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APRS Initial Settings
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
Explanation
SSID
Explanation
NIL
Fixed stations that can exchange
messages
-8
Marine mobile stations, land mobile
stations
-1
1200 bps narrow-to-middle band
digipeater
-9
Using the FTM-100DR/DE etc. for mobile
applications
-2
9600 bps digipeater
-10
I-Gate station, Internet connection station
-3
1200 bps broadband digipeater
-11
Balloons, aircraft, spacecraft, etc.
-4
Digipeater, mobile station, meteorological
station, etc.
-12
1-way tracker station (messages cannot
be exchanged)
-5
Operation station using mobile devices
(smartphones etc.)
-13
Meteorological station (weather station)
-6
Operation station for satellite
communications, events, etc.
-14
Tracking mobile stations
-7
Use of FT2DR/DE etc. in handy terminals
-15
Digipeater, mobile station, meteorological
station, etc.
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.
