FTM-350 S
ERIES
APRS
®
M
ANUAL
17
T
RANSMIT
AN
APRS
®
M
ESSAGE
9. When the message entry is complete, press
the [
M
y
TX
] key to transmit the message and
return to the “Message List” window. The
transmitted message is stored into the “Mes-
sage List”.
10. The APRS message is transmitted repeat-
edly, up to five times, once each minute un-
til an acknowledgment packet (“ack”) is re-
ceived. If an acknowledgment packet
(“ack”) is received, the beeper will sound and the “
¿
” icon will appear on the display.
11. Each time the APRS message is repeated, the remaining number of transmissions of the
message is shown on the display. If there is no acknowledgment packet (“ack”), even
after the message transmits five times, the “
.
” (period) icon will appear on the “Mes-
sage List” window, (Or, the “TX
OUT
” notation will appear on the Detailed Message
screen,) instead of the remaining number of transmissions.
Å
Æ
FONT
INS
Moves the cursor to the left.
Moves the cursor to the right.
—
Change the character (upper-case alphabet, lower-case alphabet, numeric, and symbol).
Inserts a character into the current digit.
E-1
T
HE
F
UNCTION
C
OMMANDS
OF
THE
[
SMART FUNCTION
]
KEYS
WHILE
M
ESSAGE
L
IST
A
PPEARS
FAST
TOP
REPLY
M
y
EDIT
Enables scrolling of the message list using a fast stepping rate (4 rows/click).
Jump to the top column of the message List.
—
Jump to the “TX MESSAGE EDIT” window (Reply operation).
Jump to the “TX MESSAGE EDIT” window.
L-1
RE
y
TX
REPLY
M
y
EDIT
Resends the ACK request signal when the acknowledgment packet (“ack”) is not received.
—
—
Jump to the “TX MESSAGE EDIT” window (Reply operation).
Jump to the “TX MESSAGE EDIT” window.
M-1
MTXT
CLRALL
QUERY
Opens the “MESSAGE TEXT” window.
Clears all data.
—
Clear the all data and add Query command (?APRSP).
E-2
RAW
QUERY
POS
Displays the “Raw” data of the message.
—
—
Jump to the “TX MESSAGE EDIT” window with Query command (?APRSP).
Displays the beacon information of the selected station.
M-2
TXCLR
UnREAD
QUERY
POS
Clears the remaining number of transmissions of the APRS message.
Toggle the unread flag “on” and “off”.
—
Jump to the “TX MESSAGE EDIT” window with Query command (?APRSP).
Displays the beacon information of the selected station.
L-2
