What Is Wires-X; Terminology - Yaesu FT-991A Instruction Manual

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 Node
Radio repeater connected to the Internet via a PC, which repeats communications of conventional amateur radio
stations as an access point
 Local node
Node within the radio communication range of a conventional amateur radio station
 Analog node
Node which is a transceiver or repeater using the conventional FM format and can only repeat DTMF (Dual Tone
Multi Frequency) codes and analog audio transmissions/receptions
 Digital node
Node which is a transceiver or repeater compatible with digital communications in C4FM (Continuous 4 level FM)
format. With this type of node, you can transmit/receive audio as well as text and image data.
 WIRES-X user ID
YAESU provides identification names with the WIRES-X nodes. For each node, a DTMF ID (five-digit number),
and a user ID (alphanumeric characters consisting of up to ten digits) are provided.
If you know the ID of the node you want to connect with, you can transmit the DTMF code from your transceiver.
For digital nodes, you can directly specify the node to search for and connect to by using the alphanumeric ID
characters.
 ID list
Currently operating WIRES-X Nodes and rooms are listed and published on the WIRES-X website. Information
such as IDs, call signs and operating frequencies is provided. (Some information may not be published due to the
wishes of node owners).
 Room (Round QSO Room)
WIRES system internet community space to which multiple nodes can connect simultaneously. As well as voice
communications, you can also chat with text messages on the PC used for the local node.
 Open room
A room which allows all nodes to connect
 Closed room
A room which allows only registered nodes to connect
 Owner
A Node which opens and organizes a room
 Activity
Nodes currently connected to a specific room
 Preset search function
When a preferred channel for connecting to local nodes is programmed (preset) in the transceiver, the channel can be
scanned automatically when you start up WIRES-X.
Utilize this function as follows:
• Quickly connect to the usually accessed local node by presetting its frequency in advance.
• By presetting to a frequency channel shared with other associated nodes, the transceiver can quickly connect to a
local node, even while you are traveling in other areas.
You can use two transceivers as nodes, one for the preset search channel (receive only channel) and the other for the
voice channel (operation channel)
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