hi James, I'm don't want to fetch tiles via rf, I whant to do it with internet at home before leaving to the exercice. How have you fetch the entire province of Alberta in 5 minutes? Did you zom in

Thanks Rob, but I've got the USB power settings set to never sleep. It's just a quirk of Windows. I've had the same problem on laptops with the same setup. It just goes wonky, such is life lol. Greg

Check your power settings, specifically your USB power settings. Windows tends to think things should go to sleep, expecially USB ports. Don't rtecall the exact setting, but we have to change the

Your 400 will allow for recieve and transmit. You just can't use the internal TNC. If you've already setup for FlDigi or other sound card modes you're setup for sound card APRS. I personally use an

Walkaround solution: AprsDroid, if an Android phone, a Mobilinkd TNC and any H/T with the proper patch coax.

I’m using a TNC3 and aprsis32. Benefits being I can walk around camp and still view and transmit aprs data. The Kenwoods often have true TNC’s, but also lack touch screens and modern looks. It’s

Unfortunately, you were sold a "bill of goods" by Yaesu and poor reviewers like the ARRL. The Yaesu radios are not capable of TX from an attached computer they only have a built in tracker and the

The Kenwood APRS line works well. James VE6SRV

I’ve been able to fetch tiles for the whole province of Alberta right down to street level manually within about 5 minutes maximum. That’s a fairly large area in a short amount of time, and with

Yaesu's APRS system is proprietary and isn't hackable that I know of. Its use with programs like APRSISCE and others is problematic at best. Chris -----------------------------------------From: "Greg

ok, thank you very much. Is there a better radio that would allow for receive and transmit? josh KB6VTU

@ Greg Depew Thanks for that. I have been wondering myself concerning your answer. Thanks for the tip!! --- -During World War 1 & 2. Hams could not do what in the USA? - In the movie Contact, what

@josh KB6VTU PASSCODE not passphrase 73 --- -During World War 1 & 2. Hams could not do what in the USA? - In the movie Contact, what was Ellie's CallSign? 73 Vince KD7TWW ":> Thank you for your

The tncs inside yaesu radios are locked down and inaccessible for transmitting with a computer. The only way to transmit with a Yaesu is to use either the sound card method such as you would with

Yes Lynn and group. Yea how could this be done offline. Can one retrieve tiles by way of RF in the software program? Thanks --- -During World War 1 & 2. Hams could not do what in the USA? - In the

so I went out and got a passphrase. I can send messages over the internet to the radio, but I can't send messages through the radio when I turn the internet connection off. If I try to send a message

Hi group and Lynn, This sathurday, I'll be using APRSIS32 offline (without internet access) for an national earthquaqe exercice and need to fetch tiles for an entire region. Is there a way to fetch

The APRS-IS passcode is only used to send messages into the APRS-IS (Internet System). Your RF "passcode" is your Ham license... I don't know the FTM400 specifically, but in general Yaesu

Maybe it's the APRS passcode, but I don't know what that is or where I get it?

Hi, I've setup my FTM-400XDR with APRSISCE and it receives fine. I just can't get it to transmit messages? Is there anything obvious that I might be missing? I keep trying to configure the radio