That Yaesu HT is reliable and very capable. For your subscribers that can't afford a Yaesu I can vouch for the Baofeng UV-3r. Very small size, less wattage but does well here on the Texas gulfcoast. Its in my EDC bag along with a small folding solar charger which takes 3 1/2 hours to bring up a fully discharged battery. My son has the HT your using and we both have Yaesu mobile's in our trucks. Good job on laying out your videos with detail to how and why.
Thanks ! I really like the radio and it has been with me on many trips replacing the ICQ7A that was my go to radio before that. For the price and weight I think it is a winner.
Great video! That looks like a very versatile HT with lots of features. I really appreciate you covering the features that are likely to be used during emergency or survival situations and strategies for how these features might be used. That is something I feel is lacking from many communication-related prepper videos. I did have to watch the video a few times and pause and rewind to take notes on all the features and ways I might use them. In the future, you might consider adding some notes to the description. Subbed! I look forward to more great videos in the future. 73
Thanks for the input ! I am not the best video editor and the feedback is helpful on improvement. It is a great little radio and many of the features are overlooked by users. Handhelds have come a long way from the IC2AT days. Thank you for watching.
Lift the sticker under the battery and there is a resistor horizontally oriented towards the top of the opening. Remove said resistor and reset the radio. There are several PDFs that have a photo of the mod. Just enter "vx3r mars cap" in a search engine and it will steer you there. Thanks for watching !
I have a video on making one out of ladder line on my channel also. They do work well but dual band antennas always have an element of compromise. I've found the vertical plane radiation pattern on UHF has a higher takeoff angle which can be useful in some situations but reduce RSSI over level terrain in comparison to a groundplane. It would be an interesting experiment to see if inverting the antenna (feedpoint up) would provide a bit of downtilt to be a tad more effective in covering an area of lower elevation from a position of higher elevation. Thanks for watching !
I have never understood why an amateur license is such a roadblock to many people. An amateur license is FREE. (You pay a $15 examination fee to the Volunteer Examiner.) All you have to do is pass a 35 question multiple-choice test. You even know ahead of the test the exact wording of every possible question and the exact wording of every possible answer. I bet the average person could pass the Technician exam on about 6 hours of study, and most people could score near perfect with a week of 3-4 hours study per night. Instead people have paid as much as $90 (now $65) for a GMRS license that provides fewer privileges and less power than the Technician's license. One potential advantage of GMRS license: the immediate family is covered by one license, not just the licensee. But a family of four could take an amateur test for the cost of a GMRS license. One potential disadvantage of an amateur license: those worried about Big Brother may not want to invite any FCC attention. This is still a potential concern with GMRS.
