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TRANSCEIVERS, MENU CHOICES ARE DISPLAYED IN PLAIN ENGLISH RATHER THAN
CRYPTIC ABBREVIATIONS.  IT IS A MATTER OF USING A VFO KNOB TO SELECT WHAT
YOU WANT THE SCREEN HIGHLIGHTS YOUR SELECTIONS WITH RED BACKGROUNDS AND
THEN GIVING THE KNOB A BRIEF PUSH.  WITH THE APRS PROPERLY CONFIGURED, I
SELECTED 144R39MHZ AND THE FTM 300DR BEGAN DISPLAYING DECODED APRS DATA.
THE INFORMATION IS EASY TO READ AND INCLUDES A COMPASS HEADING TO THE
STATION IN QUESTION SEE FIGURE 2.  IF YOU ARE NEW TO APRS, IT IS BEST TO
DOWNLOAD THE FTM 300DRS DEDICATED APRS MANUAL.  DESPITE NOT HAVING DONE
THIS AT FIRST, I FOUND IT STRAIGHTFORWARD TO PICK MY WAY THROUGH THE MENUS
AND SET UP ALL THE NECESSARY PARAMETERS.  SNAPSHOT ONE CLEVER FEATURE THAT
I DIDNT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY WAS THE SNAPSHOT FUNCTION.  THIS ALLOWS
YOU TO SEND AND RECEIVE IMAGES USING THE OPTIONAL MH 85A11U CAMERA
MICROPHONE.  THIS ABILITY HAS BEEN PRESENT IN YAESU SYSTEM FUSION RADIOS
FOR YEARS, BUT NOT ALL TRANSCEIVER MODELS CAN SUPPORT IT.  THE FTM 300DRS
HIGH RESOLUTION DISPLAY IS IDEAL FOR THIS, ALBEIT WITH SMALL IMAGES.
STILL, IT IS A COOL FUNCTION TO HAVE AVAILABLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOURE DOING
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