# Configure Status

The status message is what is transmitted in the background by YAAC to further describe your station beyond the information included in the beacon (position) message, per the APRS specification 1.01, section 16. The status message configuration panel looks like this:

The options that can be set for the status message are:

- Whether the station message is to be transmitted at all.
- Whether an automatic maidenhead location or timestamp should be prefixed to the message.
- The actual text message to be sent.

None of the changes are stored until the Save Changes button is pressed.