Receiving Aprs Beacons - Yaesu FTM-400DR Instruction Manual

Receiving APRS Beacons

The signal containing the position of the radio station, meteorological information,
communication range, etc. that is transmitted in APRS format, is known as a "beacon"
while the radio station that transmitted the beacon is called a "station".
A "ding dong" bell will sound when a beacon is received by the radio and the beacon
information will be displayed for a fixed period of time. The information will continue to
be displayed when a key or the touch panel is operated while the information is being
displayed.
The received beacon will be downloaded into the radio memory. Up to a maximum of 100
beacons can be saved in the memory.
Tips
• When the compass is touched, the screen will switch between "Heading UP" where the direction
of advance of your own station is always displayed at the top, and "North UP" where north is
always displayed at the top. The display heading can also be changed using [APRS]
COMPASS] in the set-up menu.
• The display time of the beacon information can be changed using [APRS]
in the set-up menu. The detailed information can also be set not to appear even when a beacon is
received by setting the display time to "OFF".
• The beacons to be saved into memory can be filtered using [APRS]
set-up menu.
• The reception audio (beacon and voice etc.) of the APRS operating band can be muted using
[APRS] [6 APRS MUTE] in the set-up menu.
• A distinctive notification bell can be sounded when an APRS beacon is received by setting "RX
BEACON" under [APRS]
beacon is received can be muted by setting it to "OFF".
[9 APRS RINGER] to "ON" in the set-up menu. The bell sound when a
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[1 APRS
[7 APRS POP-UP]
[3 APRS FILTER] in the