Setting Your Own Station Call Sign - Yaesu FTM-100DR Instruction Manual

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-9". The "-9" 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 FT2DR/DE etc. in handy terminals
Tip
Please refer to http://aprs.org/aprs11/SSIDs.txt for the latest SSID information.
Caution
Use the dedicated call sign in APRS. Please make sure to set the call sign when the device is used
for the first time.
1
Press for one second or longer.
The set-up menu will be displayed.
2
Turn the DIAL, select [10 APRS], then press
The menu list will be displayed.
Explanation SSID
-8 Marine mobile stations, land mobile
stations
-9 Using the FTM-100DR/DE 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
APRS Initial Settings
Explanation