FIRST LOOK: Yaesu FTM-500, I Like It!

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Thanks to the Ham Radio Outlet for letting me go hands on with the new Yaesu FTM-500. As a long time FTM-400 owner, the 500 has a lot to like and I prefer the head unit. Find the FTM-500 here: www.hamradio.c...
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@Littrell1966 Год назад

That head on an FT-891 would be great!!!

@daniell8387 Год назад

I keep seeing new radios come out and my first reaction is "Maybe it'll be cheap!" and it never is.

@N2YTA Год назад

And it never will be.

@StucklnAWell Год назад

It's amazing how radio equipment costs hardly anything to manufacture, and R&D is slow to say the least (considering how fast every other tech advances), and yet consumer radios continue to be exorbitantly expensive... There should be way more budget-friendly radios that are more than baofeng-level tech.

@vhfgamer Год назад

@@N2YTA The Yaesu FT65r was cheap. I snagged one to replace my baofeng.

@kd5mtl Год назад

Yaesu always drops their prices 12-18 months after release, so next year at some point it'll probably be $150 less. Still a dang expensive radio nonetheless though

@forgetyourlife Год назад

@@kd5mtl a lot less time than that. The ft-710 was 1299.00 at release and $1049.00 3 weeks later. Never buy Yaesu day one release.

@REKlaus Год назад

Yes! Knobs! I much prefer using knobs to change menu settings than having to use arrow buttons, on screen buttons, etc. I went from ho-hum (ya, another radio) to liking the radio during your video. Thanks for the great info.

@jl4fun22 Год назад

I picked up my FTM-500DR last night and so far I am very pleased and impressed with the usability. Very intuitive. Looking forward to the advanced manual. So far it is a keeper. Well done Yaesu! 73, Jim - K4OFV

@backcountryamateurradio Год назад

Good looking radio. Been waiting for you to show us about it! Thank you.

@butch3715 Год назад

Looks like Yaesu opt'ed to trade the big screen on the FTM-400, for a big knob on the FTM-500.

@HamRadioCrashCourse Год назад

It's not that much bigger. I will likely do a YT short on the different.

@l.a.2646 Год назад

I really hope that V/UHF comes back to the way it used to be in the 80s and 90s , in my area you could find a QSO anytime of the day or night. I've made a lot of long-time friends from running VHF and UHF I ran a digipeater at my home that was always busy and we had a state-wide packet system we had a lot of groups that had special interests IE motorcycle groups, hot rod enthusiasts , model aircraft groups etc. and most of that traffic was on the FM subbands , there was also lots of interest in SSB groups that were hill top operators . fast scan TV as well as slow scan was also popular. sadly the bands are so quiet now, however DMR has breathed some new interest into the high bands. this new rig is really sharp and hopefully it gets the youth as well as old goats like myself interested and re-interested in high band ops. I hope this new technology will spur folks to get on the radio. I know that these new rigs are expensive, but they are top quality and should last a very long time, think of it as an investment, so get on the air and get others involved, get some old fashioned round-table discussions going. thanks for the video . 73 ..

@pedrocatalan9814 Год назад

I had to do a double take because I watched your video after Julian’s video from HRO. It’s cool that he let you use his desk! 😀 looks like a great radio. Im not sure I want to give up my ID-5100 just yet.

@HamRadioCrashCourse Год назад

I'm not giving up either :D I think the 5100 is going to go into my shack for fulltime use there.

@HamRadioOutlet Год назад

To be fair... it was our Anaheim tech's desk. Mine is much more tidy (cough, cough, splutter)!

@DM-fz3ly Год назад

I WISH Yaesu would go back to the ability to have channel banks. Where you could quickly add/delete certain groups of channels. NOT by band but simply by the way you want to group them. Say to quickly add police/fire/ambulance channels to the current scan list. Or to be able to add/delete some or all of the FRS frequencies. This was easy to do on the Ft8800 as "hyper memories" and also on the Ft60 handheld as banks. Come on Yaesu help us out!!

@joedidit3233 Год назад

I feel the same. I would gladly trade the big tuning knob for configurable memory banks that would be much more useful to most users. I was just fine with using the smaller knobs to tune my ftm-400, and never wished for a bigger knob! They gave us the bigger knob that no one ever asked for, and completely ignored the memory banks that so many people have been asking for. At this point, my new Ftm-500 is sitting on my desk and I'm debating on whether to replace my FTM-400 in my car with it.

@DominicMazoch Год назад

I think the body and knobs of this could be used in the future for an all mode 2m rig or a mobile HF

@Johnyrocket70 Год назад

Definitely need sideband. The 1st to have it will take the market. All that fancy crap is used in the home shack not mobile.

@DavidWilsonsays Год назад

These screens look just like the FTM-200 screens just on a larger display and touchscreen. I love the 200 this 500 with dual radios would be really sweet.

@MrBillCNW 11 месяцев назад

Excellent demo of the new radio. Great job you did. 73

@matthewjbutch 10 месяцев назад

This is a great review! Thank you very much. Answered a lot of my questions. Looks like I'll be picking this up!

@Pedro8k Год назад

Looks nice I like the bigger display as the one on the ft 300 is ok but a bit small but it is about a third more expensive what we really need is a replacement ft 857 in a form factor similar to this

@auldg Год назад

Couldn't agree more. 857 in this form factor with C4FM.

@jimbarber1057 Год назад

The Alinco DR-735 is full duplexing , six memory bands, both mic ports, half the price.

@mediocreman2 7 месяцев назад

Made in Philippines but yeah it's a good value.

@mkolod Год назад

One thing I’m hoping to see from Yaesu dual band mobiles is CAT control. The FT-857 had it. Given that the 857 supported 2m and 70 cm and since Icom ID-5100A has CI-V in a dual band radio, it would be a nice feature to see again, particularly for satellite work. Especially considering that the ID-5100A is considerably cheaper and has it.

@aquilafasciata5781 Год назад

Can't wait for the prices to come down on the 300 and 400 😁

@moselblues8694 Год назад

Would love to see a qrp HF Rig in this housing as successor of the ft818😮

@ToppKatt7 20 дней назад

Yaesu FTX1F

@RichKielbasa Год назад

No Bank memory again? I'll Passadena. This is a radio made to travel. Unreal.

@lordofthemound3890 4 месяца назад

I have a soft-top Jeep and I can hear the head unit just fine even at interstate speeds.

@b4i4getjr Год назад

Wish it could attach to the side of the FT-710......or better yet, yaesu, bring out 857d replacement.

@MarkoManiac Год назад

Or 891 or 991 update. I can find a space for a 991 with a nice new waterfall in the mobile.

@JimmyShot Год назад

They really need to make a 891 with a waterfall and digital interface. That would sell so fast.

@chrstopherwarnberg7535 Год назад

891 big head? i like it

@Aramalas Год назад

If it had a single connection Cat/Soundcard I’d still own it - with or without a waterfall.

@ryantoomey611 Год назад

Doesn't Yaesu already have a radio like this called the FT-991A?

@stevehildreth1934 9 месяцев назад

My FTM 500 arrives in two days. I can hardly wait! My only radio is (was) a cheap Chinese unit, that just died, still transmits, no audio. Initially the FTM 500 will be my ham shack vhf/uhf radio in my shack.

@bandalog6428 9 месяцев назад

Would love to see Yaesu do 2 things:- 1, when in scan mode it uses the GPS so that only repeaters within range show up (ICOM can do it) 2, Memory banks same as the handhelds

@ItsEverythingElse 8 месяцев назад

Agree on the GPS repeater lookup, very cool and useful feature.

@kellyw1648 Год назад

I just can't justify to myself paying almost $700 for a dual band radio. So, I will just stick with the radios I have. Thanks for posting.

@allanjones4283 Год назад

WOW!! Amazing. Well-done Yaesu.

@xmacleod 10 месяцев назад

Amongst [actually many] other things, you had me at "front firing speaker in the faceplate." Maybe I won't have to hold the hand mic up to my ear while also trying to wheel and shift gears all at the same time anymore. I ordered one thanks to your coverage, and it only took me ~6 minutes of discussion to defuse the wife afterward!

@Sean-AI7EQ Год назад

While Yaesu did make improvements in remote audio, microphone plug on remote head, quick function menu and a nice touch screen I have one complaint. There are no memory groups/banks. I feel for a mobile radio that was a huge feature to leave out. I own an FTM-300D which has one M-GRP that allows you to create a customizable channel list. After reading the manual for the FTM-500D and not seeing any memory groups/banks, other than grouping by band, I'm a bit disappointed. I hope they can at least give it the same M-GRP feature that the FTM-300D has by doing a firmware update as this would then be a great radio.

@HamRadioCrashCourse Год назад

Run multiple programming on the SD card.

@markannichine Год назад

This is THE major sticking point for me. I’m incredulous that they’d omit this feature. I cannot understand why or how.

@markannichine Год назад

@@HamRadioCrashCourse While this suggestion could provide some level of workaround, it’s hardly a true solution, and will hardly accomplish the same thing as legitimate banks.

@HamRadioCrashCourse Год назад

This isn’t a big issue for me, so I am curious. What are your memory banks made up of?

@piquat1 Год назад

@@HamRadioCrashCourse On the 5100 I have one for north repeaters and one for south. I have both a beam and and a vertical. I live in BFE and there are repeaters in cities to the north or south. On the beam there is no point in scanning repeaters that are off the back side of it.

@W4TRI Год назад

waiting for the next one. Hope it is a real update to the 818 series. I'll just have to struggle along with my 706 MKIIG

@arildoaparecidocosta5729 Год назад

Ótimo vídeo rádio bazuka Foz do Iguaçu PR Brasil 🇧🇷🇧🇷

@caseygillock8131 Год назад

I have the ftm 400. I don't see nothing special enough to spend the money to get this one. It's time for all standard mobile radios to be triband and start doing 80 or 100 watts maybe allowing your phone to hook up to it through Bluetooth to use phones apps to send winlink, sstv, keyboard cw, plus offering am fm ssb. I would spend the 500 or 600 for a new one then.

@BBaldwin Год назад

Agreed. The 400 is still superior, in my opinion. This 500 doesn’t offer crossband repeat.

@elkabong6429 Год назад

Sweet! Thanks for the demo!

@alfredneumann4692 Год назад

Thanks for the impressions. Regards from Germany.

@HamRadioCrashCourse Год назад

My pleasure!

@jdnell Год назад

I will have to check the documents before I'm interested in this radio. Didn't see memory groups/banks or crossband repeat in the radio from your video.

@Trump985 Год назад

Looks like they added some nice features, but compared to the 400 the screen size sucks. I was hoping for a bigger screen then the 400. I just bought a 400 last week, I decided there is no way I’m buying newly released radio until it’s been out for a couple years.

@cr4zy4christ Год назад

does it do crossband repeat?

@paulmitchell4421 Год назад

no it does not, the lying yaesu apologist john crook said yaesu cant possibly put a diplexer in a small radio because it takes too much room. yes he actually said that, the host and everybody else just swallowed that without question. never mind that a 200w diplexer is made of like 6 coils and seven caps on about 2 square inches of pcb. nobody dared to question the crook because they would not get him back on the show please dont expect yaesu including any usefull features into anything any time soon. 73.

@yuabonuga Год назад

We need ssb/cw 2m/70cm

@HamRadioCrashCourse Год назад

Those radios exist, but not really in a mobile size these days. See the ICOM IC-9700 or IC-905

@yuabonuga Год назад

@@HamRadioCrashCourse Not yaesu, something like ft-290r size would be amazing for contests

@pnwgeek Год назад

991A, 7100, 9700, 905, 705, 818.....

@yuabonuga Год назад

@@pnwgeek im talking yaesu 2m/70cm only , mobile size. Like they used to make it. Some of us like to have it separate from hf. 9700 is great but its icom :)

@Hogdriver88 Год назад

I’m not really a fan of 2m/440 FM, but I want this radio!

@daledervin3672 Год назад

What possible usefulness is a VFO knob on 2m/70cm radio? In fact it is so worthless, you only touched it once. But it takes up nearly 50% of the real estate. About as useful as MEMSCAN- another winning design from Yaesu- now we have KNOBSCAN.

@HamRadioCrashCourse Год назад

Lmao. It’s kind of funny you mentioned that. I didn’t really think about it, but on vfo/uhf I don’t really use the vfo knob on mobiles.

@jeffkardosjr.3825 Год назад

It would be more useful if it did SSB and CW.

@andrejstefanovski Год назад

@HamRadioCrashCourse - no mention of cross band repeat? assuming it does have it given the price but not seeing it in any descriptions..

@BBaldwin Год назад

No it does not, as per DX Engineering spec sheet. That’s a deal breaker in my book.

@skiball2000 Год назад

Press the red DX button And the function button at the same time to enter “XRepeat”

@skiball2000 Год назад

⁠@@BBaldwin Cheer up… It will do cross band repeat.

@ToppKatt7 20 дней назад

Doesn’t do it very well though only simplex to simplex.

@kirkgoins7214 Год назад

Will it Cross Band?

@ocavant Год назад

Seriously! Not one mention of cross band replete. I was going to get a 400 and CBR was one of the main reasons to get it. Shocked they might have left it out.

@timking2194 Год назад

Love this radio I will be buying one

@1OTDM Год назад

Still no TNC access *yawn* back to waiting for the next gen Kenwood mobiles.

@ThePyleDriver Год назад

This ^

@Emcipio Год назад

The IC-2730a has the dual mic connection points on the body and head unit too

@HamRadioCrashCourse Год назад

I also highly recommend that radio too!

@M9A1MAN Год назад

Great video brother. Can't wait to get mine

@kn4yba80 Год назад

Thanks for the demo!

@tmiller9099 Год назад

What is the reason these newer large screen VHF/UHF radios don't have a waterfall display option? Is it because of the VHF/UHF bandwith needed to actually see a decent amount of spectrum is not possible?

@glendonblount6556 Год назад

Also the same bracket on the FTM-300

@radio_0_noise 3 месяца назад

It would be awesome to see next FT-891 in a body like this

@JoeFramo-uw9fp Месяц назад

Josh I love it the color screen so much when is icom going to come out with something like that❤❤

@markr.1984 Год назад

The big Japanese manufacturers insist on killing 220mhz. I have to buy Anytone and other slightly off-brands like that to get 220. I refuse to buy one of these since it would be easy to add 220 and make it a tri-bander. If they add 220, people will start using it again. If they build it, they will come.

@ThatCleanMT Год назад

Has anyone actually got a response from Yaesu about why they continue to leave out an essentially BASIC feature set; MEMORY BANKS? This is nuts. 1000 frequencies this thing will hold and no way to properly organize them.

@jackquack2261 Год назад

Margarita buy. ETA 4/28. Looks like fun Josh. I ordered a head ext cable but no ship date on that yet. I'm not happy about having to buy an extension cable after spending $650. PS...I'm still excited and learning about my FTM-400, I just figured out cross band repeat on it because I needed it. I'm hoping it takes less fingers on the 500.

@moondog_radio Год назад

Margarita buy? That's hilarious. The struggle is real.

@Subgunman Год назад

Wish they would make a relatively cheap DMR radio that is of US or Japanese origin with full features. Tired of seeing name brand equipment equipment economically out of reach. I have an original 857 that has the MARS-CAP functioned enabled so I can work 60 as well as all of the European band plans as well on 2and 70. I travel between the EU and the states and I need equipment that is readily useable between band plans with zero questions asked. I found this video VERY informative and well thought out. Keep up the good work, 73 from SV9 Land!

@robwoodwe5495 Год назад

So, guys... I showed the radio to the wife, and she actually said that she didn't think the price was that bad !!! OMG !! Sign me up !!

@johnarcher9480 Год назад

The good: Head mounted speaker is convenient. Audio EQ is nice as well. Very functional APRS. Color screen. Tiltable head angle Best mic Yaesu has put in a mobile radio. Things that some might like, but seem useless: Memory band scope. So now you just scan 5 channels?!? Gigantic VFO knob. What it the point here? Things they clearly missed out on: Screen is a joke compared to the FTM-400 (get rid of the big dumb VFO knob) No customizable scan banks. REALLY?!? It’s 2023!?! Why is this so hard for Yaesu? Scan speed is way too slow (guess that’s why they needed a band scope) Price…are you kidding me? This thing is getting into HF base radio pricing! And for what? A big VFO knob and an onboard speaker? I hope buyers enjoy this radio, and being Yaesu, it should perform very well. But this will not get me to buy a Yaesu… I’d rather pay for the 200.

@HamRadioCrashCourse Год назад

I don’t really disagree with any of your points. It’s a little high on emotion for me though. 🤔 The slot men scope have value for those that support emcom, multiple repeaters or simplex channels. For those that want/need it, it’s pretty powerful.

@derekvargason Год назад

It’s crazy how much these radios cost, makes getting into this hobby quickly a pain I’m sure for not just me. Think about all the tech that goes into your iPhone or android, these radios are over half the price of them and can’t do nearly as much.

@HamRadioCrashCourse Год назад

Comparing a phone to an HF radio is a pretty bad analogy. They do vastly different things and the HF radio is putting out substantially more power.

@borewyrm 10 месяцев назад

Not to mention the economy of scale. Apple alone has sold 10s of millions of the various iPhone 15 models alone. Not to mention Samsung's S series. @@HamRadioCrashCourse

@ItsEverythingElse 8 месяцев назад

The cost doesn't bother me nearly as much as the lack of improvements in software, for example, GPS-based repeater lookup.

@KI5DDO Год назад

Should a 400 owner upgrade? That’s what I’m wondering. I’m tempted to upgrade but haven’t seen that big of a difference to warrant the change. Starting from zero I’d probably pick this one up though 😂

@MarkoManiac Год назад

As a fellow 400 owner. I see nothing here really. Still like my bigger display for APRS stuff which is the primary reason I got it to begin with. Now if we could get proper Bluetooth tnc they could name a price.

@Trump985 Год назад

I wouldn’t I actually just bought a 400 last week. #1 I don’t buy new releases #2 the screen is smaller #3 my complaints about the 400 mostly involve the in my opinion way too small of a screen and not enough characters allowed on the memory. Granted having the digital on the B band is nice, the mic attached to the face plate is nice, and being able to attach the face plate to the radio is nice. All in all they screwed this one up in my opinion, they had the opportunity to knock it out of the park with this 500, but when they should have put a bigger display then the 400 on it they put a smaller one 🤦🏻‍♂️. And seriously, who the hell wants a giant VFO knob on a mobile vhf/uhf? On a HF absolutely but seriously? That’s half the available screen gone!

@BBaldwin Год назад

I don’t think so. The 400 is a FANTASTIC rig. This 500 doesn’t even offer crossband repeat!

@jneale5204 Год назад

I agree with Mark. I also own the 400 and don't see anything about the 500 that will make me want to switch. Actually the more I look at the 500 the more I would replace my 400 with a 300 if it ever failed.

@deanmeredith4537 Год назад

@@BBaldwin Yes it does most definately do crossband repeat

@grahamtew3902 Год назад

109 menu settings? The manual lists 127. Also the jack on side of head unit is for GPS not extl speaker. There doesn't appear to be a mini USB for firmware updates, does this mean going back to the SCU-58 à la the FTM-400, or maybe Yaesu have taken on board suggestions to do it via the micro SD card🤔

@notsure7874 Год назад

"Use my head as a reference" GOOD GOLLY THAT THING IS HUGE!!! The radio of course, not your head! :D

@HamRadioCrashCourse Год назад

Lmao

@HARLEYMLM1966 Год назад

putting the micro SD slot on the hard is great.

@kellyhiggins8190 Год назад

Two questions come to mind. 1. Does it have crossband repeat? 2. When scrolling up through the memory channels, when you get to the last channel, does it continue back around to channel 1 or does it stop so you have to scroll back down?

@Nichetronix Год назад

I can't find anything in any of the manuals about crossband repeat. It doesn't have the same buttons as the FTM-400 so can't be the same powerup key sequence as that radio to enter crossband mode.

@BBaldwin Год назад

According to DX engineering, it does NOT offer cross band repeat. That’s a no go for me.

@deanmeredith4537 Год назад

Yes it does do crossband repeat.

@Nichetronix Год назад

@@deanmeredith4537 Can you tell us how to get it into crossband repeat mode? Would be great for ARES deployments in low-coverage areas of my huge county.

@MicroOutdoors Год назад

Hey did ya try xband repeat? Is it an option? Is it easy to do? The 400 has it but worthless due the complex way to make it happen.

@TreadingDirtSW Год назад

Holding the front panel buttons during startup is complex? Lol. Maybe that’s why they’ve ignored their customers for years on adding banks, it’s too complex for them.

@MicroOutdoors Год назад

@@TreadingDirtSW yea, why the need to turn off then back on? Just add a flipping menu! It's the only one where this off/on/ then off and back on is required... why???

@longshot11c8 Год назад

Been debating on this radio because I like a lot about it but just don’t have enough solid information but this has me leaning moons towards it

@robertchambers5821 Год назад

Awesome Video! Two questions: Does it offer Cross Band Transmit? Will it allow Winlink, of course with a sound card???

@HamRadioOutlet Год назад

Yes to both. Pretty much any modern FM radio will do Winlink on 2m and a sound interface.

@KE8ODY-WV-Ares-Ham-Dad-3O4 5 месяцев назад

Just hooked mine up to my j pole.. 3300 feet elevation jpole is 33 feet up! Hitting repeaters all over. About to set up a 10m dipole can’t decide to run my 6666 or my 5555n2

@AndrewHall08 Год назад

It’s a garbage MOBILE radio without memory banks. Don’t know why Yaesu insists on leaving out memory banks on their “mobile” (I use that term loosely on a radio without basic mobile features) radios. I bought my FTM-300 after owning an FT3D for a while and thinking it was just going to be a mobile 50 watt version of that. I was gravely disappointed when I got it only to find out that what I considered to be a basic “power windows and door locks” type feature wasn’t on their radio. Nobody divides local repeaters or travel repeaters by UHF and VHF so those separated groups are worthless. You can program nearly 1,000 channels into this bad boy and are forced to scan them all basically. Oh and if it’s like the FTM-300 guess what it doesn’t do when you reach the end of your channels and keep rotating that dial thinking it’s gonna loop back to the beginning? It doesn’t loop back to the beginning…you gotta rotate that dial backwards all the way back through your potentially hundreds of channels. Again, Yaesu is pumping out “2023 Ferrari” radios with “1993 Corolla” logic.

@jeffkardosjr.3825 Год назад

Also why a giant knob if it doesn't do SSB and CW?

@chriswhite1318 Год назад

Does the FTM500 have the ability to simultaneously display the frequency and channel name in memory mode as the FTM400 does?

@HamRadioCrashCourse Год назад

My hunch is yes, but it is not tested. I'm making a note as I am likely buying one.

@ocavant Год назад

Can you confirm or deny cross band repeat?

@BBaldwin Год назад

Love my FTM 400! This looks like an interesting unit, the audio should be terrific.-HOWEVER, DX Engineering spec page indicates this unit does not have crossband repeat. That’s a deal-breaker for me.-KO4VBL

@pquimby Год назад

The FTM-500DR spec page from DXE does now correctly show crossband repeat as a feature.

@k6yzfrobert577 10 месяцев назад

It does have crossband capabilities.

@chunkylover54 Год назад

The 2730a had two mic connections

@BakerStudiosIndy Год назад

As much as I love my FTM-200... I'm saving my pennies for the 500. Great design... And I love the menus.

@moondog_radio Год назад

The FTM-200 has the same menu system as the FTM-500.

@BakerStudiosIndy Год назад

@@moondog_radio Unfortunately, I'm forced to sell my FTM-200. The transmission went out on my car, and I can't afford to repair it or replace the car being on Social Security. So neither will be in my foreseeable future. But my experience with the 200 is what drew me to the 500.

@desimonevd 9 месяцев назад

That card certainly is handy. Be warned that it doesn’t come in the box laminated. The owner must’ve done that. I wish it did. Also, there are a lot more settings in the flat listing than shown. For some reason, there are seemingly random blank lines in the list!

@TheBuddha4 Год назад

Great video!!!! Looks like a great radio.

@dogbarbill 9 месяцев назад

WOW, I WANT one of these!!

@ChadsHobies Год назад

Fyi. Yeasu has a camera microphone. If your rig also has a memory card. Then you can share some grainy photos among your friends with yeasu radios with that set up.

@barryinn1778 Год назад

Very nice review and video, NO annoying music. IT DOES NOT COME WITH A LAMINATED INSTRUCTION SHEET, PAPER ONLY. Got mine today 5-13-2023 , don't like the microphone very small light weight and , don't like the way numerals are lighted on it. Radio is much smaller than I expected . I will subscribe and watch more of your videos, so teach us more about this radio. Thanks Ham Radio Outlet.

@jockmazza 2 месяца назад

I have been a radio guy for many years but mainly RX only while in the military. Uk intermediate ham licence. I took ages to buy my "used" FTDX3000 from martin lynch and sons in the uk. It turned up brand new. Plastic on the screen.. . The point.. I always take ages to buy ham gear. I was toying with the 5100 or 2730 but when a used 500 came up for sale from a main dealer with 5% discount and 220 uk ponds cheaper than new.. boxed and as new... it was a no brainer. As ever I'd researched the heck out of the 500 and other dual banders

@sacsmitty Год назад

Great first look! You mentioned group memories? Does that mean support for memory banks? I was never a fan of my FTM300 and how memories are handled.

@HamRadioCrashCourse Год назад

It does not.

@ronblack2404 Год назад

All the waterfalls and pretty touch screens is not enough to get me to pay the price for this dual band radio.

@PhilipHousel Год назад

It does both!

@shawnmcgovern6994 11 дней назад

Hey Josh, you mentioned that Yaesu makes a speaker that has A/B inputs for external audio. I searched and could not find. Can You share which Yaesu speaker you were referring to? Thank you!

@bikerush1 7 месяцев назад

I just bought it today and a ft5dr also.......and haven't been able to use it yet

@juansimonsanchez9830 Год назад

The scan mode finaly show the frequency, hope coming soon an update for ft5dr for this

@justin9605 Год назад

Thank you.

@jhalscott Год назад

It would be great if Yaesu or any other Japanese mfgs embraced DMR.

@jockmazza 2 месяца назад

Nice one josh. Now that I have chosen my dual bander.. and it's a 500... i can get to grips with it. Anyone gpt a fave dual bander mag mount and dual band whip combo?

@grahamhelton5395 Год назад

Really sick intro KI6NAZ

@HamRadioCrashCourse Год назад

Thanks!

@christopherkennedy705 Год назад

7 minute mark - does it do 1.25 meter band as well??

@HamRadioCrashCourse Год назад

Just receive from what I can see.

@Bob814u Год назад

How does the touch screen handle the heat? Mounted in a truck located in Texas in the summer example.

@HamRadioCrashCourse Год назад

Too early to say. But I’ll likely be testing it out.

@N9IBZED Год назад

I would like to know if this radio will be able to crossband without turning the radio off then pushing a few other buttons while turning the radio back on

@BBaldwin Год назад

Nope! It won’t crossband repeat at all!

@N9IBZED Год назад

@@BBaldwin thanks

@ths3900 Год назад

It's nice that you don't need a remote speaker when remote mounting.

@mrheart4242 3 месяца назад

I have a simple question. Can it be programed for gmrs for TX rx? I use gmrs mainly. Everything else, I usually just stalk on scan.

@HamRadioCrashCourse 3 месяца назад

Out of the box, no. You’d have to have to have it MARS modded.

@mrheart4242 3 месяца назад

@HamRadioCrashCourse thank you. It looks absolutely beautiful. I went from the baofeng to a tidradio h8. I don't usually do much on ham. I do however want an attractive mobil for my truck.