude of the partner station will be displayed Latitude The N north latitude or S south latitude of the current position will be displayed DDMM MM or ...

Page 18: ...l per hour will be displayed Rainfall Information on the rainfall per day will be displayed Rainfall Information on the rainfall from midnight onwards will be displayed Wind direction Information on the maximum direction will be displayed Wind speed Wind speed information will be displayed Maximum wind speed Information on maximum wind speed will be displayed Atmospheric pressure Information on th...

Page 19: ...e the beacon was received MM DD will be displayed Time The time the beacon was received HH MM will be displayed Latitude The N north latitude or S south latitude of the current position will be displayed DDMM MM or DDMMSS Longitude The E east longitude or W west longitude of the current position will be displayed DDMM MM or DDMMSS COMMENT TEXT The comments information will be displayed Symbol The ...

Page 20: ...e the beacon was received MM DD will be displayed Time The time the beacon was received HH MM will be displayed STATUS TEXT The comments information will be displayed Each time the icon is touched the function of the DIAL knob changes REPLY Touch this icon to display the reply message text input screen Touch this icon to display the function expansion key screen Touch this when replying to a messa...

Page 21: ...d the mark is displayed Date The date the beacon was received MM DD will be displayed Time The time the beacon was received HH MM will be displayed DATA TEXT The comments information will be displayed Each time the icon is touched the function of the DIAL knob changes REPLY Touch this icon to display the reply message text input screen Touch this icon to display the function expansion key screen T...

Page 22: ...rsor will move to the set value 4 Turn the DIAL knob to select the set value OFF Popup screen is not displayed ALL 2 s ALL 60 s Sets the display time of a popup for 2 to 60 seconds ALL CNT Popup continues to be displayed until a key is operated BND 2 s BND 60 s Content is displayed in 2 alphabetic characters on the band display section on the screen for 2 to 60 seconds See page 22 BND CNT Content ...

Page 23: ... Second digit E Mic E Beacon of a mike encoder station P Position Beacon of a fixed station FIXED mobile station MOVING P Position Beacon of a fixed station fixed mobile station moving compression type W Weather report Beacon of a meteorological station w Weather report Beacon of a meteorological station compression type O Object Beacon of an object station o Object Beacon of an object station com...

Page 24: ... Press the PTT To exit the set mode and return to the operating screen Displaying RAW packet data Display the packet data raw data of the partner station from the APRS STATION LIST detail screen 1 Press the F MENU Touch S LIST The APRS STATION LIST screen will be displayed 2 Turn the DIAL knob to select the beacon Select the beacon station to confirm the RAW packet data 3 Press the F MENU key A de...

Page 25: ...e and others is received the route information included in the text of the 3rd Party Header Beacon will be displayed instead of the information obtained from the AX 25 packet signal Deleting a beacon station from the list A beacon station which is no longer required can be deleted from the list by selecting it on the APRS STATION LIST screen 1 Press the F MENU Touch S LIST The APRS STATION LIST sc...

Page 26: ...Touch followed by BEACON Each time the BEACON is touched the setting will switch between MANUAL AUTO and SMART This is a short cut to APRS 16 BEACON TX in the Setup Menu No display MANUAL Only when and BEACON TX are touched will the APRS beacon of your own station be transmitted with the default settings Touch F MENU followed by BCN TX in the frequency screen appears AUTO Automatically transmit th...

Page 27: ...e has passed to transmit a beacon the beacon transmission is delayed The beacon will be sent when the squelch is closed Setting the SmartBeaconing SmartBeaconing is a function that efficiently transmits an APRS beacon including your own station position speed and direction of travel The information is based on data from a GPS satellite receiver unit This device supports automatic beacon transmissi...

Page 28: ... The APRS STATION LIST screen will be displayed 5 Touch followed by BEACON will be displayed at the top right of the display This is a short cut to APRS 16 BEACON TX in the Setup Menu SmartBeaconing is set when appears at the top right hand corner of the display Tips If the APRS 16 BEACON TX setting is set to SMART in the Setup Menu the setting of the BEACON INTERVAL will be ignored This function ...

Page 29: ... 1 1 every time to 1 8 once in 8 times 7 Press the BACK key 8 Turn the DIAL knob to select TEXT and press the F MENU key 9 Turn the DIAL knob to select the number of the status text to register 10 Press the F MENU key The screen for editing text will be displayed The text contents will be displayed if text was already entered Press the BACK key to return to the previous screen 11 Touch EDIT TEXT 1...

Page 30: ...e call sign or alias of the digipeater in the radio This transceiver is preset to WIDE1 1 relay setting of one location and WIDE1 1 WIDE2 1 relay settings of two locations When WIDE 1 1 WIDE 2 1 are selected the beacon is initially relayed to the digipeater station at the first location as specified in WIDE 1 1 and then it is relayed to the digipeater station at the second location as specified in...

Page 31: ...screen Press the BACK key to return to the previous screen 4 Turn the DIAL knob to select the address Select the address 1 2 8 addresses can be set for P8 only 5 Press the F MENU key 6 Enter the call sign using the text input screens Refer to Text input screen FT5DR DE Operating Manual on how to enter text 7 Touch 8 Touch the SSID you want to set 9 Press the BACK key The digipeater route will be s...

Page 32: ... or transmit time HH MM or date MM DD will be displayed Beacon auto manual transmission icon If the icon does not appear beacons are transmitted manually If the icon is displayed beacons are transmitted automatically If the icon is displayed transmissions are transmitted automatically using the SmartBeaconing function TOP Touch this to move to the top of the list REPLY Touch this to display the sc...

Page 33: ...tin Name will be displayed for bulletin and group messages Messages transmitted ACK received Messages transmitted ACK not received 4 0 5 Transmission message transmission not complete The number is the remaining transmission count Message The contents of the message will be displayed The DIAL knob function changes each time it is touched REPLY Touch this to display the text input screen for writin...

Page 34: ...to display the screen for entering the message text Touch this to display the function expansion key screen Touch this to delete all messages or to edit the call sign of the partner station to send to Select a standard message Touch EDIT TXT followed by STANDARD MSG Enter the call sign of your partner station Touch followed by EDIT CS Deleting message text Touch followed by CLR ALL Move to the fre...

Page 35: ...erence Touch followed by S LIST to move to the APRS STATION LIST screen 1 Turn the DIAL knob to select a received message Turn the DIAL knob to scroll the screen up and down and select a received message 2 Press the F MENU key The APRS MESSAGE LIST detail screen will appear for you to check the message Reference Touch followed by MSG EDIT to display the message edit screen 3 Press the BACK key Ret...

Page 36: ...up Menu the receive audio will continue to be heard without being interrupted by a received signal in the AF DUAL mode even if an APRS beacon or message is received on Band B Switch to the APRS screen to check APRS messages and information on received beacons If the APRS 5 APRS MSG FLASH setting is set to ON in the Setup Menu a strobe white LED will flash when a message MSG group GRP or bulletin B...

Page 37: ...AGE LIST screen will be displayed 2 Turn the DIAL knob to select the message Turn the DIAL knob to select the message to delete 3 Touch followed by DEL The word DELETE will appear in the display Reference Touch CANCEL to cancel the deletion 4 Select OK first before touching it The message will be deleted 1 JA1ZRL 9 15 36 2 JA6YPC 7 12 34 3 JA1YOE 13 04 56 4 JQ1YBF 9 12 27 5 JQ1YBG 14 11 18 ...

Page 38: ...message will appear 3 Touch followed by EDIT CS The display will change to the call sign input screen 4 Input the call sign in the alphabet input screen and nu meric input screen Refer to Text input screen FT5DR DE Operating Man ual on how to enter the call sign of the destination sta tion A maximum of 6 digits can be entered for the call sign 5 Touch 6 Touch the SSID you want to set No setting is...

Page 39: ...12 APRS TX DELAY setting in the Setup Menu y y Use fixed text to write a message A character string registered in advance can be appended to a message text Refer to Registering a standard message page 39 for the registration method 1 Follow Steps 1 8 in Input individual characters to write a message page 37 2 Touch MTXT A list of fixed text messages will be displayed 3 Turn the DIAL knob to select...

Page 40: ...on y y Registering a standard message 8 standard messages containing a maximum of 16 characters each can be registered in this device The following characters can be entered in a standard message Alphabet letter half byte upper case half byte lower case Number half byte Symbol 1 Press and hold the F MENU key Touch APRS 7 APRS MSG TXT 2 Turn the DIAL knob to select the message number to register an...

Page 41: ...ssion count of the acknowledgment receipt will appear in the APRS MESSAGE LIST screen as shown below The remaining transmission count can also be checked by pressing the F MENU key to change to the transmit detail screen Remaining count display example 1 JA1ZRL 9 15 36 2 JA6YPC 7 12 34 3 JA1YOE 13 04 56 4 JQ1YBF 9 12 27 5 JQ1YBG 14 11 18 Show when ACK is received APRS MESSAGE LIST screen display w...

Page 42: ...60 messages can be displayed in the APRS screen with the oldest messages being deleted automatically if the number exceeds 60 As a result when a new message is received messages that were not resent 5 times may be deleted ...

Page 43: ... flash when there is an incoming message MSG 4 sec OFF 2 sec 60 sec CONTINUOUS EVERY 2 s 10 m GRP 4 sec OFF 2 sec 60 sec CONTINUOUS BLN 4 sec OFF 2 sec 60 sec CONTINUOUS 46 6 APRS MSG GROUP Group filter message receive settings G1 ALL G2 CQ G3 QST G4 YAESU G5 B1 BLN B2 BLN B3 BLN 47 7 APRS MSG TXT Input of standard message text 1 to 8 ch 47 8 APRS MUTE Turn on off the B band AF muting function whe...

Page 44: ...tting the data sending delay time 100ms 150ms 200ms 250ms 300ms 400ms 500ms 750ms 1000ms 52 13 BEACON INFO Setting the transmit beacon information AMBIGUITY OFF 1 digit 2 digit 3 digit 4 digit SPD CSE ON OFF ALTITUDE ON OFF 52 14 BEACON INTERVAL Setting the beacon automatic transmit interval 30 sec 1 min 2 min 3 min 5 min 10 min 15 min 20 min 30 min 60 min 53 15 BEACON STATUS TEXT Input setting th...

Page 45: ...play POSITION MMM SS SPEED km h knot mph ALTITUDE m ft 58 23 CALLSIGN APRS Setting the callsign of your station 58 24 MY POSITION Setting the position for your station GPS Manual P1 to P10 58 25 MY SYMBOL Setting the symbol for your station Total of 48 icons including 1 Human parson 2 b Bicycle 3 Car 4 YY Yaesu Radios 59 26 POSITION COMMENT Setting the position comment function Off Duty En Route I...

Page 46: ...THER ALTNET Default Mic E ON POSITION ON WEATHER ON OBJECT ON ITEM ON STATUS ON OTHER OFF ALTNET OFF Explanation For setting FILTER for obtaining various beacon types ON Obtains beacons OFF Does not obtain beacons Mic E Displays the obtained MIC Encoder beacons POSITION Displays the obtained Position of beacons WEATHER Displays the obtained Weather beacons OBJECT Displays the obtained Object of be...

Page 47: ...sage is received Strobe white LED flashes continuously when COUNTINUOUS is selected If the interval is set as Every 2 sec Every 10 sec in MSG the indicator will blink as follows Every 2 sec Every 5 sec 1 flash for the set time interval Every 6 sec Every 9 sec 2 flashes for the set time interval Every 10 sec Every 50 sec 3 flashes for the set time interval Every 1 min Every 5 min 4 flashes for the ...

Page 48: ...selected in default settings Acts as a wild card matching any character received y y 7 APRS MSG TXT Entering fixed text characters Explanation 8 types of up to 16 character fixed text can be created and copied to messages on the message edit screen y y 8 APRS MUTE Band B AF mute ON OFF setting when configuring the APRS Setting Item ON OFF Default OFF Explanation If Set mode option APRS 4 APRS MODE...

Page 49: ... BND 60 s BND CNT BLN OFF ALL 2 s ALL 60 s ALL CNT BND 2 s to BND 60 s BND CNT MY MSG OFF BND 2 s BND 60 s DUP BCN OFF BND 2 s BND 60 s DUP MSG OFF BND 2 s BND 60 s ACK REJ OFF BND 2 s BND 60 s OTHER MSG OFF BND 2 s BND 60 s Explanation on Parameters ALL 2 s ALL 60 s Sets the display time of a popup for 2 to 60 seconds ALL CNT Popup continues to be displayed until a key is operated BND 2 s BND 60 ...

Page 50: ... by APRS is received MY PACKET Setting for the time a POPUP is displayed when a self transmitted beacon relay wave is received MSG Setting for the time a POPUP is displayed when a new message is received GRP Setting for the time a POPUP is displayed when a group message is received BLN Setting for the time a POPUP is displayed when a bulletin message is received MY MSG Setting for the time a POPUP...

Page 51: ...R MSG ON OFF TX BCN ON OFF TX MSG ON OFF Default Mic E ON POSITION ON WEATHER ON OBJECT ON ITEM ON STATUS ON OTHER ON MY PACKET ON MSG ON GRP ON BLN ON MY MSG ON DUP BCN ON DUP MSG ON ACK REJ ON OTHER MSG ON TX BCN ON TX MSG ON Explanation Set the bell sound for transmit receive ofAPRS beacons and messages and the conditions for when it rings Mic E Setting the sound of the bell that rings when a M...

Page 52: ...und of the bell that rings when a overlapping beacon is received DUP MSG Setting for the sound of the bell that rings when a message that has already has been received is received again ACK REJ Setting for the sound of the bell that rings when response data ACK REJ of a message sent by your station is received OTHER MSG Setting for the sound of the bell that rings when a message addressed to anoth...

Page 53: ... AMBIGUITY This function is for masking lower denominations of your position longitude latitude to disambiguate the position of your station Setting this function to OFF disables disambiguation and transmits the precise position information of your station OFF 1digit 2digit 3digit 4digit 35 38 17 35 38 1 35 38 35 3 35 139 42 33 139 42 3 139 42 139 4 139 SPD CSE SPEED COURSE If function is set to O...

Page 54: ...ssion is stopped The beacon is transmitted when squelch is deactivated If SMART is selected in APRS 16 BEACON TX the setting for BEACON INTERVAL is ignored y y 15 BEACON STATUS TXT Entering status text Setting Item S TXT ON OFF TX RATE 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 TEXT1 Not entered TEXT2 Not entered TEXT3 Not entered TEXT4 Not entered TEXT5 Not entered Up to 60 characters can be entered for sta...

Page 55: ... SMART A BEACON is automatically transmitted using the SmartBeaconingTM function This setting can only be selected if STATUS setting in APRS 27 SmartBeaconing is set between Type 1 and Type 3 and APRS 24 MY POSITION is set to GPS y y 17 COM PORT SETTING COM Port setting Setting Item STATUS ON OFF SPEED 4800 9600 19200 38400 INPUT OFF GPS OUTPUT OFF GPS WAY P WAYPOINT NMEA9 NMEA6 NMEA7 NMEA8 Mic E ...

Page 56: ...IGN information of APRS BEACON stations attached to various data when WAYPOINT is selected for OUTPUT NMEA6 CALLSIGN is restricted to 6 digits to the right example if JQ1YBG 14 is received CALLSIGN information appears as YBG 14 NMEA7 CALLSIGNisrestrictedto7digitstotheright example ifJQ1YBG 14 is received CALLSIGN information appears as 1YBG 14 NMEA8 CALLSIGNisrestrictedto8digitstotheright example ...

Page 57: ...tion A station that relays packets such as beacons is called a digipeater Select a CALLSIGN or ALIAS of the digipeater you would like to use In this transceiver WIDE1 1 setting for 1 relay station and WIDE1 1 WIDE2 1 setting for 2 relay stations is the default In WIDE1 1 WIDE2 1 a transmission is relayed to the first digipeater station specified as WIDE1 1 then to the second digipeater station spe...

Page 58: ...hen the movement speed of this device is 0 OFF The latitude and longitude are constantly calculated when the movement speed of this device is 0 DGPS ON Correction data is used from a geostationary satellite to improve the accuracy OFF Correction data from geostationary satellites is not used y y 20 GPS POWER ON OFF setting for the GPS function Setting Item GPS ON GPS OFF Default GPS ON Explanation...

Page 59: ...SIGN is registered to your station it is displayed on the LCD when the power of this transceiver is turned on Register a CALLSIGN as shown below NN CALLSIGN Up to 6 characters NN Number a number between 1 to 15 or no SSID Entering 7 after the CALLSIGN is recommended in standard mobile use y y 24 MY POSITION Setting the station position Setting Item GPS Manual P1 to P10 Default GPS Explanation Set ...

Page 60: ... Human Person 2 Bicycle 3 Car 4 Yaesu Radios Explanation Set the symbol for your station to transmit Select your symbol from 48 types y y 26 POSITION COMMENT Set up the position comment function Setting Item Off Duty En Route In Service Returning Committed Special Priority Custom 0 Custom 1 Custom 2 Custom 3 Custom 4 Custom 5 Custom 6 Emergency Default Off Duty Explanation Select the position comm...

Page 61: ...martBeaconTM The SmartBeaconing function on this transceiver has 3 different settings TYPE 1 to TYPE 3 and has preset initial values postulated to be used in the following operation TYPE1 High speed movement such as by vehicle TYPE2 Medium speed movement such as by bicycle TYPE3 Low speed movement such as by walking TYPE 2 and TYPE 3 settings particularly TYPE 3 transmits many beacons in a short p...

Page 62: ...ON can be transmitted after a BEACON is transmitted upon detection of a change in time Variable Rate Beaconing or direction Corner Pegging Caution If SmartBeaconingTM is to be operated at different timings the parameters of settings TYPE1 to TYPE3 can be changed When changing parameters be sure to adjust parameters of SmartBeaconing and DIGI PATH settings for appropriate beacon transmission interv...

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