Yaesu FT5Dr, Instruction Manual

Page 1: ...C4FM FM 144 430MHz DUAL BAND DIGITAL TRANSCEIVER FT5DR FT5DE Instruction Manual APRS Edition...

Page 2: ...data 23 Deleting a beacon station from the list 24 Transmitting APRS beacons 25 Transmitting a beacon manually 25 Switching between automatic and manual beacon transmission 25 Setting the automatic b...

Page 3: ...r own station will be shown on the display of your transceiver Initial setting process for APRS operations Enabling the GPS function page 3 Disabling the GPS function page 3 Setting the clock of this...

Page 4: ...l become invalid Tips The position GPS coordinates for your own station can be registered in 10 memories P1 P10 The registered coordinates can be set as the position information of your own station pa...

Page 5: ...for setting the Minute 6 Turn the DIAL knob to select Minute and press the F MENU key The cursor will move to the item for setting the 1 100th Minute 7 Turn the DIAL knob to select 1 100th Minute and...

Page 6: ...tracker station messages cannot be exchanged 5 Operation station using mobile devices smartphones etc 13 Meteorological station weather station 6 Operation station for satellite communica tions event...

Page 7: ...MODEM 2 Turn the DIAL knob to set the APRS baud rate The APRS baud rate can be selected from the following three options OFF 1200 bps 9600 bps Remark Factory shipping value OFF 3 Press the PTT The bau...

Page 8: ...symbol characters can be input directly when 25 MY SYMBOL User appears See the following page on how to enter the characters 3 Press the F MENU key The cursor will move to the Code area of the table...

Page 9: ...ob to select 25 MY SYMBOL User 4 Press the F MENU key again The cursor will move to the Symbol Table ID character on the left side of the code 5 Turn the DIAL knob to select the Symbol Table ID 6 Pres...

Page 10: ...stop automatically Receiving beacons y y Displaying beacons in the APRS pop up screen A ping pong audio alarm will sound when a beacon is received on the Band B frequency and the APRS pop up screen wi...

Page 11: ...y will change the date display on the following day Scroll the screen Turn the DIAL knob Move to the APRS MESSAGE LIST screen page 31 Touch followed by M LIST Replying messages page 39 Touch REPLY Mov...

Page 12: ...e beacon of an object station is received compression type 18 I Item Displayed when the beacon of an item station is received 18 i Item Displayed when the beacon of an item station is received compres...

Page 13: ...of movement of the partner station will be displayed Altitude The altitude of the partner station will be displayed Position comment The position comments of the partner station will be displayed Whe...

Page 14: ...ayed Time The time the beacon was received HH MM will be displayed Latitude The N north latitude or S south latitude of the current position will be displayed DDMM MM or DDMMSS Longitude The E east lo...

Page 15: ...will be displayed Antenna ground height The antenna ground height of the other station will be displayed Antenna gain The antenna gain of the partner station will be displayed Antenna direction The a...

Page 16: ...The time the beacon was received HH MM will be displayed Speed The moving speed of the partner station will be displayed Direction The direction of movement of the partner station will be displayed L...

Page 17: ...yed Speed The moving speed of the partner station will be displayed Direction The direction of movement of the partner station will be displayed Coverage area Information on the coverage area of the p...

Page 18: ...per hour will be displayed Rainfall Information on the rainfall per day will be displayed Rainfall Information on the rainfall from midnight onwards will be displayed Wind direction Information on th...

Page 19: ...the beacon was received MM DD will be displayed Time The time the beacon was received HH MM will be displayed Latitude The N north latitude or S south latitude of the current position will be display...

Page 20: ...the beacon was received MM DD will be displayed Time The time the beacon was received HH MM will be displayed STATUS TEXT The comments information will be displayed Each time the icon is touched the...

Page 21: ...the mark is displayed Date The date the beacon was received MM DD will be displayed Time The time the beacon was received HH MM will be displayed DATA TEXT The comments information will be displayed...

Page 22: ...sor will move to the set value 4 Turn the DIAL knob to select the set value OFF Popup screen is not displayed ALL 2 s ALL 60 s Sets the display time of a popup for 2 to 60 seconds ALL CNT Popup contin...

Page 23: ...Second digit E Mic E Beacon of a mike encoder station P Position Beacon of a fixed station FIXED mobile station MOVING P Position Beacon of a fixed station fixed mobile station moving compression type...

Page 24: ...Press the PTT To exit the set mode and return to the operating screen Displaying RAW packet data Display the packet data raw data of the partner station from the APRS STATION LIST detail screen 1 Pres...

Page 25: ...and others is received the route information included in the text of the 3rd Party Header Beacon will be displayed instead of the information obtained from the AX 25 packet signal Deleting a beacon s...

Page 26: ...ouch followed by BEACON Each time the BEACON is touched the setting will switch between MANUAL AUTO and SMART This is a short cut to APRS 16 BEACON TX in the Setup Menu No display MANUAL Only when and...

Page 27: ...has passed to transmit a beacon the beacon transmission is delayed The beacon will be sent when the squelch is closed Setting the SmartBeaconing SmartBeaconing is a function that efficiently transmit...

Page 28: ...The APRS STATION LIST screen will be displayed 5 Touch followed by BEACON will be displayed at the top right of the display This is a short cut to APRS 16 BEACON TX in the Setup Menu SmartBeaconing is...

Page 29: ...1 1 every time to 1 8 once in 8 times 7 Press the BACK key 8 Turn the DIAL knob to select TEXT and press the F MENU key 9 Turn the DIAL knob to select the number of the status text to register 10 Pres...

Page 30: ...call sign or alias of the digipeater in the radio This transceiver is preset to WIDE1 1 relay setting of one location and WIDE1 1 WIDE2 1 relay settings of two locations When WIDE 1 1 WIDE 2 1 are se...

Page 31: ...creen Press the BACK key to return to the previous screen 4 Turn the DIAL knob to select the address Select the address 1 2 8 addresses can be set for P8 only 5 Press the F MENU key 6 Enter the call s...

Page 32: ...or transmit time HH MM or date MM DD will be displayed Beacon auto manual transmission icon If the icon does not appear beacons are transmitted manually If the icon is displayed beacons are transmitte...

Page 33: ...in Name will be displayed for bulletin and group messages Messages transmitted ACK received Messages transmitted ACK not received 4 0 5 Transmission message transmission not complete The number is the...

Page 34: ...o display the screen for entering the message text Touch this to display the function expansion key screen Touch this to delete all messages or to edit the call sign of the partner station to send to...

Page 35: ...rence Touch followed by S LIST to move to the APRS STATION LIST screen 1 Turn the DIAL knob to select a received message Turn the DIAL knob to scroll the screen up and down and select a received messa...

Page 36: ...p Menu the receive audio will continue to be heard without being interrupted by a received signal in the AF DUAL mode even if an APRS beacon or message is received on Band B Switch to the APRS screen...

Page 37: ...GE LIST screen will be displayed 2 Turn the DIAL knob to select the message Turn the DIAL knob to select the message to delete 3 Touch followed by DEL The word DELETE will appear in the display Refere...

Page 38: ...essage will appear 3 Touch followed by EDIT CS The display will change to the call sign input screen 4 Input the call sign in the alphabet input screen and nu meric input screen Refer to Text input sc...

Page 39: ...2 APRS TX DELAY setting in the Setup Menu y y Use fixed text to write a message A character string registered in advance can be appended to a message text Refer to Registering a standard message page...

Page 40: ...n y y Registering a standard message 8 standard messages containing a maximum of 16 characters each can be registered in this device The following characters can be entered in a standard message Alpha...

Page 41: ...sion count of the acknowledgment receipt will appear in the APRS MESSAGE LIST screen as shown below The remaining transmission count can also be checked by pressing the F MENU key to change to the tra...

Page 42: ...0 messages can be displayed in the APRS screen with the oldest messages being deleted automatically if the number exceeds 60 As a result when a new message is received messages that were not resent 5...

Page 43: ...flash when there is an incoming message MSG 4 sec OFF 2 sec 60 sec CONTINUOUS EVERY 2 s 10 m GRP 4 sec OFF 2 sec 60 sec CONTINUOUS BLN 4 sec OFF 2 sec 60 sec CONTINUOUS 46 6 APRS MSG GROUP Group filte...

Page 44: ...ting the data sending delay time 100ms 150ms 200ms 250ms 300ms 400ms 500ms 750ms 1000ms 52 13 BEACON INFO Setting the transmit beacon information AMBIGUITY OFF 1 digit 2 digit 3 digit 4 digit SPD CSE...

Page 45: ...lay POSITION MMM SS SPEED km h knot mph ALTITUDE m ft 58 23 CALLSIGN APRS Setting the callsign of your station 58 24 MY POSITION Setting the position for your station GPS Manual P1 to P10 58 25 MY SYM...

Page 46: ...HER ALTNET Default Mic E ON POSITION ON WEATHER ON OBJECT ON ITEM ON STATUS ON OTHER OFF ALTNET OFF Explanation For setting FILTER for obtaining various beacon types ON Obtains beacons OFF Does not ob...

Page 47: ...age is received Strobe white LED flashes continuously when COUNTINUOUS is selected If the interval is set as Every 2 sec Every 10 sec in MSG the indicator will blink as follows Every 2 sec Every 5 sec...

Page 48: ...elected in default settings Acts as a wild card matching any character received y y 7 APRS MSG TXT Entering fixed text characters Explanation 8 types of up to 16 character fixed text can be created an...

Page 49: ...BND 60 s BND CNT BLN OFF ALL 2 s ALL 60 s ALL CNT BND 2 s to BND 60 s BND CNT MY MSG OFF BND 2 s BND 60 s DUP BCN OFF BND 2 s BND 60 s DUP MSG OFF BND 2 s BND 60 s ACK REJ OFF BND 2 s BND 60 s OTHER M...

Page 50: ...by APRS is received MY PACKET Setting for the time a POPUP is displayed when a self transmitted beacon relay wave is received MSG Setting for the time a POPUP is displayed when a new message is receiv...

Page 51: ...MSG ON OFF TX BCN ON OFF TX MSG ON OFF Default Mic E ON POSITION ON WEATHER ON OBJECT ON ITEM ON STATUS ON OTHER ON MY PACKET ON MSG ON GRP ON BLN ON MY MSG ON DUP BCN ON DUP MSG ON ACK REJ ON OTHER...

Page 52: ...nd of the bell that rings when a overlapping beacon is received DUP MSG Setting for the sound of the bell that rings when a message that has already has been received is received again ACK REJ Setting...

Page 53: ...AMBIGUITY This function is for masking lower denominations of your position longitude latitude to disambiguate the position of your station Setting this function to OFF disables disambiguation and tra...

Page 54: ...sion is stopped The beacon is transmitted when squelch is deactivated If SMART is selected in APRS 16 BEACON TX the setting for BEACON INTERVAL is ignored y y 15 BEACON STATUS TXT Entering status text...

Page 55: ...SMART A BEACON is automatically transmitted using the SmartBeaconingTM function This setting can only be selected if STATUS setting in APRS 27 SmartBeaconing is set between Type 1 and Type 3 and APRS...

Page 56: ...GN information of APRS BEACON stations attached to various data when WAYPOINT is selected for OUTPUT NMEA6 CALLSIGN is restricted to 6 digits to the right example if JQ1YBG 14 is received CALLSIGN inf...

Page 57: ...ion A station that relays packets such as beacons is called a digipeater Select a CALLSIGN or ALIAS of the digipeater you would like to use In this transceiver WIDE1 1 setting for 1 relay station and...

Page 58: ...en the movement speed of this device is 0 OFF The latitude and longitude are constantly calculated when the movement speed of this device is 0 DGPS ON Correction data is used from a geostationary sate...

Page 59: ...IGN is registered to your station it is displayed on the LCD when the power of this transceiver is turned on Register a CALLSIGN as shown below NN CALLSIGN Up to 6 characters NN Number a number betwee...

Page 60: ...Human Person 2 Bicycle 3 Car 4 Yaesu Radios Explanation Set the symbol for your station to transmit Select your symbol from 48 types y y 26 POSITION COMMENT Set up the position comment function Settin...

Page 61: ...artBeaconTM The SmartBeaconing function on this transceiver has 3 different settings TYPE 1 to TYPE 3 and has preset initial values postulated to be used in the following operation TYPE1 High speed mo...

Page 62: ...N can be transmitted after a BEACON is transmitted upon detection of a change in time Variable Rate Beaconing or direction Corner Pegging Caution If SmartBeaconingTM is to be operated at different tim...

Page 63: ...without the permission of YAESU MUSEN CO LTD YAESU MUSEN CO LTD Tennozu Parkside Building 2 5 8 Higashi Shinagawa Shinagawa ku Tokyo 140 0002 Japan YAESU USA 6125 Phyllis Drive Cypress CA 90630 U S A...