Yaesu FT1DR User manual

144/430MHz
DIGITAL/ANALOG TRANSCEIVER
C4FM FDMA
Instruction Manual
(APRS Edition)
Thank you for purchasing this Yaeau product.
This instruction manual explains information related to the “APRS Function”.
For information on basic operation of the transceiver, please refer to the
enclosed FT1DR instruction manual.
Company names and products in this manual are trademarks or registered
trademarks of the respective company.

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Using the APRS®Function
Table of Contents
Using the APRS®Function............................................................................................. 1
Initial Settings for APRS® ..........................................................................................................................................................................2
Initial Setup Procedure for APRS Operation................................................................. 2
Operating APRS using the GPS function...................................................................... 3
Operating APRS without using the GPS function. ........................................................ 3
Setting the Callsign of Your Station............................................................................... 5
Setting APRS baud rate................................................................................................ 7
Setting the Symbol of Your Station ............................................................................... 8
Receiving APRS®beacons............................................................................................. 10
Setting the operating frequency for APRS. ................................................................. 10
Receiving APRS®beacons ......................................................................................... 10
Description of APRS beacon screen and key operation. ............................................ 11
Notification of beacons or messages with a popup screen.
APRS POPUP Function.............................................................................................. 21
Screen when BND2s to BND60s is selected........................................................... 23
Notification of beacon or message reception with a ringer sound.
APRS RINGER Function ............................................................................................ 24
Displaying RAW packet data ...................................................................................... 25
Deleting beacon stations from the list......................................................................... 26
Transmitting the APRS®beacon..................................................................................... 26
Manually transmitting a beacon .................................................................................. 26
Switching between manual and automatic beacon transmission................................ 26
Set the automatic transmission interval for sending a beacon.................................... 27
Setting SmartBeaconing™.......................................................................................... 28
Status Text Register.................................................................................................... 29
Select a Position Comment......................................................................................... 31
Setting the Digipter Route........................................................................................... 32
APRS message screen and key operation..................................................................... 34
Description of APRS message screen and key operation .......................................... 34
Reception/Transmission Details Screen and Key Operation ...................................... 35
Message Editing Screen and Key Operation.............................................................. 36
Receiving Messages................................................................................................... 37
Receive message filter settings .................................................................................. 38
Deleting messages from the list.................................................................................. 39
Transmitting an APRS®Message ................................................................................... 40
Message creation and transmission ........................................................................... 40
APRS Set Mode List....................................................................................................... 45
APRS Set mode function list .......................................................................................... 49

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Initial Settings for APRS®
The APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System) is a system proposed by WB4APR,
Bob Bruninga for data communication by acquiring the station location information and
sending/receiving messages. Manually inputting position data beforehand will allow
location reporting on transmissions without using the GPS function.
Upon receiving an APRS signal from a remote station, information such as direction to
the remote station from your station, distance to the remote station, and speed of the
remote station appear on the LCD of your transceiver.
Initial Setup Procedure for APRS Operation.
Using the GPS Function
(See page 3)
Not Using the GPS Function
(See page 3)
Setting the clock for the transceiver
(Basic Edition See page 33)
Deactivating the GPS Function
(See page 3)
Activating the GPS Function
(See page 3)
Setting the Position of Your Station
(See page 4)
Setting the Callsign of Your Station
(See page 5)
Set the baud rate for APRS and turn ON APRS.
(See page 7)
Setting the Symbol of Your Station
(See page 8)
Setting the frequency for B band.
(See page 10)
Setting the APRS beacon transmissions according to
need (See page 26)

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Initial Settings for APRS®
Operating APRS using the GPS function.
When the GPS function of the transceiver is used, your transceiver’s internal clock
and position are automatically set by the obtained GPS information. If you use
APRS with your transceiver while walking or traveling, the use of the GPS function is
recommended.
1Press Mover 1 second.
Enters the Set mode.
2Turn Oto select [9 APRS].
3Press H.
4Turn Oto select [20 GPS POWER].
5Press H.
6Turn Oto select “ON”.
ON: GPS can be used.
OFF: GPS cannot be used.
Tip Default: ON
7Press M.
8Press p.
Exits from the Set mode.
When operating APRS, the position information obtained from GPS can be used for
your transceiver’s position information. Select [9 APRS]  [24 MY POSITION] and set
[24 MY POSITION] to [GPS]. If you set the Lat/Lon or P1 to P10 toother than [GPS], the
GPS data is nullified even if it is obtained. The position information designated by this
setting, such as Lat/Lon or P1 to P10, is transmitted.
Tip
• Your own station position Information obtained from GPS can be registered to 10 memory channels
(P1 to P10). The registered position information may then be used to transmit the position of your
own station (See page 63).
• To use the GPS function for APRS operation, select [9 APRS]  [24 MY POSITION] and then set
[24 MY POSITION] to [GPS] in the Set mode.
• Using the GPS function increases the consumption current by approximately 30mA. As a result, the
battery life is reduced by about 20% compared to when the GPS function is not used.
• If dual reception is used while APRS is active, weak signals may be inaudible due to noise produced
by the APRS unit.
Operating APRS without using the GPS function.
In order to operate APRS without using the GPS function, set the clock and position
information manually by performing the following steps.
OSetting the clock.
If the internal clock is set, it will be reflected in the time display on the APRS screen. For
details, refer to “Setting clock time” (Basic Operation See page 33).

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Initial Settings for APRS®
1Press Mover 1 second.
Enters the Set mode.
2Turn Oto select [9 APRS].
3Press H.
4Turn Oto select [21 GPS TIME SET].
5Press H.
6Turn Oto select [MANUAL].
7Press M.
GPS TIME SET is set to MANUAL.
8Press p.
Exits from the Set mode.
Tip
• I-GATE and Digipeater through connection to a PC cannot be operated.
• You can change the unit of APRS data by selecting [9 APRS]  [11 GPS UNIT].
• Even if the internal clock is set to MANUAL, if the GPS function is used, time data will be obtained
from GPS and the precise time will be displayed. This function can be set to OFF (MANUAL) by
selecting [9 APRS]  [21 GPS TIME SET].
OPosition Information Setting (Datum: WGS-84)
Manually enter the position information of your station.
1Press Mover 1 second.
Enters the Set mode.
2Turn Oto select [9 APRS].
3Press H.
4Turn Oto select [24 MY POSITION].
5Press H.
GPS setting items appear on the LCD.
Tip Default: GPS
6Turn Oto select [Lat].
7Press H.
The cursor moves to setting item for latitude.
Tip Pressing Freturns the cursor to the previous item.
8Turn Oto set [N (north latitude)] or [S (south latitude)].
9Press H.
The cursor moves to the setting items for [Degree].
Tip Pressing Freturns the cursor to the previous item.
10 Turn Oto set [Degree].
11 Press H.
The cursor moves the setting item for [Minute].
Tip Pressing Freturns the cursor to the previous item.

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Initial Settings for APRS®
12 Turn Oto enter [Minute].
13 Press H.
The cursor moves to the setting item for [1/100 minute].
Tip Pressing Freturns the cursor to the previous item.
14 Turn Oto enter [1/100 Minute].
Seconds will be displayed in parentheses.
15 Press H.
The cursor moves to Lat.
Tip Pressing Freturns the cursor to the previous item.
16 Turn Oto select [Lon].
17 Press H.
The cursor moves to setting item for longitude.
Tip Pressing Freturns the cursor to the previous item.
18 Turn Oto set [E (east longitude)] and [W (west
longitude)].
19 Press H.
The cursor moves to the next setting item.
Tip Pressing Freturns the cursor to the previous item.
20 Enter [Degree], [Minute], and [1/100 Minute] by following steps 9 through 13.
21 Press M.
The position information is set.
22 Press p.
Exits from the Set mode.
Setting the Callsign of Your Station
Register the callsign of your transceiver for transmitting beacons or transmitting and
receiving messages using APRS. Enter the callsign such as [JA1ZRL-7]. The [–7] of the
callsign represents SSID (Secondary Station Identifier). There are 16 types including no
SSID. Generally, the SSID descriptions shown below are used for APRS.
SSID Description SSID Description
None Fixed station capable of exchanging
messages
–8Maritime mobile station, Land mobile
station
–11200bps narrow intermediate band
digipeater
–9Operating on a mobile device such as
FTM-350 transceiver
–29600bps digipeater –10 I-Gate station, Internet connection station
–31200bps wide band digipeater –11 Flying balloon, airplane, spacecraft, etc.
–4Digipeater, mobile station, weather
station, etc.
–12 1-way Tracker (station incapable of
exchanging message)
–5Operating station such as mobile device
(smartphone)
–13 Weather Station

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Initial Settings for APRS®
SSID Description SSID Description
–6Operating station such as for satellite
communication and event management
–14 Truck mobile station
–7Handy type operating station such as
FT1DR transceiver
–15 digipeater, mobile station, weather
station, etc.
1Press Mover 1 second.
Enters the Set mode.
2Turn Oto select [9 APRS].
3Press H.
4Turn Oto select [23 CALLSIGN(APRS)].
5Press H.
6Enter call sign using numeric keys.
Enter a call sign using numeric keys with reference to the
following table.
Numeric key A, 0(Alphanumeric)
11
2ABC2
3DEF3
4GHI4
5JKL5
6MNO6
7PQRS7
8TUV8
9WXYZ9
00
Tip • When Fis pressed, a character is deleted and the cursor
moves to the left.
• Pressing Hmoves the cursor to the right.
7Press Hto move the cursor.
8Repeat steps 5 through 7 to enter the call sign.
Up to 6 digits can be entered for the call sign.
[Setting call sign without SSID]
To set an SSID, go to step 11.
9Press M.
Call sign is registered.
10 Press p.
Exits from the Set mode.

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Initial Settings for APRS®
[Setting call sign with SSID]
11 Press H.
12 Turn Oto set SSID.
SSID is displayed in [–] after the call sign. It is recommended to select [7] with this
transceiver.
13 Press Mto register SSID.
14 Press p.
Exits from the Set mode.
Setting APRS baud rate
Set the baud rate for APRS. If the baud rate is set to 1200bps/9600bps, the APRS
function is activated.
If the baud rate is set to OFF, the APRS functions is deactivated.
Setting the baud rate to 1200bps, the APRS can be operated on AFSK 1200bps
packets.
Setting the baud rate to 9600bps, the APRS can be operated on GMSK 9600bps
packets.
1Press Mover 1 second.
Enters the Set mode.
2Turn Oto select [9 APRS].
3Press H.
4Turn Oto select [4 APRS MODEM].
5Press H.
6Turn Oto set APRS baud rate.
The APRS baud rate can be selected form the following 3
types.
[OFF] [1200bps] [9600bps]
Remark Default: OFF
7Press pto set the APRS baud rate and exit from the Set
mode.
Caution
If APRS is not to be operated, select [OFF] by following step 6, shown above.

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Initial Settings for APRS®
Tip
• If the baud rate is set to 1200bps/9600bps, the reception save function is automatically deactivated.
• If you set [8 APRS MUTE] to [ON] after selecting [9 APRS]  [8 APRS MUTE], [B] band reception
volume (such as beacon and sound) will be muted and [A12] or [A96] will blink.
Setting the Symbol of Your Station
Set the symbol for your station to transmit. The symbol can be selected from 45 types.
The default setting symbol is [ ].
1Press Mover 1 second.
Enters the Set mode.
2Turn Oto select [9 APRS].
3Press H.
4Turn Oto select [25 MY SYMBOL].
5Press H.
MY SYMBOL 1 appears on the LCD.
6Turn Oto select a symbol.
Select between 4 types: [MY SYMBOL 1], [MY SYMBOL
2], [MY SYMBOL 3], or [MY SYMBOL 4].
The symbol for [MY SYMBOL 4] can be directly entered
with characters.
For instructions on how to enter a symbol, see the next
page.
Pressing Hchanges the number portion of MY SYMBOL from [ ~ ] to [ ], and
can be changed to often used symbols (selectable from the frame above).

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Initial Settings for APRS®
Remark Default value of each symbol is as follows.
MY SYMBOL Code Symbol
1 [ /[ ] Human/Person
2 [ /b ] Bicycle
3 [ /> ] Car
4 [ YY ] Yaesu Radios
7Press M.
To set the symbol of your station
8Press p.
Exits from the Set mode.
ODirectly entering symbol characters.
If you do not find any desired symbols, symbol characters can be directly entered.
1Press Mover 1 second.
Enters the Set mode.
2Turn Oto select [9 APRS].
3Press H.
4Turn Oto select [25 MY SYMBOL].
5Press H.
6Turn Oto select [MY SYMBOL 4].
7Press H.
[ ] changes to [ ]
Pressing Freturns [ ] to [ ].
8Press H.
The cursor moves to Symbol Table ID.
Pressing Freturns the cursor back to [ ].
9Turn Oto enter characters.
10 Press H.
The cursor moves to the setting items for Symbol Code.
Pressing Fmoves the cursor back to [Symbol Table ID].
11 Turn Oto enter characters.
12 Press M.
The symbol is set.
13 Press p.
Exits from the Set mode.
Tip For the list of latest symbols, see [http://aprs.org/symbols/
symbolsX.txt] or [http://aprs.org/symbols/symbolsnew.txt].