Transmitting Aprs ® Beacons; Transmitting A Beacon Manually; Switching Between Automatic And Manual Beacon Transmission - Yaesu FT5DR Instruction Manual

Transmitting APRS

Transmitting a beacon manually

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Press the [F
MENU
Touch followed by [BEACON TX] in the APRS STATION LIST screen and APRS
STATION LIST detail screen.
When transmitting a beacon automatically, set the following "Beacon manual / auto
transmission switch" to "AUTO" or "SMART".
Tips
• If the [DUP.BCN] setting under [APRS] → [10 APRS RINGER] is set to ON in the Setup Menu, a "Pee
po po..." alarm will sound when your own station beacon relayed to a digipeater is received.
• When using the GPS function in APRS operations, be sure to check that [APRS] → [24 MY POSITION]
is set to "GPS". A beacon cannot be transmitted if GPS data cannot be captured.

Switching between automatic and manual beacon transmission

This sets the APRS beacon to auto / manual transmission.
1
Press the [F
MENU
The APRS STATION LIST screen will be displayed.
2
Touch followed by [BEACON]
Each time the [BEACON] is touched, the setting will switch between "MANUAL",
"AUTO" and "SMART".
This is a short-cut to [APRS] → [16 BEACON TX] in the Setup Menu.
No display (MANUAL): Only when
appears (AUTO):
appears (SMART): Transmit automatically with the
*1: The beacon transmit interval can be changed in the APRS set mode with the [APRS] →
[14 BEACON INTERVAL] setting.
*2: Refer to page 26 on the details of the SmartBeaconing™ function.
This setting can be selected only when the status setting of [APRS] → [27 SmartBeaconing] in the
Setup Menu is set to TYPE 1 - TYPE 3, and [APRS] → [24 MY POSITION] is set to GPS.
Tip
The data transmission delay time can be changed using the [APRS] → [12 APRS TX DELAY] setting
in the Setup Menu.
beacons
®
] → Touch [BCN-TX] (to display the frequency screen).
] → Touch [S.LIST].
and [BEACON TX] are
touched will the APRS beacon of your own
station be transmitted (with the default
settings).
Touch [F ] followed by [BCN-TX] in
MENU
the frequency screen.
Automatically transmit the APRS beacon
of your own station at a 5-minute interval.*
SmartBeaconing™ function.*
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