Transmitting Aprs ® Beacons; Transmitting A Beacon Manually; Switching Between Automatic And Manual Beacon Transmission - Yaesu FT2DR Instruction Manual

Transmitting APRS

Transmitting a beacon manually

1
Touch [F MW] followed by [BCN-TX] (to display the frequency screen)
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 set mode, 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
Touch [F MW] followed by [S.LIST]
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 set mode.
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 35 on the details of the SmartBeaconing™ function.
This setting can be selected only when the status setting of [APRS] → [27 SmartBeaconing] in
the set mode 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 set mode.
beacons
®
and [BEACON TX] are
touched will the APRS beacon of your
own station be transmitted (with the
default settings).
Touch [F MW] followed by [BCN-TX] in
the frequency screen.
Automatically transmit the APRS beacon
of your own station at a 5-minute
interval. *
1
SmartBeaconing™ function. *
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2
No display (MANUAL)
appears (AUTO)
appears (SMART)