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Setting your own station callsign
Register your own station callsign in order to send and receive messages and to transmit
beacons in APRS. Enter the callsign like “JA1ZRL-9”. The “-9” in the callsign indicates
the SSID (Secondary Station Identifier) of which there are 16 types, including one with no
SSID. Generally, the SSIDs shown in the table below are used in APRS.
SSID
Description
SSID
Description
(NIL) Fixed stations that can exchange mes-
sages
-8
Marine mobile stations, land mobile sta-
tions
-1
1200 bps narrow-to-middle band digipe-
ater
-9
Using the FTM-200DR/DE etc. for mobile
applications
-2
9600 bps digipeater
-10
I-Gate station, Internet connection station
-3
1200 bps broadband digipeater
-11
Balloons, aircraft, spacecraft, etc.
-4
Digipeater, mobile station, meteorological
station, etc.
-12
1-way 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 → [
90 CALLSIGN (APRS)
] → press the
DIAL
knob.
The text input screen will be displayed.
2
Input the callsign and the SSID in the character input
screen.
Refer to “Text input screen” (FTM-200DR/DE Operating
Manual).
3
After entering the callsign, press and hold the
DIAL
knob.
4
Press the [
DISP
] key or press the
PTT
switch to return to
the operating screen.
Setting the APRS modem
Turn on the APRS modem to activate the APRS function.
1
Press the [
F menu
] key → [
APRS
].
Or press and hold the [
F menu
] key → [
73 APRS
].
2
Press the
DIAL
knob.
3
Rotate the
DIAL
knob to set to select [
ON
].
The display will show “
A12
” (for 1200 bps) or “
A96
” (for 9600 bps) on the B band
screen.
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Stop APRS operation
1
Set it to [
OFF
] in step 3 above.
