Selecting A Position Comment; Setting The Digipeater Route - Yaesu FT3Dr Instruction Manual

Selecting a position comment

This selects the position comment (standard message) to be incorporated into your own
station beacon.
1
Press and hold the [DISP] key → Touch [APRS] → [26 POSITION COMMENT].
2
Turn the DIAL to select the position comment.
Select the position comment from the following list.
Off Duty / En Route / In Service / Returning / Committed / Special / Priority / Custom
0 - Custom 6 / EMERGENCY!
Remark Factory shipping value: Off Duty
Reference Turn the DIAL to select another comment if you want to cancel the selected position
comment.
3
Press the PTT.
The position comment will be registered and returned to the operating screen.
Reference A confirmation message "OK?" will appear and a "poo poo poo" alarm will sound only
when "EMERGENCY!" is selected and the PTT is pressed.
Caution
Never select "Emergency!" unless emergency aid is required e.g. accidents and disasters etc.

Setting the digipeater route

A digipeater is a station that relays packets such as beacons. When using a digipeater,
register the call sign or alias of the digipeater in the radio.
This transceiver is preset to "WIDE1-1" (relay setting of one location) and "WIDE1-1,
WIDE2-1" (relay settings of two locations). When "WIDE 1-1, WIDE 2-1" are selected,
the beacon is initially relayed to the digipeater station at the first location as specified
in WIDE 1-1, and then it is relayed to the digipeater station at the second location as
specified in WIDE 2-1. Under this setting, the beacon is relayed by the digipeater stations
at 2 locations.
In the USA, digipeater stations using APRS customarily operate in the New-Paradigm
format*. Therefore the default settings of this transceiver are configured on the assumption
of a digipeater station operating in the New-Paradigm method.
Select P4 - P8 and enter the call sign and alias if you are using another relay method
(follow the following steps to enter the call sign and alias).
* Refer to the following website for details on the New-N Paradigm method.
http://aprs.org/fix14439.html (as of July 2019).
Caution
When too many relay steps are set, the beacons transmitted from the same station are repeatedly
relayed, resulting in signal congestion on the APRS channel. Use the default settings as far as possible.
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