Yaesu FT-1d to sending Spot via APRS, Good?

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Hi Marco,

FT1 is out of production so you will need to look if someone sells it.

I have a FT1x and bring it on every activation. APRS position beacons are great for chasers to estimate how much much time I need to the summit.

I have spotted to APRS2SOTA but the entry of the details is a bit inefficient using the rotation dial or the keypad (like on old Nokia phones).
So yes it works. Is it fun. No

Here a video how to edit and resend a message:

For me the last resort in case there is not even phone reception to send a spotting SMS.

The other alternative would be to use APRSdroid to generate the audio and send it via a non APRS handheld.
This was discuss here recently.

Or the Pico APRS system:

73 Joe

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