How to do stuff on the

FT1DR TX/RX APRS

MESSAGES
Check your messages
press [F] [0]
press [0]
messages marked > are ones sent BY you
messages marked < are ones sent TO you
press [ENT] to read them
while in reading mode, press [GM] to respond to the
message (as below)
Send a message to anyone (not on a list)
press [F] [0]
press [GM]
clear the call/ssid field (press [A/B], select CLR or CLRALL,
press [V/M])
enter call/ssid
compose message
long press [ENT] to send
Respond to a message sent to you
press [F] [0]
press [0]
scroll to a message youd like to respond to
press [ENT] [GM]
compose message
long press [ENT] to send
Send a text to someone that is on the list
press [F] [0]
scroll to station you want to send a message to
press [ENT]
press [GM]
this brings up the msg compose screen with the call/ssid
filled in
compose message

long press [ENT] to send

The compose screen
once you have made it to the compose area of a message,
you can just start a new msg using the keypad like old
school phones
or you can insert a canned msg by:
press [A/B]
press again CLR
press again INSERT mode
press again CLRALL
press again DELETE mode
press 1: msg one
press 2: msg #2
press 3: etc
pressing [V/M] is like pressing Enter here it inserts your
canned message
key [0] is for space, punctuation and special characters