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FTM-200DR

FTM-200DE

Instruction Manual

(APRS Edition)

C4FM/FM 144/430MHz

DUAL BAND DIGITAL TRANSCEIVER

Summary of Contents for FTM-200DE

Page 1: ...FTM 200DR FTM 200DE Instruction Manual APRS Edition C4FM FM 144 430MHz DUAL BAND DIGITAL TRANSCEIVER...

Page 2: ...unction 21 Displaying RAW packet data 22 Deleting a beacon station from the list 22 Transmitting APRS beacons 23 Transmitting an APRS beacon manually 23 Transmitting an APRS beacon automatically 23 Se...

Page 3: ...S signal is received from a partner station the direction distance speed etc of the partner station as seen from your own station will be shown on the display of your transceiver Initial setting proce...

Page 4: ...ck key Factory setting value GPS 4 Rotate the DIAL knob to select 94 MY POSITION and then press the DIAL knob A screen to enter the position information of your own station will be displayed 5 Press t...

Page 5: ...annot 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 st...

Page 6: ...ending on the region and country In the USA the usual operating frequency is 144 39 MHz Therefore to begin APRS operations set the Band B frequency to 144 39 MHz 1 Press the A B key to switch the oper...

Page 7: ...en y y Entering a symbol character directly You can enter a symbol character directly if the symbol that you want is not available 1 Press and hold the F menu key 95 MY SYMBOL 2 Press the DIAL knob 3...

Page 8: ...and receive using the operating band at that point SUB BAND Send and receive using the sub band at that point A BAND FIX Always send and receive using A band B BAND FIX Always send and receive using...

Page 9: ...b to display the details screen Rotate the DIAL knob to scroll the screen 4 Press the SQL back key Returns the screen to the APRS STATION LIST screen Tips When 71 APRS FILTER is set to on a received b...

Page 10: ...eration Scroll the screen Rotate the DIAL knob Move to the APRS STATION LIST detail screen page 11 page 19 Rotate the DIAL knob to select the beacon whose details you want to see and press the DIAL kn...

Page 11: ...ion is received compression type 16 I Item Displayed when the beacon of an item station is received 16 i Item Displayed when the beacon of an item station is received compression type 16 K Killed Obje...

Page 12: ...tion The direction 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 wil...

Page 13: ...isplayed Time The time the beacon was received HH MM 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 p...

Page 14: ...he transmission power of the partner station 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 stati...

Page 15: ...e 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 Alti...

Page 16: ...infall 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 spee...

Page 17: ...ved station will be 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 Latitude The N north latitude or S south latit...

Page 18: ...displayed Partner station information Status information will be 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 S...

Page 19: ...Distance Distance to the received station will be 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 Altitude The alt...

Page 20: ...e received station callsign will be displayed Partner station information Other packet information will be displayed Date The date the beacon was received MM DD will be displayed Time The time the bea...

Page 21: ...0 sec 6 Rotate the DIAL knob to select MY PACKET then press the DIAL knob 7 Rotate the DIAL knob to select the pop up ON OFF of your own station s transmission beacon relayed signal Factory default va...

Page 22: ...con of a status station G Raw NMEA Beacon of a Raw NMEA Other Beacon that could not be interpreted Audio notification of a beacon or message received APRS RINGER function An audio notification can be...

Page 23: ...ater information RAW TEXT View the text of raw data Tips For transmit messages information on DIGI First and DIG Last will not be displayed will be displayed as the digipeater information is not saved...

Page 24: ...erval can be selected from the following times 30sec 1min 2min 3min 5min 10min 15min 20min 30min 60min Factory default value 5 min 6 Press the DISP key or press the PTT switch to return to the operati...

Page 25: ...urn the SmartBeaconing function ON Factory default value STATUS OFF STATUS TYPE1 TYPE2 TYPE3 LOW SPEED 5 5 5 HIGH SPEED 70 70 70 SLOW RATE 30min 30min 30min FAST RATE 120sec 120sec 120sec TURN ANGLE 2...

Page 26: ...The screen for editing text will be displayed The text contents will be displayed if text was already entered 10 Enter the text Refer to Text input screen FTM 200DR DE Operating Manual on how to ente...

Page 27: ...RS are recommended to operate in the New Paradigm format As the number of supporting digipeater stations is the largest the default setting of this radio is therefore set to WIDE 1 1 WIDE 2 1 when shi...

Page 28: ...address selection screen 2 Rotate the DIAL knob to select the ADDRESS 1 then press the DIAL knob The address input screen will be displayed 3 Enter the address Refer to Text input screen FTM 200DR DE...

Page 29: ...28 MESSAGE LIST Number The number of the message received or transmitted will be displayed Receive Transmit One of the following icons is displayed during message reception and transmission Messages r...

Page 30: ...details of the messages received and transmitted in the APRS MESSAGE LIST screen Hello every member 1 From JA1YPC 7 GROUP ALL 2022 02 03 12 34 Number The number of the message received or transmitted...

Page 31: ...d transmitted in the Message Edit screen Hello every member To JA1YPC 7 1 Hello Callsign The callsign of the destination will be displayed Message A maximum of up to 67 characters can be entered in a...

Page 32: ...set 1 Press and hold the F menu key 91 MESSAGE GROUP Press the DIAL knob 2 Rotate the DIAL knob to select the group filter then press the DIAL knob GROUP 1 ALL GROUP 2 CQ GROUP 3 QST GROUP 4 YAESU GRO...

Page 33: ...addressed to your APRS station is received If RX MESSAGE is set to OFF the message will appear in the display without any audio alarm Messages that differ only in the SSID that are addressed to your...

Page 34: ...ximum of 6 digits and SSID can be entered for the callsign No setting is required if SSID is not necessary 6 Press and hold the DIAL knob Return to the APRS MESSAGE EDIT screen 7 Press the F menu key...

Page 35: ...essage 3 Press the F menu key 4 Rotate the DIAL knob to select the M TX then press the DIAL knob The message will be sent and the display will return to the frequency screen y y Registering a standard...

Page 36: ...ceipt acknowledgment ACK When a message is sent to a specific partner station anACK packet receipt acknowledgment will be returned to acknowledge receipt of the message by the partner station The tran...

Page 37: ...is four 1 JA1ZRL 9 15 36 2 JA6YPC 7 12 34 3 JA1YOE 13 04 56 4 JQ1YBF 9 02 14 5 JQ1YBG 14 02 03 6 JA1ZRL 9 01 28 MESSAGE LIST Show during TX OUT APRS MESSAGE LIST screen display during TX OUT Tip A ma...

Page 38: ...F ON 42 75 APRS POPUP APRS POPUP Beacons and messages Pop up display time setting BEACON OFF 3sec 5sec 10sec HOLD MESSAGE OFF 3sec 5sec 10sec HOLD MYPACKET OFF ON 42 76 APRS RINGER APRS RNGR Set bell...

Page 39: ...INTERVAL 30 sec 5 min 60 min PROPORTIONAL ON OFF DECAY ON OFF LOW SPEED 1 3 99 km mph knot RATE LIMIT 5 sec 30 sec 180 sec The option in the parentheses is available when the 97 SmartBeaconing is TYP...

Page 40: ...TH VHF USER YY Yaesu Radios 50 96 POSITION COMMENT POS COMENT Set position comment Off Duty En Route In Service Returning Committed Special Priority Custom 0 to Custom 6 EMERGENCY 51 97 SmartBeaconing...

Page 41: ...G LIST Displays the APRS Message list screen 28 102 BEACON TX SELECT BEACON SEL Beacon automatic transmit Manual transmit switch MANUAL AUTO SmartBeaconing The option in the parentheses is available w...

Page 42: ...s 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 Objec...

Page 43: ...lt BEACON 10 sec MESSAGE 10 sec MY PACKET OFF Explanation When an APRS BEACON is received the content is shown in a POPUP BEACON Setting for the time a POPUP is displayed when a beacon is received MES...

Page 44: ...transmit beacon relayed signal is received CALL RINGER A bell will ring when a beacon from a station whose callsign is set using 77 APRS RINGER CS in the set up menu is received RANGE RINGER A special...

Page 45: ...on Set the measurement unit for Latitude Longitude POSITION DISTANCE SPEED ALTITUDE Barometric pressure BARO Temperature TEMP Precipitation RAIN and Wind Speed WIND POSITION Unit display of minute of...

Page 46: ...smitted ALTITUDE If this function is set to ON altitude information is transmitted If this function is set to OFF altitude information is not transmitted y y 81 BEACON STATUSTXT Entering status text S...

Page 47: ...of 96 SmartBeaconing in the setup menu is set to TYPE 1 TYPE 3 and 93 MY POSITION SET is set to GPS INTERVAL Setting the time interval for automatically sending an APRS beacon If 97 SmartBeaconing is...

Page 48: ...led 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 defa...

Page 49: ...route addresses Setting item ADDRESS 1 ADDRESS 2 Default Explanation Enter specific address information callsign and alias when PATH 4 is selected in 83 DIGI PATH in the setup menu A maximum of up to...

Page 50: ...r between 1 to 15 or no SSID Entering 9 after the CALLSIGN is recommended in standard mobile use y y 91 MESSAGE GROUP Group filter setting for APRS MSG GROUP received messages Setting Items A filter c...

Page 51: ...Y POSITION SET Setting the station position Setting Item GPS MANUAL Default GPS Explanation Set whether position information for your station is obtained via GPS or manually entered GPS Acquire the po...

Page 52: ...o 180sec Default STATUS OFF STATUS TYPE1 TYPE2 TYPE3 LOW SPEED 5 5 5 HIGH SPEED 70 70 70 SLOW RATE 30min 30min 30min FAST RATE 120sec 120sec 120sec TURN ANGLE 28 28 28 TURN SLOPE 26 26 26 TURN TIME 30...

Page 53: ...value setting the greater the judgment angle is when moving at slow speeds 1 to 255 X10 SPEED If the real number for units of rotating tilt is set to 1 10 this is the same as the unit setting used in...

Page 54: ...rological stations will be displayed YAESU Only stations which are using Yaesu wireless transceivers will be displayed OTHER PACKET Only RAW NMEA data stations status stations and non APRS packet info...

Page 55: ...h a tone squelch is used in sending and receiving voice signals a tone signal is not appended when sending APRS data RX DCS Although DCS is used in sending and receiving voice signals the DCS code is...

Page 56: ...d the APRS beacon AUTO Automatically sends APRS beacons every 5 minutes Factory default SmartBeaconing Automatically send APRS beacons using the Smart Beaconing feature See page 22 for details on sett...

Page 57: ...without the permission of YAESU MUSEN CO LTD YAESU MUSEN CO LTD Tennozu Parkside Building 2 5 8 Higashi Shinagawa Shinagawa ku Tokyo 140 0002 Japan YAESU USA 6125 Phyllis Drive Cypress CA 90630 U S A...

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