Yaesu FTM-350 - APRS, Manual

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FTM-350 S
ERIES
APRS
®
M
ANUAL
10
T
RANSMIT AN
APRS
®
B
EACON
O
PTIONAL
S
ETTINGS
S
TATUS
T
EXT
M
ESSAGES
You may store five Status Text Messages (up to the 60 characters for each memory), and
you may transmit one of these Status Text Messages with the APRS beacon.
1. Press the [ SET
] key to enter the Set Mode.
2. Rotate the left side [
DIAL
] knob to select “
APRS/PKT ” group, then press the left side
[
DIAL
] knob.
3. Rotate the left side [
DIAL
] knob to select
Set Mode item “ E13 BEACON STATUS
TXT ”, then press the left side [
DIAL
] knob
to enable selection of this Set Mode item.
4. Rotate the left side [ DIAL
] knob to select the
Status Text Resister (“ 3: TEXT 1 ” through
“ 7: TEXT 5 ”) you wish to store the text mes-
sage to.
5. Press the left side [ DIAL
] knob, then rotate the
left side [ DIAL
] knob to select addi-
tional text to add to your message.
NONE : There is no addi-
tional text in your
message.
FREQUENCY : Appends the opposite band frequency data of the APRS opera-
tion band into your message.
FREQ&SQL&SFT : Appends the opposite band frequency data of the APRS opera-
tion band, sub audio information (squelch type and its tone fre-
quency/code), and repeater shift frequency data into your mes-
sage.
6. Press the left side [ DIAL
] knob, then enter the desired comment (up to 60 characters)
using the following examples.
Example 1 : Press the one of the microphone keypad button. Press the [ A
] or [
B
] key to
move the cursor forward or backward, and press the [ C
] key to delete all
data after the cursor.
Example 2 : Rotate the left side [ DIAL
] knob to select a character/number, and press the
[
‹
] or [
Œ
] key to move the cursor forward or backward. You may change
the character (capital alphabet, small alphabet, numeric, and symbol) by press-
ing the [
FONT
] key.
7. When you have completed your entry, press the [ ENT
] key to save your message.