Terminology - Yaesu FTM-400DR Instruction Manual

Terminology

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Node
Radio repeater connected to the Internet via a PC, which repeats communications of
conventional stations as an access point
● Local node
Node within the radio communication range of a conventional amateur radio station
● Analog node
Node which is a transceiver or repeater using the conventional analog FM format
and can only repeat DTMF (Dual Tone Multi Frequencies) codes and analog audio
transmissions/receptions
● Digital node
Node which is a transceiver or repeater compatible with digital communications in C4FM
(Continuous 4 level FM) format. With this type of node, you can communicate using
audio voice, and also text and image data transmissions. You can also repeat DMTF
codes and analog audio transmissions.
Internet connection
Local node
Station
As long as local nodes are
linked to each other, stations
can communicate with each
other by connecting to
a local node
Local
node
PC
HRI-200
Local
node
Local
node
Local
Local
node
node
Local
node
PC
WIRES
server
Local
node
Local
node
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What is WIRES-X?
Local node
HRI-200
Station