Yaesu FTM-350 - APRS, Manual

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FTM-350 S
ERIES
APRS
®
M
ANUAL
14
R
ECEIVING AN
APRS
®
M
ESSAGE
M
ESSAGE
G
ROUP
S
ETTING
The Message group option allows you to choose to receive only specific types of message
information.
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 “
E26 MESSAGE GROUP ”,
then press the left side [ DIAL
] knob to enable modification of this Set Mode item.
4. Rotate the left side [ DIAL
] knob to select the “group” you wish to utilize (
GROUP1:
ALL , GROUP2: CQ , GROUP3: QST , or GROUP4: YAESU ).
5. If you add a new message group code and/or bulletin group code, select “ GROUP5 ”,
“ GROUP6 ” (for message group code) or “ BULLETN1 ” ~ “ BULLETN3 ” (for bulle-
tin group code) by rotating the left side [ DIAL
] knob, then press the
left side [ DIAL
]
knob.
6. Use the [
‹
] / [
Œ
] key to navigate to each column, the use the
left side [ DIAL
] knob to
select the desired characters/numbers in each column.
7. Repeat for each column to complete the message (up to 9 characters) or bulletin (up to
5 characters).
8. When you have completed your selection, press the [
ENT
] key to save the new setting,
then press the [
ESC
] key several times to exit from Set Mode.
The FTM-350 provides many convenient functions for APRS operation. Refer to the “APRS/
PKT Set Mode” chapter beginning on page 20 for details.