Yeasu FTM-400 APRS/SMS help (1 Viewer)

[kcjaz]

I’m figuring out SMS txting through APRS. I’m using this SMS service:



It works and will allow one of the main reasons I got this radio, which is to be able to send at receive txts to and from my wife when I’m out of cell service.

The link to the website to opt in from is here: APRS – NA7Q - https://aprs.wiki/

My FTM-400 question is about the “log” button being greyed out and not letting me see the messages and manage them.

My next question is, is there a way to manage/delete the messages that accumulate in the message list you get with the MSG button?

 

[linuxgod]

@TheGrrrrr knows more than I do but I suspect you need an SD card installed to log

 

[TheGrrrrr]

I manage messages from the APRS menu. I don’t know anything about the log function.

 

[ThreeEyedBandit]

Quick look at the manuals; the log function is part of the Group Monitor feature, which is part of Yasesu's Fusion digital mode. Since you are using analog APRS you wont be using the log feature, just the regular APRS message menu.

At least that's what I read, and do not have a 400.

 

[linuxgod]

I know the 400 can log gps coordinates, and I’m pretty sure those go to the SD card. Im
Not logging but I do get the log button active, and I have an SD card in the unit, hence I’m guessing that his is missing

 

[ThreeEyedBandit]

Yes it will log tracks, just insert the card and enable the feature in the menu.

He said log and message in the same sentence, so that's where I headed. Especially since the log button is for messages, just not analog aprs messages.

To record a GPS track, enable setting 'CONFIG -> Setting 18 GPS LOG' To view the log you need to open in in a computer.

 

[JLH911]

I’m figuring out SMS txting through APRS. I’m using this SMS service:



It works and will allow one of the main reasons I got this radio, which is to be able to send at receive txts to and from my wife when I’m out of cell service.

The link to the website to opt in from is here: APRS – NA7Q - https://aprs.wiki/

My FTM-400 question is about the “log” button being greyed out and not letting me see the messages and manage them.

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My next question is, is there a way to manage/delete the messages that accumulate in the message list you get with the MSG button?

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Try long pressing the MSG button?