Transmitting An Aprs Message; Message Creation And Transmission - Yaesu FT1DR Instruction Manual

Transmitting an APRS

Message creation and transmission

There are two methods for creating messages
(1) Individually enter each character.
(2) Create a message using fixed text
O Individually enter each character.
Press F and then 0 twice on the frequency display
1
screen.
Enters APRS MESSAGE LIST screen
Press D.
2
Enters APRS MESSAGE Editing screen
If there are messages that were previously created or
edited, these messages appear.
To edit characters, press F and individually delete each
character.
3
Enter the CALLSIGN using keypad keys.
Input the destination with the numeric key.
Press H.
4
The cursor moves to the next character position.
5
Repeat steps 3 and 4 to enter the CALLSIGN.
Up to 6 characters can be entered for the callsign.
Press H.
6
The cursor moves to 7
Turn O to set SSID.
7
Enter the SSID of 1 to 15.
The SSID does not need to be entered if it is unnecessary.
Press H.
8
The cursor moves to the next character enter column.
9
Enter the characters using keypad keys.
Press H.
10
The cursor moves to the next character position.
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Message
th
character position.