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Yaesu FTM-350 - APRS Manual

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FTM-350 S
The FTM-350 series transceiver is equipped with a 1200/
9600bps AX.25 Data Modem to enable APRS
matic Packet Reporting System) operation. The Automatic
Packet Reporting System (APRS
and registered trademark of Bob Bruninga, WB4APR.
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VERTEX STANDARD CO., LTD.
4-8-8 Nakameguro, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 153-8644, Japan
VERTEX STANDARD
US Headquarters
10900 Walker Street, Cypress, CA 90630, U.S.A.
YAESU UK LTD.
Unit 12, Sun Valley Business Park, Winnall Close
Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 0LB, U.K.
VERTEX STANDARD HK LTD.
Unit 5, 20/F., Seaview Centre, 139-141 Hoi Bun Road,
Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
VERTEX STANDARD ( AUSTRALIA ) PTY., LTD.
Normanby Business Park, Unit 14/45 Normanby Road
Notting Hill 3168, Victoria, Australia
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  • Page 1 4-8-8 Nakameguro, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 153-8644, Japan VERTEX STANDARD US Headquarters 10900 Walker Street, Cypress, CA 90630, U.S.A. YAESU UK LTD. Unit 12, Sun Valley Business Park, Winnall Close Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 0LB, U.K. VERTEX STANDARD HK LTD. Unit 5, 20/F., Seaview Centre, 139-141 Hoi Bun Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong VERTEX STANDARD ( AUSTRALIA ) PTY., LTD.
  • Page 2 REPARATIONS Before performing any APRS operations, set your callsign, SSID (Secondary Station Iden- ® tifier), and symbol into the FTM-350, and activate the AX.25 Data Modem via the Set Mode. 1. Press the [ SET ] key to enter the Set Mode. 2.
  • Page 3 REPARATIONS left side [ DIAL ] knob then press the left side [ DIAL ] knob to save the new setting, and then skip to step 19. Otherwise, select “MANUAL” by rotating the left side [ DIAL ] knob and advance to the next step. Note: You may choose your position from the “Point”...

  • Page 4: Receiving An Aprs ® Beacon

    APRS ® ECEIVING AN EACON 1. Set the “Sub” band to the APRS frequency. 144.390MHz is generally used in North America. If you don’t know the APRS frequency of your country, ask your dealer. Note: In the factory default, the APRS operation uses the “Sub” band (The “A” icon will appear at the right side of the “Sub”...
  • Page 5 APRS ® ECEIVING AN EACON “S ” ELETING A ECEIVED EACON FROM THE TATION 1. Press the [ S LIST ] key to open the “Station List” window. 2. Rotate the left side [ DIAL ] knob to select the beacon station to be deleted. 3.
  • Page 6 APRS ® ECEIVING AN EACON APRS F ILTER ETTING The APRS filter option allows you to select the specific types of the data to receive. 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.
  • Page 7 APRS ® ECEIVING AN EACON FTM-350 S APRS ® ERIES ANUAL...

  • Page 8: Transmit An Aprs ® Beacon

    APRS ® RANSMIT AN EACON ANUAL RANSMISSION To transmit your APRS beacon manually, press the [ F ] key repeatedly, until the [ SMART FUNCTION ] keys category changes to “F-3” mode, if necessary, then press the [ B-TX ] key. UTOMATIC RANSMISSION The FTM-350 allows you to transmit your APRS beacon automatically and repeatedly.

  • Page 9: Optional Settings

    APRS ® RANSMIT AN EACON PTIONAL ETTINGS IGIPEATER ETTING The FTM-350 allows you to set up to eight digipeaters for the APRS packet path. The FTM-350 is preset to “WIDE1-1” and “WIDE1-1, WIDE2-1” digi-path to insure that your transmitted APRS beacon is repeated by the New-N paradigm digipeaters. We recom- mend that you use this default setting.
  • Page 10 APRS ® RANSMIT AN EACON PTIONAL ETTINGS TATUS 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.
  • Page 11 APRS ® RANSMIT AN EACON PTINAL ETTINGS 8. Rotate the left side [ DIAL ] knob to select “1: SELECT” item, then press the left side [ DIAL ] knob. 9. Rotate the left side [ DIAL ] knob to select the Status Text resister (“TEXT 1”...

  • Page 12: Receiving An Aprs ® Message

    APRS ® ECEIVING AN ESSAGE 1. Set the “Sub” band to the APRS frequency used in your area. 144.390MHz is generally used in North America. If you don’t know the APRS frequency of your country, ask your dealer. Note: In the factory default, the APRS operation uses the “Sub” band (the “A” icon will appear at the right side of the “Sub”...
  • Page 13 APRS ® ECEIVING AN ESSAGE “M ” ELETING A ECEIVED ESSAGE FROM THE ESSAGE 1. Press the [ MSG ] key to open the “Message List” window. 2. Rotate the left side [ DIAL ] knob to select the station which includes the message to be deleted.
  • Page 14 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”...
  • Page 15 APRS ® ECEIVING AN ESSAGE FTM-350 S APRS ® ERIES ANUAL...

  • Page 16: Transmit An Aprs ® Message

    APRS ® RANSMIT AN ESSAGE 1. Press the [ F ] key repeatedly, until the [ SMART FUNCTION ] keys category changes to “F-3” mode, if necessary. 2. Press the [ MSG ] key to open the “Message List” window. 3.
  • Page 17 APRS ® RANSMIT AN ESSAGE 9. When the message entry is complete, press the [ M TX ] key to transmit the message and return to the “Message List” window. The transmitted message is stored into the “Mes- sage List”. 10.
  • Page 18 APRS ® RANSMIT AN ESSAGE TORE THE IXED ESSAGE The FTM-350 allows you to store eight fixed form messages (up to 16 characters for each message). 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.
  • Page 19 APRS ® RANSMIT AN ESSAGE FTM-350 S APRS ® ERIES ANUAL...
  • Page 20 APRS/PKT S VAILABLE ALUES UNCTION EFAULT E01 APRS COMPASS Selects the compass display heading NORTH UP / HEADING UP APY350 ( Fixed ) E02 APRS DESTINATION Displays the model code of this transceiver. E03 APRS FILTER Selects the filter type option allowing you to re- 1 Mic-E: ON / OFF ceive only specified types of APRS beacon data.
  • Page 21 Sets the filter type option allowing you to receive 1 GROUP1: ALL only specified types of APRS Group/Bulletin mes- 2 GROUP2: CQ sage information. 3 GROUP3: QST 4 GROUP4: YAESU 5 GROUP5: 6 GROUP6: 7 BULLETN1: BLN? 8 BULLETN2: BLN? 9 BULLETN3: BLN?
  • Page 22 1 SORT: TIME / CALLSIGN / DISTANCE 2 FILTER: ALL / MOBILE / FREQUENCY / OBJECT / ITEM / DIGIPEATER / VOIP / WEATHER / YAESU / OTHER PKT / CALL RINGER / RNG RINGER / OTHER FTM-350 S APRS ®...
  • Page 23 APRS/PKT S E01: APRS COMPASS Function: Selects the display format of the APRS compass. Available Values: NORTH UP or HEADING UP Default: NORTH UP E02: APRS DESTINATION Function: Displays the model code of this transceiver. Default: APY350 This model code can not be changed. E03: APRS FILTER Function: Selects the filter type option allowing you to receive only the specified types of APRS Beacon data.
  • Page 24 APRS/PKT S E06: APRS MUTE Function: Enables/Disables audio output of the “APRS Operation Band” during APRS operation. Available Values: OFF or ON Default: OFF When this item is set to “ON”, the “A12” or “A96” icon in the display blinks. E07: APRS POPUP Function: Sets the timer parameter of the pop-up window.
  • Page 25 APRS/PKT S E09: APRS RINGER ( CALL ) Function: Program the callsign, which causes a ringing bell sound when the “5 CALL RINGER” function of the Set Mode item “E08 APRS RINGER” is set to ON. E10: APRS TXDELAY Function: Select the transmission delay time between transmitting the APRS data and trans- mitting a preamble (flag code) prior to the APRS data.
  • Page 26 APRS/PKT S E13: BEACON STATUS TXT Function: Enables/Disables the transmission of the Status Text and programs its message. Available Values: 1 SELECT: OFF / TEXT 1 ~ TEXT 5 2 TX RATE: 1/1 ~ 1/8 3 TEXT 1: 4 TEXT 2: 5 TEXT 3: 6 TEXT 4: 7 TEXT 5:...
  • Page 27 APRS/PKT S E14: BEACON TX Function: Enables/Disables the automatic transmission feature of the APRS beacon and selects its parameter. Available Values: 1 AUTO: OFF, ON(FIX), or SMART 2 INTERVAL: 30sec, 1min, 2min, 3min, 5min, 10min, 15min, 20min, 30min, or 60min 3 PROPORTIONAL: ON or OFF 4 DECAY: ON or OFF...
  • Page 28 APRS/PKT S E16: DATA BAND SELECT Function: Selects the operating band for the DATA mode. Available Values: 1 APRS: MAIN BAND, SUB BAND, L-BAND FIX, R-BAND FIX, L=TX / R=RX, or L=RX / R=TX 2 DATA: MAIN BAND, SUB BAND, L-BAND FIX, R-BAND FIX, L=TX / R=RX, or L=RX / R=TX Default: 1 APRS: SUB BAND...
  • Page 29 Function: Sets the filter type option allowing you to receive only the specified types of APRS Group/Bulletin Message information. Available Values: 1 GROUP1: ALL 2 GROUP2: CQ 3 GROUP3: QST 4 GROUP4: YAESU 5 GROUP5: 6 GROUP6: 7 BULLETN1: BLN? 8 BULLETN2: BLN?
  • Page 30 APRS/PKT S E27: MESSAGE REPLY Function: Enable/Disable the message reply feature, and program its details. Available Values: 1 STATUS: OFF or ON 2 CALLSIGN: 3 TEXT: Default: 1 STATUS: OFF 2 CALLSIGN: 3 TEXT: CALLSIGN: Program the callsign here when you wish to reply to a specific station only. TEXT: Enter the reply message.
  • Page 31 APRS/PKT S E31: MY SYMBOL Function: Select your icon which will be displayed on the monitors of other stations as you. Available Values: ICON1, ICON2, ICON3 (46 symbols each), and USER (free select charactor) Default: ICON1: , ICON2: , ICON3: , USER: You may replace the default icon of the ICON1, ICON2, and ICON3 to another one by rotating the left side [ DIAL ] knob (However, if you wish to replace the USER icon, press...
  • Page 32 Function: Selects the Sort method and Filter type. Available Values: 1 SORT: TIME, CALLSIGN, or DISTANCE 2 FILTER: ALL, MOBILE, FREQUENCY, OBJECT, ITEM, DIGIPEATER, VOIP, WEATHER, YAESU, OTHER PKT, CALL RINGER, RNG RINGER Default: 1 SORT: TIME 2 FILTER: ALL...
  • Page 33 APRS/PKT S NOTE FTM-350 S APRS ® ERIES ANUAL...
  • Page 34 PPENDIX CT-140 C ABLE ONNECTIONS D-SUB 9-P N.C. TXD (Serial data output: FTM-350 RXD (Serial data input: FTM-350 N.C. N.C. Connected to pin Connected to pin N.C. To PC To FTM-350 To TNC MINI DIN MINI DIN PKD (Packet data input) PKS (PTT) PKS (PTT) RX96 (9600bps Packet data output)
  • Page 35 PPENDIX CT-142 C ABLE ONNECTIONS To FTM-350 To PC MINI DIN D-SUB 9-P PKD (Packet data input) N.C. TXD (Serial data output: FTM-350 PKS (PTT) RXD (Serial data input: FTM-350 RX96 (9600bps Packet data output) N.C. RX12 (1200bps Packet data output) SQL (Squelch control) N.C.
  • Page 36 Printed in Japan Copyright 2009 0912n-AE VERTEX STANDARD CO., LTD. All rights reserved. No portion of this manual may be reproduced without the permission of VERTEX STANDARD CO., LTD. FTM-350 S APRS ® ERIES ANUAL...