Status Text Input; Beacon Automatic Transmission Setting - Yaesu FTM-400DR Instruction Manual

Using the APRS Set-up Menu
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Touch [ALTITUDE] to select ON/OFF
Each time this key is touched, the altitude will switch
between "ON" and "OFF".
ON: The altitude information is transmitted.
OFF: The altitude information is not transmitted.
Tip Factory default value: ON
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Press for one second or longer
The transmission information when sending a beacon will be set and the display will
return to the previous screen.

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.
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Press for one second or longer
The set-up menu will be displayed.
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Select and touch [APRS]
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Select and touch [15 BEACON TX]
The screen for the various settings when
automatically sending a beacon will be displayed.
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Touch [AUTO] to select the automatic transmission
method of the beacon
The method changes in the following order each time
the key is touched.
"OFF", "ON", "SMART"
OFF: Your own station beacon will not be sent
automatically.
ON: Your own station beacon will be sent
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: Perform automatic transmission using the SmartBeaconing™ function.
This setting can be selected only when the status setting of [APRS]
SmartBeaconing] in the set-up menu is set to TYPE 1 - TYPE 3, and [26
MY POSITION SET] is set to GPS.
Tip Factory default value: OFF
P.42) for the details.
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