Yaesu FT-991A User Manual

HF/VHF/UHF All Mode TrAnsceiVer

FT-991

insTrUcTion MAnUAl

(WIRES-X Edition)

Thank you for purchasing this Yaeau product.
This instruction manual explains operations and settings associated with the
“WIRES-X Function”.
For information on basic operation of the transceiver, please refer to the FT-991A
Operating Manual.

InTroducTIon

Table of ConTenTs

What is WIRES-X? ...................................................... 3

Terminology................................................................ 4

Inputting Characters ................................................... 5

Alphabet Input Screen ............................................. 5

Number and Symbol Input Screen .......................... 5

Communicating Using WIRES-X ............................... 6

Connecting to a WIRES-X node in the C4FM mode

(*Recommended) ....................................................... 6

Connecting to a Node or Room on the Internet in

Digital Mode ............................................................... 8

Searching from the Node or Room List .................. 8

Searching by Node or Room Name ........................ 8

Reconnecting to the Most Recently Connected

Node or Room ......................................................... 9

Specifying the DTMF ID of the Node or

Room to Connect to ................................................ 9

Disconnecting from a Node or Room in

Digital Mode ............................................................... 9

Connecting to a Node or Room on the Internet in

Analog Mode ............................................................ 10

Disconnecting from the Node or Room You Are

Connected to in Analog Mode .................................. 10

Communicating with Others ..................................... 10

Useful Functions in Digital Mode ............................. 11

Using Preset Channels .............................................. 11

Connecting to a Preset Channel ............................ 11

Presetting Your FAVORITE Nodes or Rooms .......... 12

Connecting to the Node or Room Preset as

FAVORITE ............................................................ 12

Deleting the Nodes or Rooms from FAVORITE .. 12

Set-up Menu for the WIRES-X Function ................ 13

Set-up Menu List for the WIRES-X Function .......... 13

Using the Menu for the WIRES-X Function ............ 13

Choose the Operating Frequency Setting Method

(for Connecting to a Local Node) ......................... 13

Presetting Frequencies .......................................... 13

Setting the Criteria to Sort the FAVORITE List ... 14

Setting the WIRES-X DG-ID ................................ 14

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WhaT Is WIrEs-X?

WIRES (Wide-coverage Internet Repeater Enhancement System) is an Internet communication system which expands
the range of amateur radio communication. By relaying radio signals via the Internet, stations can be connected far
beyond the range of local VHF/UHF radio communications.

WIRES uses local nodes (stations connected to the Internet via PCs) as access points which repeat communications of
conventional amateur radio stations. When the local nodes are connected to each other via the Internet, amateur stations
all over the world can communicate with each other just by connecting conventional stations to the local nodes.

Internet

Local node Local node StationStation

In addition to the WIRES linking features, WIRES-X also supports digital communications. Using WIRES-X, you can
transmit and receive digitalized data such as text, image data and audio.

Using WIRES-X in conjunction with amateur radio transceiver allows analog/digital communications with stations
outside the local communications range. In digital communication mode, you can search stations by call signs or
keywords, and exchange data such as location information.

About WIRES-X open node stations

A listing of the WIRES-X open node stations, with their location, operation mode, etc. is posted on the Yaesu WIRES-X
website.
https://www.yaesu.com/jp/en/wires-x/index.php

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WhaT Is WIrEs-X?

Terminology

Node

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Radio repeater connected to the Internet via a PC, which repeats communications of conventional amateur radio

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stations as an access point

Local node

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Node within the radio communication range of a conventional amateur radio station

Analog node



Node which is a transceiver or repeater using the conventional FM format and can only repeat DTMF (Dual Tone



Multi Frequency) codes and analog audio transmissions/receptions

Digital node



Node which is a transceiver or repeater compatible with digital communications in C4FM (Continuous 4 level FM)

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format. With this type of node, you can transmit/receive audio as well as text and image data.

WIRES-X user ID

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YAESU provides identication names with the WIRES-X nodes. For each node, a DTMF ID (ve-digit number),

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and a user ID (alphanumeric characters consisting of up to ten digits) are provided.
If you know the ID of the node you want to connect with, you can transmit the DTMF code from your transceiver.

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For digital nodes, you can directly specify the node to search for and connect to by using the alphanumeric ID
characters.

ID list



Currently operating WIRES-X Nodes and rooms are listed and published on the WIRES-X website. Information

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such as IDs, call signs and operating frequencies is provided. (Some information may not be published due to the
wishes of node owners).
Room (Round QSO Room)



WIRES system internet community space to which multiple nodes can connect simultaneously. As well as voice



communications, you can also chat with text messages on the PC used for the local node.

Open room



A room which allows all nodes to connect

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Closed room



A room which allows only registered nodes to connect

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Owner



A Node which opens and organizes a room

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Activity



Nodes currently connected to a specic room

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Preset search function

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When a preferred channel for connecting to local nodes is programmed (preset) in the transceiver, the channel can be

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scanned automatically when you start up WIRES-X.
Utilize this function as follows:

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• Quickly connect to the usually accessed local node by presetting its frequency in advance.

• By presetting to a frequency channel shared with other associated nodes, the transceiver can quickly connect to a

local node, even while you are traveling in other areas.

You can use two transceivers as nodes, one for the preset search channel (receive only channel) and the other for the



voice channel (operation channel)

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InpuTTIng characTErs

The following screen is displayed when inputting text, such as tags, on the FT-991A transceiver.

Alphabet Input Screen

Number and Symbol Input Screen

[123#$]

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][

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[ENT] Touch to confirm entered characters and return to the

[BACK] Touch to return to the previously viewed screen.

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[ABC]

CauTions:

• Any symbol may be input as the rst digit.

• The only allowable symbols that may be input for the

remaining digits are “-” and “/”.

Touch to switch the screen to the number and symbol

input screen.

] Touch to move the cursor in the input field left /right.

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previous screen.

] Touch to delete the character to the left of the cursor.

Touch to switch the screen to the alphabet input
screen.

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