Status Text Input; Beacon Automatic Transmission Setting - Yaesu FTM-100DR Instruction Manual

Status text input

This sets the status text used when sending an APRS beacon.
5 types of status text containing a maximum of 60 characters can be entered.
Please refer to "Attaching status text to a beacon" (

Beacon automatic transmission setting

The interval when automatically sending an APRS beacon can be set.
1
Press for one second or longer.
The set-up menu will be displayed.
2
Turn the DIAL, select [10 APRS], then press
The menu list will be displayed.
3
Turn the DIAL, select [14 BEACON TX], then press
.
The screen for the various settings when
automatically sending a beacon will be displayed.
4
Turn the DIAL and select [1 AUTO].
5
Press .
Selecting the beacon automatic transmission
method.
Pressing
"OFF", "ON", "SMART"
OFF: Your own station beacon will not transmit automatically.
ON: Your own station beacon will transmit automatically. Send at a transmission
interval set using "INTERVAL". However, when "DECAY" is set to ON, the
transmission interval will be gradually extended when your own station is not
moving (stationary).
SMART: The SmartBeaconing
setting can be selected only when the status setting of [10 APRS] → [23
SmartBeaconing] in the set-up menu is set to TYPE 1 - TYPE 3, and [19
MY POSITION SET] is set to GPS.
Tip Factory shipping value: OFF
6
Turn the DIAL, select [2 INTERVAL], then press
.
switches between the options in the following order.
function takes care of automatic transmission. This
TM
Using the APRS set-up menu
P.38) for the details.
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