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Yaesu FTM-350 Series 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 (Auto-
matic Packet Reporting System) operation. The Automatic
Packet Reporting System (APRS ) is a software program
and registered trademark of Bob Bruninga, WB4APR.
FTM-350 S
ERIES
APRS M
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 1306-1308, 13F., Millennium City 2, 378 Kwun Tang Road,
Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
VERTEX STANDARD AUSTRALIA PTY., LTD.
Tally Ho Business Park, 10 Wesley Court, East Burwood, VIC, 3151
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  • Page 1 FTM-350 S APRS M ANUAL The FTM-350 series transceiver is equipped with a 1200/ 9600bps AX.25 Data Modem to enable APRS (Auto- matic Packet Reporting System) operation. The Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS ) is a software program and registered trademark of Bob Bruninga, WB4APR.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    ONTENTS Preparations ........................4 Flow Chart ........................4 About the GPS Antenna ....................5 To Operate the APRS with the Optional GPS Antenna Unit ........5 To Operate the APRS without the Optional GPS Antenna Unit ......5 Position Setting ......................6 Callsign Setting ......................
  • Page 3 ONTENTS Transmit an APRS Beacon ..................36 Manual Transmission ....................36 Automatic Transmission ..................... 37 Optional Settings ......................38 Interval Time Setting for Automatic Transmission ..........38 SmartBeaconing Settings .................. 39 Status Text ......................40 Position Comment ....................42 Digipeater Route ....................43 Digipeater Route (Address Setting) ..............

  • Page 4: Preparations

    (See page 5) is not installed. (See page 5) Set the clock time of the transceiver. See page 44 on the FTM-350 Series Operating Manual Enter your position (Log/Lat). (See page 6) Enter your callsign. (See page 7) Activate the APRS modem and set the baud rate.

  • Page 5: About The Gps Antenna

    When you operate the APRS without the optional FGPS-1 or FGPS-2 GPS Antenna Unit, manually set the clock of the transceiver. Refer to the 44 page of the FTM-350 Series Operating manual for setting the clock. Refer to the next page of this manual, and input your location (Longitude/Latitude) manually.

  • Page 6: Position Setting

    Sexagesimal form x 100 = Decimal form x 60 You may store the position of up to 16 points (4 memories 4 groups). See page 24 of the FTM-350 Series Operating Manual for details of storing your position. FTM-350 S APRS ®...

  • Page 7: Callsign Setting

    Special activity, Satellite ops, camping or 6 meters, etc Walkie talkies, HT’s or other human portable, such as VX-8 Series Boats, sailboats, RV’s or second main mobile Primary Mobile, such as FTM-350 Series (usually message capable) Internet, Igates, echolink, winlink, AVRS, APRN, etc Balloons, aircraft, spacecraft, etc...

  • Page 8: Activate The Aprs Function

    REPARATIONS APRS F CTIVATE THE UNCTION 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.
  • Page 9 REPARATIONS APRS F ELECT THE ATE OF THE UNCTION This paragraph selects the baud rate of the APRS function. When selecting a baud rate of “1200 bps”, you may operate APRS using AFSK 1200 bps packet. When selecting a baud rate of “9600 bps”, you may operate APRS using GMSK 9600 bps packet.

  • Page 10: Select Your Icon

    REPARATIONS ELECT This paragraph selects the icon which will be displayed to identify your station on the monitors of other APRS stations. You may choose the icon from the 46 symbols (see be- low). 1. Press the [ SET ] key to enter the Set Mode. 2.

  • Page 11: Select Your Icon (User Mode)

    REPARATIONS ELECT When there is not an objective symbol in the available symbols, you may enter a symbol directly by the following procedures: 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 12 APRS ® ECEIVING AN EACON ENERAL 1. Set the “Left” 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: The factory default for APRS operation uses the “Left” band (The “A” icon will appear at the right side of the “Left”...

  • Page 13: Receiving An Aprs Beacon

    APRS ® ECEIVING AN EACON ENERAL You may change the APRS operating band via Set Mode item “E17 DATA BAND SELECT” in the “APRS/PKT” group. You may change the baud rate of the APRS function via Set Mode item “E18 DATA SPEED”...
  • Page 14 APRS ® ECEIVING AN EACON & S ISPLAY WITCHES R ADIO INDOW Press the [ F ] key repeatedly, until the [ SMART FUNCTION ] key category changes to the “F-3” mode, which is assigned to the functions necessary for APRS operation. ISPLAY BEACON TX No Icon: Disables the Automatic APRS Beacon Transmission Feature.
  • Page 15 APRS ® ECEIVING AN EACON & S ISPLAY WITCHES “APRS B ” P EACON INDOW When another stations APRS beacon is received, the APRS pop-up window opens, and the function of some keys will change as follows: UNCTION Jump to the “APRS Beacon” Detail Window. Close the “APRS Beacon”...
  • Page 16 If necessary, press the [ F ] key repeatedly, until the [ SMART FUNCTION ] key’s category changes to “F-3” mode, then press the [ S LIST ] key to open the “Station List” window. The FTM-350 Series Transceiver allows you to store up to 100 stations into the “Station” list. ISPLAY List Number Indicates the list number of the received APRS Beacon.

  • Page 17: Beacon Type Details

    APRS ® ECEIVING AN EACON EACON ETAILS If necessary, press the [ F ] key repeatedly, until the [ SMART FUNCTION ] key’s category changes to “F-3” mode, then press the [ S LIST ] key to open the “Station List” window. ISPLAY EACON Mic Encoder Station ( Some Mic Encoder Stations append the transceiver name ( such...
  • Page 18 APRS ® ECEIVING AN EACON “APRS B ” D EACON ETAIL INDOW M -E S TATION When receiving a “Mic-E” Beacon, the LCD displays the following information. List number of the received APRS Station. Symbol of the received APRS Station Distance from the received APRS Station.
  • Page 19 APRS ® ECEIVING AN EACON “APRS B ” D EACON ETAIL INDOW P “F ” S OSITION IXED TATION When receiving a “Position (Fixed)” Beacon, the LCD displays the following information. List number of the received APRS Station. Symbol of the received APRS Station Distance from the received APRS Station.
  • Page 20 APRS ® ECEIVING AN EACON “APRS B ” D EACON ETAIL INDOW P “F ” S OSITION IXED TATION When receiving a “Position (Fixed)” Beacon, the LCD displays the following information. List number of the received APRS Station. Symbol of the received APRS Station Distance from the received APRS Station.
  • Page 21 APRS ® ECEIVING AN EACON “APRS B ” D EACON ETAIL INDOW P “F ” S OSITION IXED TATION When receiving a “Position (Fixed)” Beacon, the LCD displays the following information. List number of the received APRS Station. Symbol of the received APRS Station Distance from the received APRS Station.
  • Page 22 APRS ® ECEIVING AN EACON “APRS B ” D EACON ETAIL INDOW P “M ” S OSITION OVING TATION When receiving a “Position (Moving)” Beacon, the LCD displays the following informa- tion. List number of the received APRS Station. Symbol of the received APRS Station Distance from the received APRS Station.
  • Page 23 APRS ® ECEIVING AN EACON “APRS B ” D EACON ETAIL INDOW W EATHER TATION When receiving a “Weather Report” Beacon, the LCD displays the following information. List number of the received APRS Station. Symbol of the received APRS Station Distance from the received APRS Station.
  • Page 24 APRS ® ECEIVING AN EACON “APRS B ” D EACON ETAIL INDOW O BJECT OR TATIONS When receiving an “Object” or “Item” Beacon, the LCD displays the following informa- tion. List number of the received APRS Station. Symbol of the received APRS Station Distance from the received APRS Station.
  • Page 25 APRS ® ECEIVING AN EACON “APRS B ” D EACON ETAIL INDOW S TATUS TATION When receiving a “Status” Beacon, the LCD displays the following information. List number of the received APRS Station. Direction to the received APRS Station . Callsign of the received APRS Station.
  • Page 26 APRS ® ECEIVING AN EACON “APRS B ” D EACON ETAIL INDOW RAW NMEA S TATION When receiving a “RAW NMEA” Beacon (GGA/GLL or GPRMC format), the LCD dis- plays the following information. List number of the received APRS Station. Distance from the received APRS Station.
  • Page 27 APRS ® ECEIVING AN EACON “APRS B ” D EACON ETAIL INDOW O THER TATION When receiving an “Other” Beacon, the LCD displays the following information. List number of the received APRS Station. Does not indicate the direction of the received APRS Station.

  • Page 28: Sorting A Station List

    APRS ® ECEIVING AN EACON ORTING A TATION You may sort a “Station List” temporarily. 1. If necessary, press the [ F ] key repeatedly, until the [ SMART FUNCTION ] key’s cat- egory changes to “F-2” mode. 2. Press the [ S FLT ] key to open the Set Mode item “E35 SORT FILTER”, then rotate the left side [ DIAL ] knob to select “1 SORT”...

  • Page 29: Aprs Filter Setting

    Displays only the APRS Beacons from weather stations. WEATHER: YAESU: Displays only the APRS Beacons transmitted from a Yaesu transceiver, such as the VX-8 series and FTM-350 series. Displays only APRS Beacons from STATUS stations, RAW NMEA OTHER PKT: data, and other packet data (except APRS beacon data).

  • Page 30: Callsign Ringer

    APRS ® ECEIVING AN EACON ALLSIGN INGER You may enable an alert ringer ( ) to sound when an APRS Beacon is received from a specified station. Enter the callsign of the designated APRS beacon, via Set Mode item “E10 APRS RINGER ( CALL ) ”, in advance. 1.

  • Page 31: Range Ringer

    APRS ® ECEIVING AN EACON ANGE INGER You may enable a specific alert ringer ( ) to sound when an APRS beacon is received from a specified station that is within a selected range. Confirmation of whether the speci- fied station is within communication range is verified by a bell ringer. 1.

  • Page 32: Aprs Navigation

    APRS ® ECEIVING AN EACON APRS N AVIGATION You may navigate to a specific APRS station when the optional FGPS-1 or FGPS-2 GPS Antenna Unit is installed. 1. If necessary, press the [ F ] key repeatedly, until the [ SMART FUNCTION ] key’s cat- egory changes to “F-3”...
  • Page 33 APRS ® ECEIVING AN EACON RAW P NDICATING THE ACKET You may confirm the Raw data of the received APRS beacon. 1. If necessary, press the [ F ] key repeatedly, until the [ SMART FUNCTION ] key’s cat- egory changes to “F-3” mode, then press the [ S LIST ] key to open the “Station List” window.

  • Page 34: Deleting A Received Beacon From The "Station List

    “Station List”. The FTM-350 Series transceiver enables you to store up to 100 stations into the “Station” list. If a Station list becames full (100 stations) and the transceiver receives a new bea- con, the first station’s data is deleted from the Station list, and its station’s data is...
  • Page 35 APRS ® ECEIVING AN EACON “S ” ELETING A ECEIVED EACON FROM THE TATION ELETING ECEIVED EACONS FROM THE TATION 1. If necessary, press the [ F ] key repeatedly, until the [ SMART FUNCTION ] key’s cat- egory changes to “F-3” mode, then press the [ S LIST ] key to open the “Station List” window.
  • Page 36 APRS ® RANSMIT AN EACON ANUAL RANSMISSION To transmit your APRS beacon manually, press the [ B-TX ] key on the “APRS Station List” Window or “APRS Beacon Detail” Window. APRS Station List Window APRS Beacon Detail Window You may transmit your APRS beacon manually from the frequency display window. To do this, press the [ F ] key repeatedly, until the [ SMART FUNCTION ] key category changes to “F-3”...
  • Page 37 EACON UTOMATIC RANSMISSION The FTM-350 Series transceiver allows you to transmit your APRS beacon automatically and repeatedly. 1. If necessary, press the [ F ] key repeatedly, until the [ SMART FUNCTION ] key cat- egory changes to “F-3” mode.
  • Page 38 APRS ® RANSMIT AN EACON PTIONAL ETTINGS NTERVAL ETTING FOR UTOMATIC RANSMISSION You may set the interval time to transmit an APRS beacon automatically when the “Auto” beacon mode is set to “ON ( “ ” icon appears ) ”. 1.

  • Page 39: Transmit An Aprs Beacon

    APRS ® RANSMIT AN EACON PTIONAL ETTINGS SmartBeaconing ETTINGS The transceiver Set Mode item “E34 SmartBeaconing” is set to “TYPE1” as default, this setting is suitable for mobile operation. We recommend using this default setting. 1. Press the [ SET ] key to enter the Set Mode. 2.

  • Page 40: Status Text

    APRS ® RANSMIT AN EACON PTIONAL ETTINGS TATUS You may store five Status Text Messages (up to 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 41 APRS ® RANSMIT AN EACON PTIONAL 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 register (“TEXT 1”...

  • Page 42: Position Comment

    APRS ® RANSMIT AN EACON PTIONAL ETTINGS OSITION OMMENT This column selects the “Position Comment” (fixed form message) which is included in the APRS beacon. 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 43: Digipeater Route

    ETTINGS IGIPEATER OUTE The FTM-350 Series transceiver allows you to set up to eight digipeaters for the APRS Packet Path. The FTM-350 Series transceiver 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.
  • Page 44 APRS ® RANSMIT AN EACON PTIONAL ETTINGS IGIPEATER OUTE DDRESS ETTING When selecting a Path Route (PATH 1 - PATH 4, FULL 1, or FULL 2) on Set Mode item “E20 DIGI PATH SELECT”, you must input the Callsign or Alias of that digipeater via Set Mode items “E21 DIGI PATH 1”...
  • Page 45 APRS ® RANSMIT AN EACON FTM-350 S APRS ® ERIES ANUAL...
  • Page 46 APRS ® ECEIVING AN ESSAGE ENERAL When an APRS Message is received, the “APRS Message” pop-up window opens and an APRS alert beep ( ) is heard. The “APRS Message” pop-up window closes automati- cally after ten seconds. The “APRS Message” pop-up window closes automatically after ten seconds. You may change the time duration the “APRS Message”...
  • Page 47 If necessary, press the [ F ] key repeatedly, until the [ SMART FUNCTION ] key’s category changes to “F-3” mode, then press the [ MSG ] key to open the “Message List” window. The FTM-350 Series transceiver enables you to store up to 100 messages into the “Message” list. ISPLAY List Number Indicates the list number of the received APRS Message.
  • Page 48 APRS ® ECEIVING AN ESSAGE & S ISPLAY WITCHES Press the [ ENT ] key on the “Message List” window to open the “APRS Message” data window. ISPLAY List Number Indicates the list number of the received / transmitted APRS Message. RX / TX RX: Indicates the received APRS Message.
  • Page 49 APRS ® ECEIVING AN ESSAGE & S ISPLAY WITCHES UNCTION Close the “Message List” window. Access the Set Mode (APRS/PKT group). DIAL Press this knob (a small “LIST” icon appears at the bottom left of the display), then rotate this knob to select the received / transmitted APRS Message.
  • Page 50 [ ESC ] key several times to exit from Set Mode. The FTM-350 Series transceiver receives the message when the callsign matches even if the SSID is different. However, the acknowledgment signal does not transmit if the SSID does not match.

  • Page 51: Receiving An Aprs Message

    “Message List”. The FTM-350 Series transceiver allows you to store up to 100 messages into the “Message” list. When the Message list becomes full (100 messages), and a new message is re-...
  • Page 52 APRS ® ECEIVING AN ESSAGE “M ” ELETING A ECEIVED ESSAGE FROM THE ESSAGE ELETING ECEIVED ESSAGES FROM THE ESSAGE 1. If necessary, press the [ F ] key repeatedly, until the [ SMART FUNCTION ] key cat- egory changes to “F-3” mode, then press the [ MSG ] key to open the “Message List” window.
  • Page 53 APRS ® ECEIVING AN ESSAGE FTM-350 S APRS ® ERIES ANUAL...
  • Page 54 APRS ® RANSMIT AN ESSAGE ENERAL 1. If necessary, press the [ F ] key repeatedly, until the [ SMART FUNCTION ] key cat- egory changes to “F-3” mode. 2. Press the [ MSG ] key to open the “Message List” window. 3.

  • Page 55: Transmit An Aprs Message

    APRS ® RANSMIT AN ESSAGE ENERAL 9. Enter the message using the same procedures as described previously. Additionally, you may select/add/delete the characters/message using the following procedure: a. Press the [ FONT ] key to change the character (upper-case alphabet, lower- case alphabet, numeric, and symbol).

  • Page 56: Receiving An Acknowledgment

    APRS ® RANSMIT AN ESSAGE ECEIVING AN CKNOWLEDGMENT The APRS message is transmitted repeatedly, up to five times, once each minute until an acknowledgment packet (“ack”) is received. If an acknowledgment packet (“ack”) is re- ceived, the beeper will sound and the “ ” icon will appear on the display. Each time the APRS message is repeated, the remaining number of transmissions of the message is shown on the display.

  • Page 57: Store A Fixed Form Message

    TORE A IXED ESSAGE The FTM-350 Series transceiver 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 58 APRS ® RANSMIT AN ESSAGE APRS M ESSAGE EPLYING You may reply to another stations received massage manually. To do this: 1. If necessary, press the [ F ] key repeatedly, until the [ SMART FUNCTION ] keys cat- egory changes to “F-3” mode. 2.

  • Page 59: Aprs Message Replying

    APRS ® RANSMIT AN ESSAGE APRS M ESSAGE EPLYING UTOMATIC ESSAGE EPLYING You may transmit a reply message which was programmed beforehand automatically when the transceiver receives a message (Factory default: The transceiver transmits reply to all received messages). 1. Press the [ SET ] key to enter the Set Mode. 2.
  • Page 60 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 61 APRS/PKT S VAILABLE ALUES UNCTION EFAULT E09 APRS RINGER Enables/Disables the alert ringer while APRS 1 TX BEACON: ON / OFF operation. 2 TX MESSAGE: ON / OFF 3 RX BEACON: ON / OFF 4 RX MESSAGE: ON / OFF 5 MY PACKET: ON / OFF 6 CALL RINGER: ON / OFF 7 RNG RINGER: OFF / 1 ~ 100...
  • Page 62 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 63 DISTANCE 2 FILTER: ALL / MOBILE / FREQUENCY / OBJECT / ITEM / DIGIPEATER / VOIP / WEATHER / YAESU / OTHER PKT / CALL RINGER / RNG RINGER / 1200bps / 9600bps E36 VOICE ALERT Enables/disables the Voice Alert function.
  • Page 64 APRS/PKT S E01: APRS COMPASS Selects the display format of the APRS compass. Function: NORTH UP or HEADING UP Available Values: Default: NORTH UP NORTH UP: The LCD displays the compass scale in the “North up” orientation and displays the beacon station with a “D” icon on the compass scale. HEADING UP: The LCD displays the compass scale in the “Heading Up”...
  • Page 65 APRS/PKT S OBJECT: When this item is set to “ON”, the transceiver shows the stations which send an Object Beacon. ITEM: When this item is set to “ON”, the transceiver shows the stations which send an Item Beacon. STATUS: When this item is set to “ON”, the transceiver shows the stations which send a Status Beacon.
  • Page 66 APRS/PKT S BEACON: Selects the open time of the pop-up window, when an APRS beacon is received for the first time or when an APRS beacon which includes different content is received. : It usually shows whenever the status text of your APRS beacon is changed.
  • Page 67 APRS/PKT S 6 MESSAGE: OFF, LCD COLOR, WHT(White)-BLUE, SKY- BLUE, MRN(Marine)-BLUE, GREEN, YLW(Yellow)- GREEN, ORANGE, AMBER, or WHITE 7 GRP/BULT: OFF, LCD COLOR, WHT(White)-BLUE, SKY- BLUE, MRN(Marine)-BLUE, GREEN, YLW(Yellow)- GREEN, ORANGE, AMBER, or WHITE 8 MY PKT: OFF, LCD COLOR, WHT(White)-BLUE, SKY- BLUE, MRN(Marine)-BLUE, GREEN, YLW(Yellow)- GREEN, ORANGE, AMBER, or WHITE All: OFF...
  • Page 68 APRS/PKT S 5 MY PACKET: OFF or ON 6 CALL RINGER: OFF or ON 7 RNG RINGER: OFF/1 - 100 8 MSG VOICE: OFF or ON 1 TX BEACON: ON Default: 2 TX MESSAGE: ON 3 RX BEACON: ON 4 RX MESSAGE: ON 5 MY PACKET: ON 6 CALL RINGER: OFF 7 RNG RINGER: OFF...
  • Page 69 APRS/PKT S E10: APRS RINGER CALL Programs the callsigns, which causes a ringing bell sound when the Function: “5 CALL RINGER” function of the Set Mode item “E08 APRS RINGER” is set to ON. You may program up to eight callsigns. E11: APRS TXDELAY Function: Selects the transmission delay time between transmitting the APRS...
  • Page 70 APRS/PKT S E14: BEACON STATUS TXT Enables/Disables the transmission of the Status Text and programs its Function: programmed. Available Values: 1 SELECT: OFF, TEXT 1 ~ TEXT 5 2 TX RATE: 1/1 ~ 1/8, 1/2(FREQ) ~ 1/8(FREQ) 3 TEXT 1: 4 TEXT 2: 5 TEXT 3: 6 TEXT 4:...
  • Page 71 APRS/PKT S Default: 1 AUTO: 2 INTERVAL: 5min 3 PROPORTIONAL: ON 4 DECAY: 5 LOW SPEED: 6 RATE LIMIT: 30 sec AUTO: This item selects the automatic transmission method of the APRS bea- con. When this item is set to “OFF” (no icon), your APRS beacon does not transmit automatically.
  • Page 72 2 OUTPUT: OFF, GPS OUT, PACKET, or WAYPOINT 3 INPUT: OFF, GPS IN 4 WP FORMAT: NMEA6, NMEA7,NMEA8, NMEA9 5 WP FILTER: ALL, MOBILE, FREQ, OBJ/ITEM, DIGI, VOIP, WEATHER, YAESU, C RINGER (CALL RINGER), or R RINGER (RNG RINGER) 1 SPEED: 9600 bps Default:...
  • Page 73 APRS/PKT S When this item is set to “GPS OUT”, the transceiver outputs the GPS data (NMEA data: GGA & RMC) from the COM port. When this item is set to “PACKET”, the transceiver outputs the Packet data from the COM port. When this item is set to “WAYPOINT”, the transceiver outputs the Waypoint data to the COM port.
  • Page 74 APRS/PKT S E19: DATA SQUELCH Configures the Squelch settings for APRS, DATA, and TX. Function: 1 APRS: RX BAND or TX/RX BAND Available Values: 2 DATA: RX BAND or TX/RX BAND 3 TX: OFF or ON Default: 1 APRS: RX BAND 2 DATA: RX BAND 3 TX:...
  • Page 75 Sets the filter type option allowing you to receive only the specified Function: 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? 9 BULLETN3: BLN? E28: MESSAGE REPLY...
  • Page 76 Your location is determined by Set Mode item “E31 MY POSITION”. P.LIST: Your location is determined from the “Point” list memory data. See page 25 of the FTM-350 Series Operating Manual for details. E31: MY POSITION Program your location (Longitude/Latitude) manually.
  • Page 77 APRS/PKT S E34: SmartBeaconing Selects the various parameters of SmartBeaconing Function: The SmartBeaconing function regulates the APRS beacon trans- missions based on the received GPS data (Movement speed, and move- ment direction etc.). Available Values: 1 STATUS: OFF, TYPE1, TYPE2, or TYPE3 2 LOW SPEED: 2 ~ 30 3 HIGH SPEED: 3 ~ 70 4 SLOW RATE: 1 min ~ 100 min...
  • Page 78 Selects the Sort method and Filter type. Function: 1 SORT: TIME, CALLSIGN, or DISTANCE Available Values: 2 FILTER: ALL, MOBILE, FREQUENCY, OBJECT/ITEM, DIGIPEATER, VOIP, WEATHER, YAESU, OTHER PKT, CALL RINGER, RNG RINGER, 1200bps, 9600bps 1 SORT: TIME Default: 2 FILTER: ALL...
  • Page 79 WEATHER: Only the APRS beacons from weather stations are displayed. YAESU: Only the APRS beacons transmitted from a Yaesu transceiver, such as the VX-8DR/DE, VX-8GR/GE, FTM-350AR/AE etc. are displayed. OTHER PKT: Only APRS beacons of STATUS stations including RAW NMEA data, and APRS Beacons including packet data (except APRS beacon data) are displayed.
  • Page 80 APRS/PKT S squelch operation, and APRS communication is No Tone operation. A blinking “TSQ” icon will appear on the display except APRS trans- mission. When this item is set to “RX-DCS”, voice communication is DCS (Digital Code Squelch) operation, and APRS communication is No Tone operation.

  • Page 81: Appendix

    PPENDIX APRS A LERT BEACON Received ( Duplicate Beacon ) EMERGENCY COMMENT Set OWN MESSAGE Received x 3 times OWN BEACON ( MY POSITION ) Received EMERGENCY BEACON Received MESSAGE ACK Received x 12 times BEACON Received ( APRS Filter “ON” ) MESSAGE Received MESSAGE REJ Received BEACON Received ( APRS Filter “OFF”...
  • Page 82 RXD (Serial data input: Transceiver N.C. N.C. Connected to pin Connected to pin N.C. To PC To FTM-350 Series Transceiver 8-P MINI DIN 6-P MINI DIN PKD (Packet data input) PKD (Packet data input) PKS (PTT) PKS (PTT) RX96 (9600bps Packet data output)
  • Page 83 PPENDIX CT-142 C ABLE ONNECTIONS To FTM-350 Series Transceiver To PC 8-P MINI DIN D-SUB 9-P PKD (Packet data input) N.C. TXD (Serial data output: Transceiver PKS (PTT) RXD (Serial data input: Transceiver RX96 (9600bps Packet data output) N.C. RX12 (1200bps Packet data output) SQL (Squelch control) N.C.
  • Page 84 Printed in Japan Copyright 2011 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...

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