FTM-400XDR - APRS and ISS
I feel your pain, and the replies you have gotten here are of no help whatsoever. Maybe we can figure this out between the two of us.
I have been running APRS since the the days of the PC-XT and DOS. I have run UI-View32 for many years at the base and for the last few year have been regularly been running digipeating through ISS using UISS. Never had a problem.
Just got my Yaesu FTM-400XDR this week and had no luck digipeating through ISS on 145.825 using the same Yagi antenna setup that has proven success for me. I restored my previous set up (a TYT-9800 with a MFJ-1278) and got right back on the ARISS,net map.
Best I can figure, is that there are no instructions on how to set up an UNPROTO packet for this rig. With every other flavor I have used, all you had to do was add the command "unproto CQ via ARISS" and you were up and running. With this menu driven operating on the FTM, how is this accomplished?
I have tried putting ARISS into PATH 1. I have tried putting CQ into the first blank and ARISS into the second.. No joy. I have been able to decode the raw packets by monitoring with my Kenwood, and it seems to look ok.
The only other thought I have is that it may be necessary to add my position in ascii characters, into the beacon text. Possibly, the condensed format rendered by Yaesu's GPS isn't be decoded. So I'm thinking of adding "=4036.71N/07410.04W-73 de Bob" to the first beacon text line. Naturally you would add your own coords.
I got fed up with the lack of support material and relegated the rig to the car, where I am actually quite happy with it. The radio fits right into the Taurus's center console and the head mounts right above SYNC screen very nicely with the provided sticky tape.
Hope we can figure it out. It might be nice to run ISS from the mobile on occassion.
Vy 73,
Bob Tarwacki - NY2M/K2FOP