Setting The Digipeater Route - Yaesu FT2DR Instruction Manual

Transmitting APRS
4
Turn the DIAL to select the position comment
Select the position comment from the following list.
Off Duty / En Route / In Service / Returning / Committed /
Special / Priority / Custom 0 - Custom 6 / EMERGENCY!
Remark
Factory shipping value: Off Duty
Reference Turn the DIAL to select another comment if you want
to cancel the selected position comment.
5
Press
The position comment will be registered and returned to
the operating screen.
Reference A confirmation message "OK?" will appear and a "poo poo poo" (
sound only when "EMERGENCY!" is selected and the
Caution
Never select "Emergency!" unless emergency aid is required e.g. accidents and disasters etc.

Setting the digipeater route

A digipeater is a station that relays packets such as beacons. When using a digipeater,
register the call sign or alias of the digipeater in the radio.
This transceiver is preset to "WIDE1-1" (relay setting of one location) and "WIDE1-1,
WIDE2-1" (relay settings of two locations). When "WIDE 1-1, WIDE 2-1" are selected,
the beacon is initially relayed to the digipeater station at the first location as specified
in WIDE 1-1, and then it is relayed to the digipeater station at the second location
as specified in WIDE 2-1. Under this setting, the beacon is relayed by the digipeater
stations at 2 locations.
In the USA, digipeater stations using APRS customarily operate in the New-Paradigm
format*. Therefore the default settings of this transceiver are configured on the
assumption of a digipeater station operating in the New-Paradigm method.
Select P4 - P8 and enter the call sign and alias if you are using another relay method
(follow the following steps to enter the call sign and alias).
* Refer to the following website for details on the New-N Paradigm method.
http://aprs.org/fix14439.html (as of May 2015)
Caution
When too many relay steps are set, the beacons transmitted from the same station are repeatedly
relayed, resulting in signal congestion on the APRS channel. Use the default settings as far as
possible.
1
Press the
The Set Mode Menu will appear.
beacons
®
key for one second or longer
40
×3) alarm will
is pressed.