C4FM/FM 144/430MHz

DUAL BAND DIGITAL TRANSCEIVER

FT3DR
FT3DE
Instruction Manual (GM Edition)
 Contents
What is the GM Function?.............................................................................................. 2
GM Operation................................................................................................................... 3
Display the APL (Automatic Position Locating) screen............................................... 4
Confirm the location of a Group Member station in real time..................................... 5
Display the position of the member station on the compass screen.............................. 5
Registering the Location Information of a Partner Station............................................. 6
Checking Received Messages and Images.................................................................. 7
Sending massages or images........................................................................................ 9
Creating and sending a new message.......................................................................... 9
Using Standard Messages....................................................................................... 10
Registering a standard message............................................................................. 11
Replying to the Sender of the Checked Message or Image Data................................ 12
Forwarding the Checked Message or Image Data...................................................... 12
Sending Your Snapshot Images.................................................................................. 13
GM Set Mode List.......................................................................................................... 14
GM Set Mode Function List.......................................................................................... 14
 What is the GM Function?
The GM (Group Monitor) function automatically monitors on the same frequency for
any other stations with the GM function in operation, or stations operating in DN mode,
within communication range. The GM function then displays the acquired direction and
distance information for each detected call sign on the screen.
If the DG-ID number is other than “00”, the GM function will check for partner stations
set to the same DG-ID number, with the GM function turned ON, that are within commu-
nication range.
In addition to knowing who is in the service area, the APL (Automatic Position Locat-
ing) screen indicates the positions of the group members, centered on your own station
(up to four are simultaneously displayed). The direction and progress of each station is
displayed, and you can check each other's position, distance, and moving direction.
You can also use GM functions to send data such as messages and images with your
friends.
• When the GM function is activated, the operating band is automatically switched to the A
band, and the communication mode is switched to the C4FM digital (DN) mode.
• To use the GM function, all of the members must operate on the same frequency.
• Note that when the receive DG-ID number of your transceiver is set to a DG-ID number
other than “00”, received signals that do not have the same DG-ID number may not be
heard.

Insert a commercially available micro-SD card into this unit to send and receive messages
and images.
Usable micro-SD Memory Cards
This transceiver only supports the following capacity of micro-SD and micro-SDHD memory
cards.
• 2GB • 4GB • 8GB • 16GB • 32GB
Not all micro-SD and micro-SDHC cards sold commercially are guaranteed to work with this
product. In addition, micro-SDXC memory cards are not supported.

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 GM Operation
1. Tune to the frequency used by the group that you would like to communicate with.
• If you only want to check your group location information, press and hold the [GM]
key and set the send and receive DG-ID numbers to the same numbers except “00”
at all the partner stations.
• The frequency cannot be changed while the GM function is operating.
2. Press the [GM] key.
• The callsign, distance, and direction of all stations (up to 24) within the communi-
cation range operating with the GM function on the designated frequency in DN
(V/D) mode are displayed.
• The call sign of the member who can communicate is displayed in white charac-
ters, and the distance and direction of the member from your own station are dis-
played.
• Stations outside the sphere of communications callsigns are displayed in grey.
• You can communicate in DN mode of C4FM digital by pressing the PTT switch.

In range

Selected member
Distance
Out of range
Direction

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 Display the APL (Automatic Position Locating) screen
The positions of up to four group stations are displayed on the APL (Automatic Position
Locating) screen, centered on your own station. The direction and progress of each sta-
tion is displayed, and you can check each other's position, distance, and moving direc-
tion.

DG-ID number DG-ID TX00 RX00

Return to the
normal GM screen
Member Displayed members (max 4 stations)
(Arrow indicates the direction of progress) • Callsign (first 6 characters)
Own station • Distance
(Arrow indicates the direction of progress)

Change the scale

1. Touch [APL] while the GM function is active:

• The last four stations received by the GM function
are displayed on the APL screen. The displayed sta-
tions are listed on the right side of the screen with
the first six characters of the callsign and the dis-
tance from your own station.
• Display additional members by turning the DIAL
knob.
• The direction and distance of members will be dis- DG-ID TX00 RX00
played on the compass screen, centered on your
own station. The traveling direction of your own
and member stations is indicated on the compass
screen.
• The scale of the compass screen is automatically set
according to the distance of the selected member
station when the APL screen is displayed. Touch [
] or [ ] to change the scale.
• The maximum distance at which a member's posi-
tion can be displayed on the compass screen is a
radius of 1,000 km.
zz Disable the APL screen display
1. Touch [GM] on the display or press the [BACK] key.
Return to the normal GM screen.

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 Confirm the location of a Group Member station in real time
The position of the selected member can be confirmed in real time on the compass
screen.
The member's current position may be registered as the navigation destination.

Display the position of the member station on the compass screen

1. Press the [GM] key.
2. Touch the station for which you want to display location
information.

3. Press the [DISP] key.

If the GPS information screen is displayed, touch the compass display to switch to
the navigation display screen.
The call sign and direction, distance, and heading of the selected partner station are
displayed.

Callsign and distance to

partner station JA1YOE-123 1.0km
H-UP: Heading Up
N-UP: North Up

Direction of remote station

Progress direction of
own station

zz Switch the compass screen display method

Press and hold the [DISP] key  touch [DISPLAY]  [2 COMPASS], select the
screen display method (direction toward the top of the screen) from “HEADING UP”
or “NORTH UP”. The default setting is “HEADING UP”.
HEADING UP: The compass circle indicates the direction ( , , and ) you are
heading. The arrow indicates the direction toward your partner sta-
tion.
NORTH UP: Always displays the north ( ) on the top. The arrow indicates the di-
rection you are heading.
zz Disable the Compass screen display
1. Press the [DISP] key.
• You cannot update the location information of the partner stations outside of
communication range.
• If your station or your partner stations do not set the location information manually or
capture it from the GPS satellite signals, the compass display is not available.

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 • GPS location information may have an error of several hundred meters depending on the
surrounding environment and so on.
• This function is a simple function using GPS satellite data. Use this as a guide for the
position of your own station or partner station.

Registering the Location Information of a Partner Station

You can register the current position of the selected member, and then navigate toward
that station.
1. Touch [MEM] in step 3 of “Display the position of the
partner station on the compass screen” (page 5). JA1YOE-123 1.0km
N-UP
[★], [L1] and [L2] will start blinking.
2. Touch [★], [L1] or [L2].
• The Callsign and location information of your partner
station is registered, and the Navigation starts.
• To cancel the registration, touch [MEM] again.
• The registered location information can be recalled
later to allow navigation to that point. JA1YOE-123 1.0km

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 Checking Received Messages and Images
Use the GM function to check the messages and images on the LOG list.

• When using a GM function, a beep sounds when a new message or image is received,
and the “LOG MSG” or “LOG PICT” list screen (see step 3 below) appears automatically.

1. Press the [GM] key.

2. Touch [LOG].

3. Touch [MESSAGE] or [PICT].

VOICE: Audio recorded (Only playback of record- VOICE
MESSAGE
ed content is possible.)
PICT
MESSAGE: Text Message
PICT: Image

Select “MESSAGE” or “PICT” to display the LOG MSG

list or LOG PICT list. NEW
JA1YOE-123 00/00
The icons on the left side of the LOG list indicate the
JA1YOE-123 00/00
following: JA1YOE-123 00/00
Message received (unread) JA1YOE-123 00/00
Message received (read)
Message sent
Message failed to send
Image received (unread)
Image received (read)
Image sent
Image failed to send
Image taken with the camera built in the optional
microphone

4. Touch the message or image to be displayed.

• The selected message or image will be displayed.
• When the message list is displayed, press the [DISP] key to display the location
information of the sending station on the compass screen.
• When the picture is displayed, press the [DISP] key to display the location where
the picture was taken on the compass screen.
• Touch [FWD], to forward the checked message or image data. Refer to “Forwarding

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 the Checked Message or Image Data” (page 12).
• Touch [REPLY], To reply to the sender of the downloaded message or image data.
Refer to “Replying to the Sender of the Checked Message or Image Data” (page
12).
• Touch [DEL] to display “DELETE ?”. Touch [OK], then touch [OK] to delete the
information.
5. Press the [BACK] key three times.
Returns to the previously viewed screen.

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 Sending massages or images
There are 4 ways to send messages or images using the GM function:
(1) Creating and sending a new message
(2) Replying to the sender of the checked message or image data
(3) Forwarding the checked message or image data
(4) Sending your snapshot images

Creating and sending a new message

Create and send a new message:
1. Press the [GM] key.
2. Touch [LOG].

3. Touch [MESSAGE].
Displays the LOG list. NEW
JA1YOE-123 00/00
JA1YOE-123 00/00
JA1YOE-123 00/00
JA1YOE-123 00/00

4. Touch [NEW].
NEW
JA1YOE-123 00/00
JA1YOE-123 00/00
JA1YOE-123 00/00
JA1YOE-123 00/00

5. Touch [EDIT]. NEW

Displays the message entry screen.

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6. Refer to “Text input screen” in the FT3DR/DE Operating Manual to enter a message.
• Touch [MTXT] to easily input a message using a standard form.
• In the message input screen, one line is displayed for every 20 characters. Touch
[ ]/[ ] to move the cursor and display other lines.
7. When input is complete, press the [BACK] key.
The entire message is displayed.
8. Touch [SEND].
• To cancel transmission, touch [BACK].
• To save the entered message as a standard message, touch [SAVE] (page 11).
• To continue message entry, touch [EDIT].
9. Touch [ALL].
• “SEND to ALL ?” appears.
• To send the message to a specific member that is within communication range,
touch the member callsign.
• Messages cannot be sent to members outside of communication range.
• The address designation “to:” is merely for displaying “ALL” or the call sign of a specific
station. In other words, even if you specify a call sign for “to:” to send a message,
other stations operating GM on the same frequency can also read the message if they
are within the communication range.

10. Touch [OK].

Using Standard Messages
The following 19 standard messages have been saved in the radio's memory as default
to help save time and effort in text input.
1 QRM 8 Good job 15 wait for you
2 QRP 9 Good day 16 Pick me up
3 QRT 10 Good evening 17 Thank you
4 QRX 11 Good night 18 OK
5 QRZ 12 Send messages 19 urgent
6 QSY 13 Send pictures - -
7 Good morning 14 on my way - -

1. Follow steps 1 to 5 in “Creating and sending a new message” on page 9 to dis-

play the message entry screen.
2. Touch [MTXT].
• Displays the standard message list. MTXT
• For “M01” to “M10”, you can register a message
comprised of up to 80 letters

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3. Rotate the DIAL to select the standard message you
want to use.
QRM
4. Touch [PASTE]. QRP
• The selected standard message is displayed in the QRT
message entry field. QRX

5. Press the [BACK] key.

6. The entire message is displayed. NEW
To add letters to the message, input letters following QRM
steps 5 to 6 in “Creating and sending a new message”
on page 9.

Registering a standard message

Up to 10 texts containing a maximum of 80 characters each can be registered as stan-
dard messages.
Registered texts can be selected and used like the 19 standard messages that have
been saved as default.
1. Follow steps 1 to 6 in “Creating and sending a new message” on page 9 to dis-
play the message entry screen.
2. Touch [SAVE].
QRM
The standard message list is displayed. Thank you
OK
urgent
M01 ----------------

3. Rotate the DIAL to select the number (M01 to M10)

QRM
where you want to register the standard message.
M01 ----------------
4. Touch [SAVE]. M02 ----------------
• Registers the text as a standard message and dis- M03 ----------------
plays the message entry screen. M04 ----------------
• If you register a new message to a number where a
message is already registered, the old message is
overwritten.
• To cancel registration, press the [BACK] key.

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Replying to the Sender of the Checked Message or Image Data
After checking the message or image data, you may reply to the sender.
1. Select the information (MESSSAGE or PICT) to review according to steps 1 to 4 of
“Checking Received Messages and Images” (page 7).
Displays the selected data.
2. Touch [REPLY].
The call sign of the station that sent MESSAGE or PICT to the destination is set au-
tomatically.
3. Touch [EDIT].
Displays the message entry screen.
4. Follow steps 1 to 6 in “Creating and sending a new message” on page 9 to
display the message entry screen.
5. Press the [BACK] key.
Displays the entire message.
6. Touch [SEND].
Sends the reply message to the sender of the MESSAGE/PICT data.

Forwarding the Checked Message or Image Data

After reviewing the message or image data, you may forward the data to other members.
1. Select the information (MESSSAGE or PICT) to check according to steps 1 to 4 of
“Checking Received Messages and Images” (page 7).
The selected data is displayed.
2. Touch [FWD].
3. Touch [ALL].
• “SEND to ALL ?” appears.
• To send the message to a specific member that is within communication range,
touch the member callsign.
• Messages cannot be sent to members outside of communication range.
• The address designation “to:” is merely for displaying “ALL” or the call sign of a specific
station. In other words, even if you specify a call sign for “to:” to send a message,
other stations operating GM on the same frequency can also read the message if they
are within the communication range.

4. Touch [OK].
Messages and images will be transferred.

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Sending Your Snapshot Images
Take still images using the optional speaker microphone with built-in snapshot camera
(MH-85A11U) and send them to the group members.
For details on how to send images taken with the optional speaker microphone built-in
snapshot camera (MH-85A11U), refer to “Taking Picture (Snapshot Function)” in FT3DR/DE
Operating Manual.

1. Press the [GM] key.

The GM function activates and displays stations using
the GM mode on the same frequency, or stations oper-
ating in DN mode, within the communication range.
2. Touch [LOG].

3. Touch [PICT].
Displays the list of images saved on the micro-SD JA1YOE-123 16:24
memory card JA1YOE-123 06/02
JA1YOE-123 05/24
JA1YOE-123 03/14
JA1YOE-123 02/14

4. Touch the image you want to send.

Displays the selected image.

5. Touch [SEND].
6. Touch [ALL].
• “SEND to ALL ?” appears.
• To send the message to a specific member, touch the member that is within com-
munication range.
• Messages cannot be sent to members outside of communication range.
• The address designation “to:” is merely for displaying “ALL” or the call sign of a
specific station. In other words, even if you specify a call sign for “to:” to send a
message, other stations operating GM on the same frequency can also read the
message if they are within the communication range.

7. Touch [OK].
Sends the image.

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 GM Set Mode List
Set mode item No./item Descriptions
1 DP-ID LIST Displays the DP-ID list screen

2 RADIO ID CHECK Transceiver specific number (ID) appears.

(This cannot be edited)

GM Set Mode Function List

zz 1 DP-ID LIST
Display of the DP-ID list screen
Explanation: Every C4FM digital transmit communication contains the individual ID
information (Radio ID) of each transceiver. The DP-ID function uses this
individual ID information.
When communicating with another transceiver, if the DP-IDs of the sta-
tions are registered in both transceivers, they can communicate even
though the DG-ID numbers are different.
For details, refer to the FT3DR/DE operating Manual.

zz 2 RADIO ID CHECK
Display of RADIO ID
Explanation: In the GM function, each transceiver transmits its own ID along with the
call sign.
RADIO ID is a 5-digit code consisting of alphanumeric characters that are
written into the transceiver during factory production.
The RADIO ID cannot be edited.

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