My experience with the FTM300 and FTM200 (while great radio's feature wise) I don't think the build is that impressive for their cost. Problems with displays, problems with knobs, problems with noise, mine has problems with squelch. To those that have no issues - awesome.
El espectómetro escanea sólo también en VFO?. Es que tengo un quansheng kg v6, que sí que lo hace. Quiero saber, si podría hacerlo con una ftm 200-300. Gracias 😉👍
its not just those all rasio and speakers r effected and i wish there was a stop to it (maybe i wanna charge my phone and use the radio but impossible if theyre close to eachother)
I had an iPhone cradle/charger in one of my trucks that when plugged in, would interfere with the keyless entry receiver. It took months for me to figure out why my truck would not unlock. Not sure exactly how I figured it out, but it was one of those "No, shit?" moments.
One of these days I'm going to just say fuck it, sit in my car with a laptop and an RTL-SDR just to start identifying all the EMI sources..... one of these days. Probably "Tomorrow™"
Okay wait, hold up. Whats with the UHF socket mounted to the dash Right above... is that a flashlight that recharges from the accessory socket? In my time as the local neighborhood mechanic I've seen a lot of unique car accessories and add-ons, but that's a completely new one.
Thanks for the great video and explaining how the PMG works. I've been thinking about buying a new mobile and ruled out the 500 just because of cost and what you get for the cost. I almost bought the 300 but was still looking at the differences between the 200 and 300. I really want the dual band monitor so I can listen to two different frequencies at the same time. Showing us how the PMG works was really nice. Now I know a really good work around to use the 200 like a 300 and save the cost for the extra band. Keep up making great videos! 73's
Unable to determine how you did anything based on the poor video quality. no settings, setup, steps etc. Difficult to even determine what decoding software you were using. Better luck next time.
@@stabby463 iPhone 3GS. Not really known for video quality. This video wasn’t a tutorial for you. This was uploaded for a friend who was curious about working meteor scatter. They were already familiar with digital on hf. I’m glad you at least watched a portion of this so thank you. Now since 12 years have passed, the modes and software that are currently used have changed. Perhaps asking questions would give better information that you are seeking. Many blessings and 73.
So what is the fix??? We all need to charge something in our vehicle. And many times, while using the charger when listening to our local radio station, the static happens.
@Joel Bryant , I believe there's such a thing as a ground loop isolator that helps. After watching your video, I started searching for the solution to the problem. I plan on buying one and trying it.
You basically have a great faraday cage (box)! I hope you have that box strapped down or bolted down as i see you are in Texas (tornado country). Great idea!!
@@stefankaj442 yes, I plan on disconnecting the membrane switch ribbon and wiring my own buttons mounted on the face. Currently my ground balance button is barely usable.
I know I’m late into the video, but curious to know what cable are you running to use the mic and foot switch? I’m assuming it’s a Heil cable but curious as to which one. 73 KM4SAG
I bought an FTM-200 new, and mine also had that annoying hum/hiss. I thought it was the fan running, but it comes from the speaker. I returned mine for a refund.
Did you ever resolve the hum/buzz issue? Curious, with that old of external speaker (I remember Craig from the 70/80's car stereo's), when we'd have a buzz like that it was generally a speaker ground or incompatibility of the head unit and speaker running different ohms. I'd start with testing the radio with a new external speaker. Beings the vid was posted 10 months ago, I'm sure you've got it squared away. I like the Beemer! Do a video on that :)
The internal speaker makes the buzzing sound too. I have connected some Motorola external speakers along with some CB speakers and they all make the same buzz. Haven’t been able to solve the noise except road noise drowns it out.
@@KiloEcho5 Interesting yet frustrating issue. I wonder if it could be backfeed through the vehicle? Have you hooked up to another vehicle or separate power source? I'm definitely no radio guru. Maybe try some ferrite chokes or those other things that the power cord gets wrapped around to reduce noise and interference? I've lucked out and my few installs haven't had issues. Pending the antenna, a couple Diamond models require the antenna itself to be grounded to the vehicle as well. I hope you get it figured out!
I was looking at getting this radio for the truck so maybe like you said it won't be an issue. I like that new PMG function the 200 has and I don't really needs the dual rec the 300 has, plus saving a little money never hurts. I watched a video with Jason Ham Radio 2.0 and also his videos with the Yaesu rep and didn't notice it on the videos and Jason never said anything about it. Has this been fixed in a revision? I see no firmware updates on Yaesu site. Figured there would be one by now for some bug or bugs being out this long Thanks for posting this
SO they dummied down the memory scan by now showing the memories to a 5 memory scan that has a bar graph is essentially what it is, and may be easier to change your scan list... And this is not available on the 300, weird.
I've been running a FTM-300D as a base unit for a while. And I sure do love the clarity of C4FM and ease of use, compared to programming a DSTAR repeater into the radio. But the fact that Yaesu doesn't think that mobile users ever travel outside of their home town has kept me from running a Yaesu in the mobile. My ICOM 4100 has 11 memory banks programmed with over 500 repeaters, each for a specific region where I'm traveling to. Not sure why Yaesu thinks that memory banks are a good idea on my FT-5 but not on 50 watt mobile units. It doesn't make any sense. But upon seeing Joel's video above, and how easy it is to pick a repeater from memory and put it into PMG, I picked up a FTM-200 unit to give it a try. Still not sure why Yaesu stopped at 5 channels for the PMG; why not 10? Thanks Joel for the great review. And I agree, I'd much rather see the repeater names & frequencies flash by rather than a meaningless, "Mem scan". 73's
I like mine, but I agree with you. I currently use it as my node radio and I hear a steady humming noise/sound and could hear it across the room especially at night. I still like it though. But my 300 (and 400) is quieter, no hum noise/sound. 73
Thank you. For this reason alone I won’t buy it. My TYT 9000 and 9800 do the same humm. I replace them. Same thing. It’s not right at all. My Kenwood or FTM 400 or 100 or ICOM never ever do that. It’s something related to a ground loop inside.
Sounds like digital noise leaking into the AF section. Yaesu need to fix this ASAP because it looks like a great radio otherwise. Wouldn't buy it until that's fixed though.
@@KiloEcho5 yes so definitely not noise from the power supply. Can you still return the rig and report the problem to the supplier? Or even better, tell Yaesu directly.
Just got mine today and it’s doing the same thing could it be because the external speaker jack is stereo instead of mono just curious iam gonna try a adapter on mine and I will let everyone know if it works
