Setting Your Own Station Call Sign - Yaesu FTM-400DR Instruction Manual

APRS Initial Settings
10
Touch [LON] twice
The screen for entering the longitude will be
displayed.
11
Touch [E] or [W]
Select either the eastern longitude (E) or the western
longitude (W).
The cursor will shift to the right and only the number keys can be selected.
12
Enter the "degree", "minute" and "1/100th minute" in the same way as Step 6.
13
Touch [ENT]
The display will return to the previous screen, and the set longitude will be displayed
in [LON].
14
Press for one second or longer
The position information will be registered and the display will return to the previous
screen.
Tips
• Please use the map of WGS-84 (world geodetic reference system) to find out the latitude and
longitude.
• In this device, the position information is displayed using both second and 1/100th minute formats.
Please check and enter the map display method to be used (second÷60×100=1/100 minute).

Setting your own station call sign

Register your own station call sign in order to send and receive messages and to send
out beacons in APRS. Enter the call sign like "JA1ZRL-7". The "-7" in the call sign refers
to the SSID (Secondary Station Identifier). There are 16 types of SSID signs available
including one without SSID. Generally, the SSIDs shown in the table below are used in
APRS.
SSID
NIL Fixed stations that can exchange
messages
-1 1200 bps narrow-to-middle band
digipeater
-2 9600 bps digipeater
-3 1200 bps broadband digipeater
-4 Digipeater, mobile station, meteorological
station, etc.
-5 Operation station using mobile devices
(smartphones etc.)
-6 Operation station for satellite
communications, events, etc.
-7 Use of FT1DR etc. in handy terminals
Explanation SSID
-8 Marine mobile stations, land mobile
stations
-9 Using the FTM-400DR etc. for mobile
applications
-10 I-Gate station, Internet connection station
-11 Balloons, aircraft, spacecraft, etc.
-12 1-way tracker station (messages cannot
be exchanged)
-13 Meteorological station (weather station)
-14 Tracking mobile stations
-15 Digipeater, mobile station, meteorological
station, etc.
6
Explanation