Yaesu VX-8DR - Receiving an APRS Beacon

VX-8DR OPERATING MANUAL 83
RECEIVING AN APRS BEACON
1. Set the “B-Band” to the APRS frequency. 144.390 MHz is generally used in North
America. If you don’t know the APRS frequency of your country, ask your dealer.
The AX.25 modem cannot be activated in the “A-Band”.
2. Disable the Receiver Battery Saver via the Set Mode Item 79: SAVE RX.
When the Receiver Battery Saver is turned on, the VX-8R can not reliably receive
an APRS Beacon.
3. Press the key several times until the “STATION LIST”
screen appears on the display. The “STATION LIST” screen
will save up to 50 stations. And the “STATION LIST” screen
sorts each station according to the received time.
4. To confirm the details of the received beacon, rotate the
DIAL knob (or press the / keys) to select the de-
sired station, then press the key. The “Received Data
and Time”, “Distance and Direction of the station”, and other
information will be displayed.
When the “Status Text” is included in the Mic Encoder Sta-
tion Beacon, the “ ” icon appears at the upper right corner
of the display.
5. Rotate the DIAL knob (or press the / keys) to scroll
through additional lines or pages of the received informa-
tion.
6. Press the key to display the “Raw” data of the received APRS beacon.
7. When the confirmation is finished, press the key to return to the STATION LIST
screen.
When the VX-8DR GPS signal is interrupted; such as when you enter into a
tunnel, the dis-
play maintains
the direction on the compass
icon, distance to the received
station and the position in-
formation (Longitude/Lati-
tude) at the point where the
GPS signal was lost.
APRS
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OPERATION
STATION LIST CHARACTER
STATION LIST CHARACTER
RECEIVED DATE & TIME
STATUS TEXT “FLAG”
DISTANCE TO THE RECEIVED STATION
DIRECTION TO THE RECEIVED STATION
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DETAILS
Mic-E: Mic Encoder Station
Mic-E: Mic Encoder Station (Emergency Beacon)
Position (Fixed/Moving) Station
Position (Fixed/Moving) Station (Compressed Data)
Weather Station
Weather Station (Compressed Data)
Object Station
Object Station (Compressed Data)
Item Station
Item Station (Compressed Data)
Killed Station
Killed Station (Compressed Data)
Status Station
Other Station (Include Non-Decoding Station)
STATION LIST CHARACTER